Jon-Edmond Abraham

Review of San francisco aids foundation

It is a trivialization of an ugly, deadly illness ...

It is a trivialization of an ugly, deadly illness to spell AIDS as Aids. The SF AIDS Foundation obdurately disrespects us Long-Term Survivors of this deadly disease by emblazing the identifying word, "Strut" on their Castro Street Building. I don't know anyone my age who struts. The building might have been named something respectful of the sacred ground it occupies, or of the deaths or lives of the folks who trafficked Castro Street. But no! The business is overrun with people half my age, and with career obsessed social workers who sorely lack life experience. People in their late 20s and 30s usually talk, look past and disrespect their elders and are full of themselves. Insensitivity to elders is rife at the AIDS Foundation. As a culture, they have no idea of the multiple trauma living with AIDS and growing older and closer to death it takes to live another day. Is this how you'd treat your grandfather I often ask? It is a culture in crisis at the SF AIDS Foundation, and they are all tone deaf while their practices remain abusive at worst, and insensitive at best. At the very least they are completely out of touch, though they profess otherwise. Of course! But I call it contempt. I'm just sayin'. Still, if you value hob nobbing, you can get a reasonably decent meal with the 50 Plus crowd, and occasionally attend movies or a concert with them. My personal experience states the Elizabeth Taylor Foundation has largely misspent their supportive cash on the Program Manager's hollow ideas. But don't expect management's respect. These folks are too full of themselves to offer any of that. And oh boy! They have their collective heads much too far up their employees' and the friends' of their employees asses to notice what's going on for Long-Term Survivors. That is of course unless their friend's ass belongs to another Long-Term Survivor. I remain "respectful" of my fellow Long-Term Survivors, but not at all hopeful.