Ronnie Groce stepped to the lectern last night and looked out at a quiet crowd of several dozen people in the pews at First Presbyterian Church in Annapolis.
Paul W. Gillespie — The Capital
Ronnie Groce of Glen Burnie, who has HIV, speaks at the World AIDS Day ceremony in Annapolis last night. Groce encouraged people to get tested so they know their HIV status.
Annapolis holds a ceremony observing World AIDS Day including an observance at First Presbyterian Church and a march down Main Street.
She looked in their eyes and asked them: Had they had a flu shot? A colonoscopy? An H1N1 flu shot?
How about an HIV test?
Getting tested, she said, is key to battling HIV and AIDS, a deadly disease that affects millions of people worldwide.
"I'm hoping one day we can stamp this out," said Groce, 61, who lost her brother and sister to AIDS.
And, she revealed to the gathering, she is HIV-positive, too.
But knowing she has HIV, she has...
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