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VIDEO:  "Be the Change" -- AIDS Activist Yinka Jegede-Ekpe on her Influences
 
 
Diagnosed with HIV at age nineteen, AIDS activist Yinka Jegede-Ekpe bravely stepped forward to fight for the rights of Nigerian women infected with HIV/AIDS. This videoclip is from Facing History and Ourselves' new interactive website, “Be the Change: Upstanders for Human Rights” (http://www.facinghistory.org/BeTheChange). The website profiles the stories of five extraordinary men and women who have made a positive difference in the world.
by  Facing History& Ourselves  on Jan 15,2008
 
 
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