Why "Yours In The Struggle"?

When I first started in the fight against HIV/AIDS, I was just a kid. I came to Washington scared and very naive. One of the first person's to take me under his wing was Michael Hirsh.

Michael was one of the founders of the PWA Coalition of NY, Body Positive and the National Association of People with AIDS. In those days we did not have email, so Michael would write me long letters, and he always closed them with "Yours in the struggle".

Michael died of complications due to AIDS in 1989, and as a homage to him I sign all of my email with "Yours in the struggle".