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Why Students?
Common Misconceptions
Explained
"Students never get
anything accomplished"
- The truth:
Students have been the driving force behind many of the advances in
AIDS elimination over the past two decades.
"Students have no power"
- The truth: We
are the future. The only way for us to assume to the reigns of power in
a few years is for us to start assuming power today. As Yale students,
we are part of an amazingly talented and diverse community, a
conglomeration of minds only limited by our personal initiative and
imagination. Because of Yale’s privileged place in the world, our
on-campus influence can translate into national and, subsequently,
global influence. We have the power to make an immediate and lasting
difference.
"I'm too busy"
- The truth: We
have a lot on our plates. But imagine telling this to a Zambian mother
wasting away at the grip of AIDS. Everyone’s commitment varies, but no
one has a “no time” excuse. Everyone is capable of contributing to the
eradication of this heinous plague. The more people who join the fight,
the quicker we will win.
"I don't like being
political"
- The truth: AIDS
doesn’t discriminate by political orientation, and neither does YAW. We
need the effort of all students, liberal and conservative and
libertarian and apolitical, to win the fight.
"AIDS can't be beaten"
- The truth: If
civil rights or women’s rights activists had said this, we would be
living in a much different world. It will take time and effort, but we
will prevail.
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