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BET News: World AIDS Day Interview with Rae Lewis-Thornton RaeLewisThornton 1,211 views (2010) World AIDS Day BET News interviews Rae Lewis-Thornton about her journey living with AIDS and how she uses social media to spread awareness about the disease.
Tea with Rae: How To Brew The Perfect Cup of Tea! RaeLewisThornton 901 views Sit back and relax as Emmy Award winning AIDS Activist Rae Lewis Thornton walks you through brewing a perfect cup of tea. Tea With Rae Blogs can be found at http://www.rael...
Tea with Rae: Four Basic Teas RaeLewisThornton 275 views In this video Rae goes over four types of basic teas
It Is What It Is... RaeLewisThornton 1,340 views Rae Lewis-Thonton talks about coping with Non-HIV related Illness when you have HIV and a break neck schedule in this uncut, unedited video
Get Out Of God's Way... RaeLewisThornton 491 views In my very first, "Day in the Life Of A Diva Living With AIDS," video I am proud to feature two 8th graders who came to my home to interview for their school project... Bu...
Rae Lewis-Thornton - ABC News RLT COLLECTION REPORT RaeLewisThornton 3,346 views Rae Lewis-Thornton talks to ABC News about her new line of bracelets.
Women and AIDS-Rae Lewis-Thornton RaeLewisThornton 969 views Rae Lewis-Thornton Discusses AIDS and Women in this Emmy Award Winning Series.
Finances and AIDS-Rae Lewis-Thornton RaeLewisThornton 1,678 views Rae Lewis Thornton discusses HIV/AIDS and finances in this Emmy Award Winning Series
AIDS and the Work Place-Rae Lewis-Thornton RaeLewisThornton 2,213 views Rae Lewis Thornton discusses AIDS in the Workplace in this Emmy Award Winning Series
AIDS and Relationships-Rae Lewis-Thornton RaeLewisThornton 1,283 views Rae Lewis Thornton discusses AIDS and Relationships in this Emmy Award Winning Series

About Rae Lewis-Thornton

Emmy Award Winning AIDS Activist

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Educated, attractive, assertive and ambitious are just a few of the words used to describe Rae Lewis-Thornton. In 1986, during a routine blood drive visit at a Washington D.C. Red Cross, Rae received news of another word that would soon be used to describe her health and future. At the tender age of 23, Rae Lewis-Thornton was diagnosed HIV Positive.
Despite her present day status of having full-blown AIDS (ACQUIRED Immune-deficiency Syndrome), Rae Lewis-Thornton leads her own unending crusade to educate and challenge young and old audiences to take control of their own bodies, futures and health. Rae uses her life as an example that AIDS is a non-discriminatory disease. She challenges the most common myths and stereotypes surrounding who and how one can become infected with the HIV virus that most often results in AIDS. In doing this, she incorporates her own oratory skills, personal experiences and unyielding honesty to create and disseminate her critical and deadly message of her own personal challenges of living AIDS.

Rae Lewis-Thornton was featured on the cover of the December 1994 Essence magazine, and numerous feature stories in O, The Oprah Magazine, Ebony, Glamour, Emerge, Jet, WOW, Black Excellence, Lifelines, The Crisis, POZ, and HIV Plus magazines. As well as, numerous newspapers nation-wide, The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Washington Post, Dayton Daily News, The Chicago Defender, The Tennessean, The Water Lou Courier, The Kingston, Jamaica Observer, and Gleaner, to name a few.

This Emmy Award winning AIDS Activist has been featured in countless national television, documentaries and news shows. Rae was featured on NIGHTLINE with Ted Koppel in news articles entitled "Rae's" Story," AIDS: The Next Wave and AIDS: At 20 Years. The Oprah Winfrey Show had her on to share her story. Additionally, Date Line, the Montel Williams Show, Black Entertainment Television (BET), Heat and Sole and many others. Rae uses all forms of media to convey her message. She served as a contributing editor for WBBM-TV, a CBS-owned and operated television station for an ongoing series of first person stories on living with AIDS. She received an Emmy Award for her series.

Prior to Rae's motivational speaking career, she was on her way to a promising political organizing career Having served as Senator Carol Mosley Braun's 1992 Senatorial Campaign Advance Coordinator, National Youth Director for Jesse Jackson's 1984 and 1988 Presidential Campaigns, Illinois State Youth Coordinator for the 1988 Dukakis Presidential Campaign, Rae was forced to retire in 1993 as a result of her health.

Rae Lewis-Thornton continues to thrive in spite of living with HIV/AIDS for over 20 years. She was licensed as a Baptist minister in July 2000 at Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, in Chicago, Illinois by the Rev. Clay Evans. She received a Master of Divinity degree from McCormick Theological Seminary in June 2003. She is currently a PhD candidate at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. Rae is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Ebony Magazine named Rae Lewis-Thornton one of America's 57 Most Intriguing people of 2002.

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