Hello, everyone. In this module, I'm going to demonstrate how you can create contact list component using data table and place it on account record page. So I'm jumping into developer console. So first I will be creating a contact controller that will be written in Apex. So that controller will be returning all the related context for particular account. Then I will be implementing lightning or a component. So clicking on file, new Apex class, naming it as contact controller. So in this class, I need to write the code and I'm going to implement a method public static list of contact method name is get contacts, and it will be receiving one parameter of type record ID. Right now I'm going to call this method in my lightning or a component. So I need to use at the rate or a enabled annotation. Then I'm using return statement. So in this return statement, I'm directly using SOQL. So SOQL always returns a list. So that list will be returned with these fields. So this SOQL will query ID first name, last name, email and phone number from contact where account ID is equals to this record ID. So all those records, all those contact records will be queried where account ID is equals to this record ID. So this way I created this contact controller which is written in Apex. So this Apex controller now I need to use in lightning or a component. So it's time to create lightning component. So clicking here and naming it as contact list. Now we need to place this lightning component on record page. So I'm enabling this checkbox and clicking on submit. So in this example, you will also understand like how we can fetch record ID of the record where this component is placed. So we need to create one attribute named as record ID for that. So I enabled that checkbox. So here you can see flexi page available for record home is available and force colon has record ID is also available. Right. So this is the interface which provides you record ID automatically in this lightning component. Now here I'm creating attributes. So aura attribute name equals to record ID type equals to ID. So this is the first attribute that I created. So name will be always this like record will be in small and I should be in capital and the deal should be in small. So this record ID attribute will be having the record ID of the record where this lightning component is placed automatically because of this force colon has record ID. Now I'm going to create one more attribute name equals to account and type is also equals to account. Then one more attribute name equals to context type equals to contact and one more name equals to columns and type equals to list this columns attribute I will be using while implementing data table. So we have four attributes record ID will be storing record ID account will be storing account related information. Contacts will be storing all contact related information and columns. This is a list that will be we will be using to display list of contacts and data table. Then our handler name equals to in it value equals to this and action equals to see dot my action. So this I already explained and demonstrated in previous modules. So this executes automatically because its name is in it so whenever your component loads. So this handler will be executed and this my action function will be called automatically. Now I'm using force colon record data. So it is a tag or you can say like lightning data service. So through this we need to pass the ID of particular record and that record related information will be stored automatically. So I am creating or ID as account record. Then we need to pass record ID so that is available in the record ID attribute. So we can use it like this. So we need to create expression so expression we already saw in the previous module how we can create expressions and or a component then target fields equals to V dot account. So basis on this record ID we are going to fetch account related information because this record ID will be having only account record ID because we are going to place this on account record page and that records information will be available in this account. And then layer layout type equals to full. So this way this force colon record data tag is implemented completely. Now it's time to implement another one. So it is lightning card. I can name equals to standard contact title equals to contact list for plus V dot account dot name, and I'm not closing it here. So it is closed here so I'm not using slash here because inside this lightning card I'm going to use lightning data table tab. Right so what we did here. So here we have a title which is going to display like contact list for this is a plain text and account name will be fast from this expression. Right. So V dot account dot name so here we fast account related information in this attribute and through dot we are fetching particular field that is named. Now, inside this lightning card so this is lightning card tag. So here, this is the beginning of this and this is the ending. Now here I'm writing lightning. Data table data equals to so data will be provided through V dot context. Right so V dot context contact contacts attribute is available here. So we are fetching that then columns equals to V dot columns. And next we have key field that will be ID. Right, so key field means like what will be the key for this lightning data table if you select particular row from that data table so this key field is basically for that. So we have hide checkbox column equals to false and closing this data table. So, lightning data table is having these four attributes one is data data will be available here then V dot columns so columns like we are, we need to map this context with this column so that we will do in the JavaScript controller. So after mapping columns will be created and whatever data is available in this context, they will be displayed in particular column. Then key field is ID and hide checkbox column so in data table checkboxes will be available. In this example like basic data table will be displayed later on in another module I will show you some more features related to data table. Right, so I have saved this code. Now it's time to create JavaScript controller. So in JavaScript controller, we need to implement this my action, because it will be executed automatically whenever this component will be loaded. And at the time of component load, we need to do some operations. So I am clicking on this controller. So here you can see this controller is open. So here my action is available and function name is already my action. So now I need to write component dot set V dot column so we need to set its mapping. So here I'm writing label colon first name field name colon first name and type colon text. Right, so this is basically Jason format so label of this column will be first name field name will be first name and type will be text so when we are using this V dot column column attribute here with this data like context. So from context first name will be field will be mapped automatically with the first name column and the values will be placed. So this way we need to implement it. Now I'm copying this pasting it and it will be last name field name will be last name. And here label will be phone field name will be phone and type will be phone. And here I'm putting semi column so this this thing is completed. Now what we need to do. So after this column mapping, we need to call this contact controller method that is get contacts, right. So before we write the code to jump here and here we need to write controller equals to contact controller. Right, so this I explained in the previous module, like if you want to access apex class method so you need to mention this statement like controller and name of the apex controller. Now here you can write the code so that you can call that particular method which is defined in contract controller method. Sorry, contact controller, apex class. So here you need to create one variable named as action, then component dot set, sorry, component dot get. C dot get contacts. So name of contact controller method is get contacts. So we need to use it here. Now, here in this method you can see we need to pass one attribute or one value that is record ID. So we need to set the parameters. So action dot set params. So in this module you will also learn how we can pass parameters from this auto component to apex controller. So record ID colon component dot get V dot record ID. So basically this record ID is the parameter that is mentioned here which will be receiving the value and which value. So we need to get the attribute that we created in the component. So here it is record ID and this record ID will be having automatically account record ID wherever this component is placed. Now we need to close this here you don't need to put any semicolon. You just need to close this. You can write action dot set callback this comma function data inside this you can write component dot set V dot contacts data dot get return value. So whatever return value will be available that you need to set in this context attribute. So with this you can do that. Now you need to write dollar a dot and q action and you need to pass action. So this way your auto components controller is also implemented. So we created three things. First we created this apex controller. Then we created view of auto component. Then we created JavaScript controller for the auto component. Now it's time to place this component on the record page. So I am moving to account and opening particular account record. So on this account here you can see contacts are not available. So let me open any account where contacts are associated. So here on this account two contacts are available. So what I am going to do I am going to create one more tab here on this record page and in that tab I will be placing that lightning or a component. So I am going to edit this page. So lightning record page will be open in the lightning app builder. And if you scroll down so here you will find your component. So here it is like contact list. Now what we need to do we need to create one tab and then inside that tab I will be placing this. So here I am adding one more tab naming it as contact list. So it is created. And now I am dragging and dropping it here. Right. So clicking on save. Moving back. So here you can see contact list for United Island guests Singapore. So this account name is displayed successfully, but it is not showing data table. So we need to check our code. Okay, so there's a mistake like here you can see attribute name is columns and I used only column. So that's why they are not mapping. So what you can do always you can copy this and you can use it like pasting its name. So in that case it will work fine. So I have tipped it and I'm doing a refresh. So this time you can see data table is available. Here we have check boxes for selection. Right. If you want to do some more custom work like after selection of this so you can do with the lightning data table and first name last name phone for the context which are associated with account with account are displayed here. And if I move to any account where contacts are not available. So in that case this list will be showing the headers only and detailed values won't be available because on this account no contact is available. So this way I hope you understood how we can create a contact list using lightning data table and how we can place that on record page. Thank you.


Hampita Mwakawalia working with Hefhanta National Tanzania Program as a Kanda Erector. We are participating in a consultative meeting on livestock and fish program. What strikes me mostly is the way the meeting has been conducted is more participatory, bringing in different people from different fields, from different countries. The experience and contribution in the program could be more fruitful in wishing that all the program could have been done the same way by bringing on all ideas from different angles. Maybe the big risk is, I didn't see, though there's some professional working in the community, but I didn't see much of the involvement of the community instead. We could have speak more of what's happening on the ground rather than we professionals talking about what's happening within the community area. Do you see it adding value to the work you do in Tanzania, for example? Yes, this is adding a lot of value in my work too because in two ways. Number one, I met a lot of people who discussed about what's happening even in my own programs and we discussed what we can help each other. It's created a lot of contacts and communications, but the program itself, yes, it added a lot of values because there are a lot of things which have been discussed which I might not be already been doing in my country. That means I might copy the same and doing by now as part of the beginning of the program.


Welcome back, we do sincerely apologize for our inability to conclude that interview. We started with Mr. Augustine Edgar who had joined us to take a look at security logistics of a presidential inauguration. We did have some technical glitches that needed to be sorted out. But right now it's time for a second hot topic. I want to take a look at the over 13 trillion dollars spent on subsidy payment in 16 years in this country. And we have been joined by Mohammed Abdul-Lahi who is a public affairs analyst. Hello, Mohammed. Good to have you join us. Good morning, Agents. My pleasure. All right. So this outgoing government, this administration of President Mohammed Abu Hari has made some things known to us, especially recently at the unveiling of the 2022-2026 strategic plan of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in Abuja on Monday. And part of what they revealed to us is this over 13 trillion dollars spent on subsidy payment in 16 years. However, one of the things that stood out in that meeting that they said is that they are also insisting that they have performed excellently well in the management of fuel subsidy. Do you share this excellency that they attributed to themselves? Is it reflective of the prevailing economic realities on ground? It's quite confusing to some extent because I remember before 2015, I mean, the elections that brought in President Mohammed Abu Hari was all over the media, you know, talking about the fact that there was really no subsidy being paid by the previous government, in fact that subsidy was a kind of a scam by the previous government. But having said that, I think when they came into, when the president and his team came into power after 2015, they realized that truly there was a kind of subsidy, even though it's not too beneficial to the common Nigerian. So but shockingly, I for once would have thought it would have been better to actually separate what the current government have paid for subsidy from, you know, the previous government. Because if you look at what you mentioned and the report says in 16 years, it would have been better. I think it would have been better. I haven't seen the report, but it would have been better to see categorically what the current administration of President Mohammed Abu Hari has paid in the past eight years. I think that would have been a better measure of talking about what the government has achieved, whether it has done well or not, compared, like you already mentioned, with the economic realities of what's on ground and vis-à-vis the availability of PMS and all that food or product, how Nigerians have enjoyed, you know, in the past eight years, how we are fed and so on and so forth. So I think it would have been better if it's this administration, what they have spent on subsidies actually separated from the past eight years. Haven't said that. That is one. But I think another challenge is the fact that, you know, I remember vividly as part of the reasons why Nigerians voted in the outgoing government is the fact that the government made promises of actually ending this debacle that has cost Nigeria this, you know, lingering subsidy if there's anything like that. I mean, the government made mention of the fact that every year it will revamp our existing refineries, our existing petroleum refineries that has cost us a whole lot in terms of shipping our food oil abroad and shipping in PMS product that is so, so much in demand and in need to many Nigerians across world. So I think the government has also failed in that regard, so which is a big disappointment that even at this moment, we are still talking about subsidy after 60-something years of independence in Nigeria that we still import, we still export our food oil and then import PMS. So I think those are my two points of what are observed in this report. Okay. Well, they didn't separate it. And I am not going to give details of that just for clarity and to be accurate. I do not have it that broken down at the moment. However, they did say that it is that 13 trillion has been spent in 16 years. Also, one of the things that stood out from that meeting is the fact that the federal government is developing a comprehensive guide for the incoming administration of Volatine 1, how to manage the removal of subsidy of petrol. Do you see them having said what you said, do you see them being in the position to do this, to give a guide to the incoming government in regards to fuel subsidy, how to manage it?  It's shocking that seriously, we're even still talking about a guide on how to manage petrol and subsidy. Because seriously, I think at this point in time, like I said, if the outgoing government has made true of its promises to Nigerians, I think we will have been talking about, I think the right thing that we'll have been talking about now is to talk about how, you know, probably to increase, you know, refining capacity, how to increase maybe the existing refineries that we have. Mind you, yes, we have a private refinery that is coming on board that is said to be commissioned on the 22nd of this month.  But you also want to understand that that's a private business. You know, everywhere all over the world, monopolies and businesses are made to make profit. So for anyone that is thinking because the dam go to refinery is coming on board and everything will be an El Dorado for Nigerians. I think that person should have a rethink or people should have a rethink. Because like I mentioned earlier, private businesses, particularly at this point in time that is even a monopoly. We will have all. Okay, welcome back. We sincerely do apologize for all the glitches we're experiencing with connectivity today. Our guest, Mohammed Abdul-Lahi, Public Relations Analyst, he's still with us. He just joined us again after sorting out the problems with his connectivity. He's joined us from Kaduna State. Mohammed, good to have you back. Yes, thank you. All right, so a while ago, when we started this conversation, you were talking about how that the 13 trillion era revealed by the federal government as what has been spent on subsidy in 16 years did not give details as to how much this administration has spent. And while we're sorting out the connectivity problems, I did Google is your friend. So I checked and I understand that 6.88 trillion era has been spent by this administration between 2015 to 2022. And that's from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. So does that reflect the prevailing economic situation in the country? Did it reflect in any way? I think I will give my answer in two ways. To be very candid, I know that like what the government have been saying in Nigeria, we buy, I mean, the petroleum product, I mean, PMS is one of the cheapest around Africa, if not around the world. So you want to give those to the successive government in being able to maintain the fact that Nigerians enjoy to some level of, you know, some level of cheap product in terms of PMS particularly. So that's one. But again, the amount of money, if you say 6.8 trillion or so in the past eight years is actually humongous. If you compare it to particularly our national budget, I know our budget for this year is somewhere around 20.7 trillion. So it means in the past eight years, we've spent more than a quarter of our country's budget, I mean, of our yearly budget, subsidizing petroleum product. What is the challenge there? Or what are the advantages? Yes, the advantages, like I said earlier, we as Nigerians have been buying PMS, I mean, relatively cheap. But again, the disadvantage is that it has deprived us of so many infrastructures, like particularly putting our existing refineries into functional use. They're just lying there. People are collecting salaries without actually doing nothing and so on and so forth. So I think realistically, I wouldn't say it has done well to the economy, to, I mean, to the lives of many Nigerians because we keep recording, we are more impoverished. We have so many Nigerians that are living below poverty line and so on and so forth. So perhaps I think it is right time. I'm an advocate of the fact that yes, Nigerians have been buying fuel cheaply, but I think it is right time that the incoming government face it squarely, remove the subsidy, but gradually ensuring that we have our refineries functioning. That will cushion the effect of the subsidy removal subsequently. Perhaps because we have, you know, an existing dengote refinery that probably, I mean, after the commissioning, we hope that it will become, it will be functional. And then, like I said earlier, we have our existing refineries across the country functional as well. So competing with the private refinery of dengote. That would definitely reduce the effect, the subsidy removal we have on Nigeria. So that's my own way of thinking at the moment. Okay. Well, I recall that the Minister of Finance, Budget and Plan in Hajjia, Zayn and Ahmad, had told members of the House of Reps that the government had projected to spend 6.72 trillion on subsidy in 2023. 2023. I don't know if you remember that report. Hello. Can you hear me, Mohammed? I don't think I remember. All right. I can hear you, I can hear you. Okay. And also, you know, they had also planned that subsidy would be removed in June until it was suspended. And he had also revealed that the budget for this year did not include subsidy for June. I mean, for July, I beg your pardon. So petrol consumers may pay about 8.4 trillion era for petrol between July and December of 2023. What's your take on this revolution? It's very possible. Like I mentioned earlier, I think the right thing to do is actually to begin to begin. It's going to be very daunting. It's going to be very challenging. It's going to be very excruciating for Nigerians. But seriously, the right thing to do is begin the process of the subsidy removal. If you look at the staggering figures that you've been calling all the while, you know, but the figures are very staggering. If you have that, in fact, I mean, this year we are borrowing more than 50% of our budget figures. Yeah, we are borrowing, external borrowing of more than 10 trillion era to finance the budget. While we are paying, you know, paying such humongous money as subsidies to very few Nigerians who are enjoying the largest. So I think, yes, it's going to be excruciating. But the challenge again is the fact that the outgoing government have not put in the work to make it easy for the incoming government to outright remove the petroleum subsidy. But that's what they are saying. They are saying that they are developing a comprehensive guide. They have just two, about two weeks to go, and they say they are developing a comprehensive guide for the incoming administration. How do you develop a comprehensive guide when you've not put in the background work, the background things that you are supposed to do? And what are the background work? They are simple. The fact that, yes, you make promises that we will have our refineries, the existing refineries functional. Those are the best background work and the guide that you will have given to this incoming government. Yes, I know the government might be making an argument for the year to the commission down go to refineries on the 22nd of this month. But like I keep saying, that is a private business. That is a private. And we all know what private businesses mean across the world. What monopolies for that matter means across the world. So I see it as a bit of achievement, but that is not what we really need. We really need our existing government refineries to be functional in order to cushion this effect of subsidy removal. Because I bet you the incoming government will have a very daunting task. Like you mentioned, there is no subsidy arrangement in the budget since from July. So it means in as much as this government is coming into power on the 29th of this month of May, it is left just one month to make all these plans. So Nigerians might begin to hate this incoming government. Because if they want to go by what is on ground, it means probably they might just be coming into power. And what the challenge they will be facing is to just remove the subsidy outrightly. And that means we will be buying PMS probably at 400, 500 Naira. And you know what that means across the world in Nigeria. So I don't see the comprehensive guide they are talking about as a palliative. It's going to be a daunting task ahead. When you say gradual removal, can you just espaciate on that? Mohammed? Yes, what I mean gradual removal. I am talking about the fact that there are things on ground to cushion the effect of the removal. And I keep happening on the fact that even if it's one refinery that is functional at capacity, you know, you say, okay, the Kaduna refinery is functional at capacity. It can actually service probably the not central. You know, the need of the not central only or even the need of two, three states only. That is fine. They can begin to remove the subsidy at that moment. Then you make sure that the, you know, the protocol refinery is also working that can service the south, south and south. You know, things like that are on ground, you know, because I don't see the fact that, okay, I think what the government is planning, you know, getting the loan from the World Bank, $800 million just to pay some impoverished Nigerians probably about $5,000 every month for maybe five months or six months or even one year. That won't go, that won't do anything to the problem. Seriously. It's just like compounding the problem for me. So what I think when I say gradual removal of subsidy, I mean, we have our refineries working gradually and we can begin to remove subsidies. Well, thank you so much, Mohamed. Mohamed Abdul-Lahi, Public Relations Analyst has joined us from Kaduna State. You took a look at this, over $13 trillion spent on subsidy payment in 16 years as revealed by this very current administration on Monday. Thank you again, Mohamed. Yeah, so it is, it's been the Wednesday edition of the breakfast and just before we go, let's give you the quote of the day. It's not stress that kills us. It is our reaction to it. And that's according to Hans Salier. I am Mohamed, I hope that you have a very splendid day this Wednesday. Join us tomorrow for another episode. Goodbye.


What's going on everybody? My name is Raif DeRozzi and today I'm happy to share with you this video that I helped record Back in December of 2022 for World AIDS Day. World AIDS Day is recognized every year on December 1st So Horizon creator community asked me to be a part of this panel for World AIDS Day to help bring awareness Education basically all the advocacy I do anyway to share my personal experiences and stuff like that but this time in the metaverse and if you're not familiar with the metaverse is it's essentially virtual reality land where for example, it's for what? Let me get this out of my mouth the internet and social media was to the 2000s and the 2010s what the metaverse will be for the 2020s moving forward and on into the future It's like we're taking what what what we know as a two-dimensional screen with internet with social media with all the E-commerce that we do all everything essentially the way we interact with other human beings and then we're taking it into a 3d world via a headset and these Controlly do-dads I I know that they've like managed to integrate a certain like you can even use your fingers and Stuff like that and I'm sure that it's just gonna get more and more complex and more and more interesting so it's really exciting and I went into the metaverse specifically Horizon creator communities They are tasked by meta to create these spaces for community that are safe spaces but that encourage community that encourage creativity and also talking about Difficult topics like there's LGBTQIA community and there's this was focused on HIV Education and awareness and stigma reduction So some of these really creative developers created essentially a whole world Dedicated to World AIDS Day and HIV education stigma reduction and and most importantly creating a place where community can get together And talk and discuss and have these kinds of dialogue. So it was really cool. They did a really good job Creating this place if I get some screenshots or video, I'll definitely share it with you They also within that world little world created a stage where we can have our panel which you'll see in just a minute and then Seating for the audience and a bunch of people showed up. It was really cool and engaging that we had a Q&A So I'm finally excited to share our whole panel discussion with you It was me and two other gentlemen who had HIV and then our host moderator. So check it out Well, I would love for us to actually introduce ourselves and so I will go last and maybe we'll start with Jay you'd introduce yourself sure, so I am JW LA and Naturally with JW LA. I'm from LA. So happy to be here. I am a survivor of HIV for 11 years and This is a labor of love for us all to be here and share and educate the best we can in order to help prevent you know the virus from being spread and we were here to dispel myths and You know empower you for your for your best life. Yeah Franklin and this is I like to introduce Franklin Franklin is my mentor of many many years and Long-term HIV survivors, so Franklin take it away there My name is Franklin and I've been a long-term survivor of HIV and AIDS for 42 years and when I found out that I Was sick there was no test for HIV But I wound up experiencing and having shingles and thrush and didn't know what that was about fortunately, I saw a Doctor on every side in New York who was gay and Predominantly most of his patients were gay as well who were experiencing the same thing And then 1985 I wound up get getting tested and the test came out positive for HIV And fortunately I was able to live for 18 years without needing any Medication in that time I saw about 10 friends of mine who passed away from AIDS And so it was difficult so I worked in the hospital at that time too and wound up caring for people who were HIV-positive Really glad you're here Well, hi everyone, my name is Raif DeRozzi. I was diagnosed more recently In 2012 with AIDS. I also had experienced oral Thrush as well as shingles as well as a host of other symptoms I was at the point where my doctor said if I got a cold I could end up with pneumonia in the hospital and possibly die So it was pretty late stage Fortunately, the medicine has progressed so much in the last few decades that I was able to get on medication right away And within a the time span of six to nine months. I was back up and running at full speed almost Undetectable within that time and so no longer transmittable either Yeah, so that was on my 27th birthday and then so it's about This past May 8th was my 10-year Anniversary since then but for me coming out at that time and looking for Representation and visibility on social media, especially YouTube as an educational source I really wasn't seeing a whole lot of people who look like me or who were speaking out about themselves and just Trying to go about living life. So I Felt and the imperative to kind of go about doing that myself And so I really started to advocate on social media and share my life and my personal struggles And that has ballooned from there and turned into my life's work and my passion I also decided I wanted to I really wanted to reclaim my health in a really Visible and physical way. So I started competing in bodybuilding. I'm a natural men's physique bodybuilder I became a pro in 2019 place third at Muscle Beach in Venice. So that was like a big To my home. Yeah On the other side of a very low moment. Yeah, wow Wow, so I'm just taking in so much there including that between the three of you were Words of 60 plus years living with HIV And so just really appreciating all that experience and wisdom on this couch and honored deeply honored to be here and Before I just dive in because I'm just so excited to have this conversation with the three of you I will also introduce myself. So I'm Ruth or RC Degs Before I fell down the rabbit hole of the metaverse I worked in clinical settings in a variety of roles including working with HIV Patients and team members who were supporting those patients and this was probably I guess seven eight years ago and so I learned that I had a specific like love for people who Encountered worked with and also suffered from this disease or were managing it There was something about the resiliency and the purposefulness that really brought me in and and brought my passion forward So this is a dream come true of many years being able to amplify and build space to Innovate how we have conversations around topics and areas that were scared about uncomfortable conversations. That's like my jam and This specifically for me is not just comfortable but also comforting to be able to like share space with People who are living their lives on purpose like you and so part of the design of this world is to Allow us to drop beneath all the questions that a lot of times people who are marginalized or Pushed out or have some kind of specific characteristic We make them kind of instinctually we turn them into Google and we ask all those questions that we could actually Very quickly access through our handheld devices and learn good information there So some of these panels were about like giving you that chance to educate yourself and go to those places and learn about What HIV is some of that information will probably come up today as we're talking and Feel free if if you're just really having some curiosity that you think could be answered there to wander around Our voices are global so you can keep listening to us and I'm really glad everyone's here Okay, we have confetti in VR so this is a fun conversation So along those lines of dropping beneath the Main pieces of what HIV is and making you the teachers of HIV I Really enjoyed a pre-conversation We had where one of the questions I was asking is what is it like to live in 2022 with HIV and how does that compare to where your awareness was in the beginning and So I will start with right if that was one of the questions I felt you're passionate around then we'll go down the line Sure. Yeah, so I mean, it's a stark contrast to when I was first diagnosed initially I Firmly believed that I was gonna be dead in two to three years.  Do I go do I go to school? Do I am I supposed to get a job? Like what are the logistics? Do I say goodbye to people and travel the world and try to do my bucket list and whatnot? and then I quickly learned that that was not the case anymore and that Getting on effective treatment was gonna really get me back to where I want to be and then at that point It was really about okay What do I want my life to be moving forward because I it's really all in my power and Really, what's what what would hold me back is my own limiting belief system my own self-doubt In my own mental health So I've really made it a conscious effort that HIV is a very tiny minute minuscule part of my life It's a very I mean, it's not because I'm dedicated my life to advocacy, but as far as You know like how my relationship with it personally, it's it's one pill that I take once a day And then outside of that I just go about living my life and like I ask myself What what do I want to do with my life and that's it and I My I guess my relationship now and it sounds a little funny to say But I see my diagnosis and I see my HIV as a blessing in a way it's a bit of a Miracle and that it woke me up In my late 20s because I've been living most of my life with a victim mindset I'm not gonna I won't go too deep right now, but as a kid. I was a victim I went through a lot of abuse and stuff like that and I carried that Mentality going with me into an adult and I think it really held me back from living my full life and so My diagnosis and almost dying made me realize how fragile and and Precious life is and so I was like, okay. I've got a second chance at this So what do I need to fix inside? What do I need to change heal in order to move forward and like live and thrive and like Be happy. Wow That question what do I need to change in my life to live and thrive and be happy and How you've taken this moment where like the ground fell out from underneath you and it was it was the end was in site And and actually built a bridge out of it and and it was really about taking ownership of my life I'm it's no longer life is happening to me, but I'm gonna decide what's gonna happen moving forward Yeah, and the practice of that on a daily basis that pill becomes a symbol. I imagine of that choice Mm-hmm. Thank you. Hey Franklin, what about you? What is it like from the beginning to now and as a comparison?  Yeah, then I came back home and I pretty much Had to decide what I was going to do with my life I was dealing with caring for a lot of friends of mine who were had AIDS And I would go to the hospital to visit them to take them in a wheelchair around the block Uh, just so that they could get out and get air And It was an enjoyable experience Also, I wound up developing Or what do you call it when you Are sort of feel guilty about living Survivors guilt survivors Yeah Yeah, I was experiencing survivors guilt because so many people I knew had died And then I was wondering why me why am I surviving this illness And uh, what purpose do I have in life? Yeah, and at that time I was just devoting myself to caring for other people who were ill And um It went on to whereas now I Got involved in many studies for HIV and AIDS And currently I'm involved in the UCLA reprieve study Which and it's for um men who are 50 years and older And if they're testing the medication the statin To see how it works with the heart and with cholesterol And uh So I'm enjoying that And finding out a lot of information about myself And I um It's due public speaking. I also did Uh facilitator training for a group with pacific lines care wellness center And the clients who were HIV positive Are uh facilitated support group me meetings For them and I learned a lot about people learned a lot about connecting with one another And supporting one another in a different way Thank you franklin. Hi, there's so much in your story I I feel like I I just read the the preface to a book Where I'm like, I'm probably gonna read this whole book in the next three days kind of thing like Um, it's it's so intense to imagine Going from Wheeling your friends around to help them get fresh air to believing that you might die also And and then to be I can only imagine how bizarre this must feel to be in virtual reality and Looking at all these legless, uh humans sitting with us today and And and just realizing where we are now that how it would be different even back then So So much richness. Thank you for sharing. I'm wondering with the reprieve study Which is to basically figure out for people who have been living with Long-term survivors of HIV and AIDS How the medication is going to affect our bodies In the long run And yes, thank you for bringing that back up this piece about Both of you in getting active around HIV and actually becoming Not just the one who is seeking healing and treatment But the healer and the one who's facilitating that healing journey waking people up to their own Possibility as leaders and as as journeyers on purpose Maybe those are my words for you both journeyers on purpose So, um, so rich so rich. Um, Jay, what about you? Where did you go from Then till now Wow, well, it was a shock obviously To learn of my status and at first I was in denial for the for the longest period of time I was like this can't be happening and Immediately I sought community. I I sought resources because I didn't know how I was going to survive such a scary experience With when the fact that I already was dealing with depression and anxiety So you can imagine adding that on top of of things you're just like, oh god How can you stand another, you know, major life change? Um, and so I had to go through a lot of, um Just Soul searching I would say, you know and figure out where I'm going to Find the best support and I'm grateful because it led me to this man right here Franklin And uh, he was a huge And is still a huge part of my journey. Um, and really helped me on on my path. I was Really in a very difficult position. I went to an HIV support group met him for the first night shared my story and uh, and And he took me in and really just helped me um get me back on my feet and find my way And so in many ways, I'm grateful like, you know, you always have to find the silver lining and such a You know in such a negative situation And this was my glimmer of hope and knowing that There's there's a long-term survivor here that I can learn a lot from a mentor that can really help me Navigate the system because there's a lot of stuff you have to learn Um about, you know, finding the resources in order to get the medication to get support And uh, so finding community is super super important and then since, um You know Since our friendship and all that then eventually I got to the point where I was going to go ahead and move forward and take the medications Because for the longest time, I wasn't going to do the medications. I didn't believe I was positive I had a hard time accepting it and I didn't understand how it happened It just I didn't think I was doing anything that was risky to the point and I don't and you know, I had to get beyond that And uh, so once I got beyond that I uh had a friend who was a holistic Uh practitioner and she begged me to get on the medications because I was wasting away because my viral load was out of control I wasn't, you know, believing that this was happening But my body was taking a toll And she begged me she said if you're you know, if you're not going to go the holistic path and at least get on these medications And it saved my life. It definitely did and I've been on multiple medications In different regimen sense. There's a lot of side effects that come along with that. There's what I call my hiv days where you just Don't want to get out of bed or you just have a really hard time functioning, you know headaches gastrointestinal issues Um, and I think it's really important that even though there's a one pill a day that I am on and I am undetectable Which will get into all of that It isn't a quick fix you do have your your positive and your negative days And and it can change moment to moment So yeah, and so I would just say You know, uh, thank god We are where we're at with the medications today because they are saving lives But at the same time you do take your body takes a toll with being on those medications There are side effects that affect your liver affect your kidneys affect, you know, everybody's different But for me, it's definitely affected me. Yeah Wow As you tell that story, I've been just lately in my life I kind of like really think about words and I pull them apart and I've been contemplating the frames of Fate and destiny and what's in between those where we feel cursed or we feel blessed And we feel like there's a promise or there's a threat And and so I'm just feeling this whole journey along your life where Um, I imagine in the beginning this felt like a curse. This felt like doing fate and just the end and then The just, you know, franklin. I've never met you in physical reality yet What whereas j you and I have but just the presence that franklin brings the groundedness that franklin brings to To a legless avatar where I'm just like, okay You know, if I if I could summarize like Words, I feel like franklin says in all the ways he talks is it's gonna be okay. It's gonna be okay It's gonna be okay. And he says that quite often. Yeah How grounding that would be at a time of such terror and and also very candidly you were Really strapped you were actually not in any sort of stable housing or situation to get treatment And so now here this moment is you're you're bringing franklin into The next wave of our humanity and you're bringing franklin and giving him a spot and helping him belong And I'm so glad what a treasure to have you both here I'm just the journey the three of you have just shared here. It feels like that you know 200 years worth of wisdom and And also pain as you've had to find your own words and discover your own Truth around what hiv means to you but also what does living mean to you and what does What does being in relationship with our community mean to you? And and and how are you choosing your community on purpose because you know your life is on purpose Yeah I read um recently and some of the research of of uh and and gathering of data That up to 13 of people Who have hiv right now don't know they have it And I wonder what that is like for you Having that awareness of your own journey of how You finally made that decision to get tested and What would you say to that that you that started to have that inkling of something's not okay? I'm not okay What would you if you could go back in time? Not just to get yourself to get tested because that's where we go. We go to the fix of it, right? But but also to just like comfort yourself. What would you say to yourself back then? Knowing the journey you were about to find out you were on Well to jump in I've definitely heard Um percentages that far exceed 13 percent in certain communities Even here in LA I've seen upwards of like 30 percent pre-covid So there's a lot of folks, you know walking around living their life and have no idea that And most of them with no male intent but um Just you know just aren't expecting that just like jay was saying don't expect anything like that I certainly didn't Around the time before my diagnosis I was in a three and a half year What I thought was a monogamous relationship And I just started progressively getting more and more sick and a lot of people they'll say Well, wasn't wasn't that obvious then you were getting sick like why wouldn't you have gone to the doctor and And gotten tested at that point and figured it out. Why did it progress all the way to AIDS?  This is great So for me to have little things like Thrush and not know what it was pain in my throat um swollen lymph nodes like skin rashes and things like that or Even getting vertigo randomly headaches and what have you I'd never it never would have occurred to me that all those things were threaded together in in One thing and then on top of that being in a relationship. I'm like that's not I'm not I'm not gonna have an st std sti. That doesn't make any sense So it can't be that like that's it was in the back of my head, but it wasn't Didn't seem obvious to me And so for me it wasn't until I was so sick And that was the other thing I didn't have health insurance So it's not like, okay, let me just um make an appointment and go That was a major hurdle for me So it wasn't until my throat hurt so bad That and it was so painful That I was like, I have to go To the county hospital and I'm gonna sit there for I sat there for nine hours Until I could see a doctor And and that was just the initial for testing and and review and I had to come back And sit there for another eight hours Before I finally Got treated And that's what I found out so Just a quick second. Yeah, I don't mean to throw up But just real quick I just want to make sure everybody can hear ryeath because I'm hearing from other people that you cannot hear them out there So can you guys hear them? You can't hear them You can't hear them. Some people can hear you and some people can't Uh-oh So raise your hand if you can't hear ryeath Raise your hand Oh strange He's not in global's what we're hearing. Yeah, it's what I'm being told by Mavix. Okay. Yeah Thank you for that information Yeah, so one suggestion We're gonna we're gonna do a little troubleshooting here. Please please pause and watch One suggestion would be to exit out the stage there and then just walk around and come back in and we'll see if that just actually Fix it. Thank you Jay for noting that Yeah, well, it's yeah Raise his waving at us. Yes Okay, try talking to him Testing testing one two three Raise your hand if you can't hear ryeath So so so the cameras we can we can hear all good as well Okay. Okay. Okay. Great. Just want to make sure everyone can hear properly. All right. Thank you Mavix for that spot Yeah, so so to recap here what I'm hearing is your journey was also very influenced around getting tested by not having health insurance And that the the illness started to become so chronic and so disabling that it forced you to that place where you were willing to sit in In a county hospital and wait for 10 hours of the eight hours and and just go through that torture of understanding What you might face when you got that care, but finally Deciding you had to face it And then to answer the second part of your question even before Being in a relationship and before getting sick Getting an h.o.v. Diagnosis was probably my worst fear in life I remember distinctly when I Came out to my mom and told her that I want to I want to accept being gay because initially when it came out. I was going to church I was christian. I basically went through conversion therapy And there was a point where that wasn't working anymore.   It was accurate and I'm just a fool Yeah So that's where that fear came from and also of course of dying And so the words of encouragement I would have for myself is There is no scenario in which you get tested and you lose because if you don't get tested and I hear so much of people who are paranoid and stressed and so much anxiety that they have hiv And they are too afraid to get tested and so they're living with this pressure and this burden constantly every day And if they if you don't get tested then you're just living in that and you might get tested and be negative and So you're releasing yourself of all that You know anxiety and if you are positive Then you can finally get on treatment And then you can learn and realize that you can move on with your life once you do that wow and so there there's a piece about recognizing that if i'm concerned about having hiv Part of the disease that i'm already in is the terror of what I think that means Exactly And and the first step in my own healing whether I have hiv or not is actually just to choose To face that information and and get that get that support get that get that access to more Medical care more whatever I need because in your case even if you hadn't been positive you were sick You were having multiple illnesses and you needed medical support period and so so you're you're recognizing that even Despite the incredible stigma and harm of what your mother said You released yourself before you even found out you had hiv you you let yourself like find out and walk through that door And and define that differently because otherwise that might still be haunting you in your head just as a Its own kind of prison Yeah, thank you wow And franklin or jay would you like to comment on that of what would you tell yourself? If you could go back before you got tested To just acknowledge the path ahead and how to accept what was coming I would basically tell myself to calm down Because I was afraid Uh When I got tested a lot had come out of my hiv And then the symptoms involved with being hiv positive. I knew I had And I was uncertain because there was no test. So I really could not find out Wow, you know if I was hiv positive or negative Hmm. So I became afraid about a great many things And one in particular because my partner and I were having unprotected sex And then I developed a fear about that of not wanting to give someone else hiv So I um I was glad to to take the test. It was a tremendous relief Wow, you know, then we could I could protect myself and protect him and fortunately he was negative and um I went on you know with my life until We divorced And it became so stressful for me. And so phil was tremendous sad You know just engulfed my life Then my T-cells plummeted And I had within a week I went from Having a t-cell count to 1100, which is very good To having a t-cell count of 198 Which meant that I had AIDS And I became fearful at that point My doctor told me you really have to make plans Because we're not certain that we could help you And the only drug that was available was Crixivan Unfortunately a best friend of mine is a physician And he told me he gave me great advice. He said don't take that because With the your health condition as it is right now I'm I think that that drug might do more harm than good And uh, so he recommended he worked with the ryan white foundation And he knew of a new drug that had just been approved by the fda But was not on the market yet So he called my doctor and told him how to get that drug for me. Well, wow So Franklin I hear so many rich pieces in your story one of the pieces though You said that I want to echo is that concept of calm down I feel anxiety imagining what you were going through And I also know that recently jack johnson came out with an album called calm down or like one of the songs is calm down and During my own intense storm recently. I would listen to that song on repeat And so I think that it's how we deliver those messages to ourselves that matters And if I imagine franklin saying calm down ruth, I'm like, okay. Okay. Okay. I'll get on the ground So it really depends on who's holding that voice and what what I think the experience comes from and how much healing You have brought and support you've brought since then You're compensating for that terror you were feeling by saying not only calm down, but yay You have a test now like this is a big aha moment for me We're scared of getting tested But you didn't have the choice to get tested And so there's a convenience and an opportunity right now that we don't even think about I found out actually in this I did not know this You can just order tests on amazon like or or somewhere else You you don't necessarily have to like even be seen by somebody to get tested And that's an incredible privilege that we have especially in the us or in Countries that are more developed to be able to like access that level of anonymity and and just gather the info so So jay your turn and then I want to open us up for some questions. We just really dive deep here. So yeah What would you tell yourself? I would probably tell myself It's a roller coaster and take it moment to moment because there's going to be highs and lows and uh, it's you know Moments moment really yeah So there's a presence piece to that of um What we fear is almost maybe the cumulative effect of what we've been told or Like if you were taking a moment moment, you'd be going am I in jail? I am not so I am not the fool and I have not become You know that even if you were in jail, that doesn't mean those things are connected That doesn't mean that that your mother was right. And so right being in the moment gives you that segment of Exactly. Yeah, and that it's a roller coaster, you know and expect the highs and the lows and what right youth was saying earlier about, you know as as gay men we come out to you know to our families our friends and and And they're always going to be worried about hiv and and all of that and then once you get Exposed and you develop hiv And you know and become positive you go through a process where you're like, when do you tell them because just like coming out all over again It's already steeped in so much stigma and shame that it's a very difficult process Depending on who you're coming out to and right you've also brought up the point about being religious And I was deeply religious and grew up in a religious household So that's another piece of it, you know and that you don't want to worry your your family and and and about the eternal, you know Your eternal soul essentially. Yeah. Yeah, and so I grew up in in church for 18 years and Assistant to the youth pastor and the whole nine yards. So I Had a lot of shame a lot of guilt and I didn't even understand how this happened. So, yeah Yeah, that was really challenging for me. So it was like I said, it's a shock. It was a shock that's the roller coaster and that's the moment to moment because What happened? What's next? That's really what you asked yourself. What's next? Yeah, yeah Ah, I'm I'm gonna invite you all to think about if you have any questions But before we we go to questions from you, I have one more for each of you just to acknowledge where we're at We're in this kind of semi-futuristic alternate reality setting And I'm curious if you have any instincts or wishes or dreams What is your identity of having hiv look like as the metaverse continues to grow? Even one year from now, where do you want to be? In in the 2.0 of what we're doing today I would love to be a guide in that sense You know kind of what jay has been with me and you have been as well Um You have been with me I followed you on youtube forever before meeting you so this is yeah, yeah And it helped kind of you already bring more of of that from the physical world into VR. Yeah That's so beautiful a whole new meaning to the concept of guides in the metaverse Well, that's what we're doing here in this world this beautiful world that it's a labor of love We're guiding people around to the different kiosks and educating them about hiv In the metaverse and and this is a worldwide community and it's just amazing to to do what we're doing and Hopefully next year we're going to have all kinds of diverse You know, we're have women on the you know, we'll have We'll have transgender on on the stage like we're going to have a very diverse group of people Sharing their stories as well, you know of how they're thriving And surviving hiv, you know like a international circle of those affected by hiv and Maybe we'll have like a question piece where I put the question down and whoever Whoever hits the button first gets to maybe answer So we could have a rapid fire like sharing. It's very sweet Yeah, and when we have more capacity we'll be able to include the world that you built for kovat that you converted into hiv Awareness where you can go into the bloodstream and actually see hiv and and see the fighter cells And you know, you guys were mentioning earlier about t-cells Those are the fighter cells that fight off hiv And that's what that's what you get measured when you have your blood done To see how healthy you are and where your t-cell count is and your viral. Yeah That can be a whole other level of education And we can learn about it by gamifying it to some degree Exactly. Yeah What about you franklin? Where do you see hiv and your identity intersecting with the metaverse going forward? Uh, well the metaverse has been very helpful for me And having another outlet To uh deal with my uh being hiv positive But I my life story when I talked to my psychiatrist about it and other people and My aunt is an author And I told her my story and she told me she said Why don't you write a book? And I said no, no one's gonna want to read a book about me And she said no, she said seriously your life has been so interesting She said I think it would really make a great book. Yeah, you mentioned that earlier Yeah, and so she told me she said write two chapters Just so I can read it because she said you write so well Awesome And so I wrote two chapters and she sent it to a publisher So our publisher called me on the phone And said we want you to write this book So I see myself Completing that book By next year We're gonna have a metaverse book signing. There you go. Yeah, good idea for doing that Yeah, how beautiful. Well, I think it's a sign. I I'm definitely one of your first I would like your signature on the book because it it sounds so It sounds so rich in a like we're we're getting to see through your hindsight how the story did connect Probably while you're in it It didn't feel as connected. It felt like falling off cliffs and navigating dark alleys and Just being pretty uncertain like you said, but I love the idea of a book that shows How dark it can get and how How you end up on a couch in the metaverse talking with amongst friends. Yeah Oh, so good. So good So I have a hundred more questions So if you all don't I will keep asking but I want to give you all a chance to step up here And solo will go ahead and approve So you basically step up to the mic and you grab it and then solo will give you A microphone for a moment any questions for our esteemed panel of leaders and healers here Yeah, and polkat you are on mute, but yeah, hold on to the mic and you'll get um Oh, yeah, there you go Unmute and now okay. Go ahead solo hold on one sec. We'll cut yet They let go so you gotta reenact. Okay should be good. Okay. Can you hear me now? Yes I don't necessarily have a question for you gentlemen. I just have Something to tell you the book thing is a wonderful idea. Um, I'm 62 years old. I Have survived my friends Dying of AIDS. I was there when it first started. I'm a lesbian and all my male friends for the most part are gone So I applaud you gentlemen for still being here. Thank you for that Um, but uh to write a book is a good idea I wrote a poem the last friend that I had that died I wrote a poem And I did have it published and I gave that book to his father at the funeral It helps you and it helps your friends cope with what's going on Like I said, I've lost all my male Friends and I pretty much have not even in the gay community anymore because of the crisis that went down and Losing everybody I knew it just kind of like through me So it it it's hard on you guys and it's also hard on your friends And I do applaud you for sticking in there and I hope all of you the best. Thank you for letting me stay Yeah, that's that's a whole other way to think about it is the love letters of telling people the story you continue to live Yeah, yeah, thank you Who else? questions or reflections We're getting an echo from willow. So if she could mute appreciate Oh, yeah, I didn't Yeah, go ahead and grab the mic And then solo Go ahead. Uh, okay. Is it can you read? Yep. Yes. Yeah, I came a little bit late, but I definitely heard um Your stories and I'm definitely thankful for you for sharing them Uh, I myself am living with um HIV For the last five years and I was diagnosed with AIDS. Um Prior to that and um, so I just wanted to make a like to like two comments One I thank all of you for you know, you're sharing your stories. I mean youth you three come from Like really different backgrounds and it was really interesting to hear your stories. Um, I wanted to um Comment and recognize my uh flight attendant colleagues as well um in my unions, um that support, um This day every year, um because you did lose a lot of our colleagues friends, um obviously, uh, if you were living in that age and even today, um, people are still in their lives. So Um, I just wanted to recognize them. Uh, third is um, I don't know if you touched on it, but um, definitely, um, testing is you know, as as What you know, as we say is the most important and one thing that I was not aware when I you know was You know when I had HIV and I was not detectable and I didn't know I had it was the fact that um I didn't think the or quick versus the you know prick at a you know out the closet or whatnot Is the same effectancy, but it really is it's the they are 99.5 effective did both And then was very lucky enough to see You know a doctor and again my my personal um You know my t-cell count was Like 180 so that was a shock and that was very terrifying, but It was a different time, you know, so I had time to spare, you know, it was not like Back then when you really had to you know, um per se, uh, I would say, um Be be quick and be uh Um You know like strategize what you're going to do. Um And and I think another point I want to make is uh, you know Anyone else can comment on this as well Maybe the panel as well Is you know, how do you transition from the med that you were currently on because it was the best medication I personally take tri mech because that was uh back then the you know, premier, you know The highest like the best drug at the time to now There's now uh injectable, um, you know that you know that we can Take, um Or you know a two and one Where it's less on our liver. So that's something that um, I think is important So that's just what I wanted to say and again. Thank you so much for showing your stories and for um making this live event Yeah, thank you so much And so I heard a really specific question in that and maybe one of you can answer so we can still Invite any other comments or reflections With our our last few minutes is How do you transition when you're on a medication that is kind of working? But there's some incentive to shift how what do you tell yourself or how do you make that decision? And who's had experience with that because maybe not everybody has so j has Yeah, I have Franklin as it right right pass. Okay. So yeah everyone. Yeah Yeah First of all, I want to say thank you kim for getting up and sharing and you know We support you and we hope this world supports you Yeah Yeah, I started off taking I started off taking uh nine pills a day And they were large pills And they got to a point where new drugs came out. So I transitioned to a tripla Which was one one pill a day And uh, eventually, uh my system Built up resistance to a tripla And my doctor switched me to jamboya And then jamboya worked fine. I was undetectable, but it caused weight gain And I had to transition off of that because I was uh middle aged and had become diabetic So my doctor was really concerned about the weight gain So I changed from jamboya to victory now Which is working very well And so what a journey I mean, that's so many chapters in themselves maybe of of that transitioning to something that maybe gave more hope more stability and idea this could be better for me and and any other just Brief insight of like what what I know this is a complicated topic, but what helps you say yes finally to that shift Well, for me recently I changed and it was because I was going through I think heightened anxiety based on the medication that I was on before And I wasn't even aware that there was the medication that was actually causing the anxiety Until a doctor met with me and it said that you know, there is now A new medication that's within it's made by the same pharmaceutical company But it's going to be make it's going to make you less anxious more let more or less And so um, you know, you may not feel it immediately, but over time you will and so I shifted to that and also Franklin mentioned the weight gain. I was also gaining weight on the medication that I was on as well and so um and and that's I think Very challenging because uh You know, I guess we all gained a lot of weight during covid. Maybe I mean, I know they say they call the covid 30 But my god, um, so my medication was contributing to that as well And so that was another reason I figured I needed to shift Franklin did so because of diabetes risk, you know, I did so because I Uh, could tell that this was not good and uh, yeah, I needed to shift Yeah, I'm grateful about it. So maybe maybe part of that answer is there's just a cumulative pressure that comes from all the information about your body And the information outside and it just finally gets over the edge And I I took a triple at 1.2 but girl that that was not the one She did not like my body I mean, I would I had like brain fog. I would have hallucinations and yeah all kinds of stuff So what I would try to do is I would try to time my medication at night so that if I Would get have side effects. I would hopefully have it while I was sleeping and not have to deal with it But so yeah, like to your point it was just obvious It was the next evolution like okay, here's something that's that's less toxic that has less drugs That's most likely gonna have less side effects Gen voya was put on had zero side effects And then I was encouraged to go on victarvi and said, okay, why not? I'll try it also no side effects. So That's where you're on now. Victoria. Yeah Yeah, and I'm on devato. So I transitioned from geluca to devato. Yeah well Thank you again to each of you for being here I feel like we just started to wade into the possible conversations and I also just want to celebrate and acknowledge that today all over the world. This is world AIDS day This is a day to come together and recognize Not just survivors, but I would say thrivers who are also HIV positive and recognize those that have not survived or or have survived until they couldn't anymore and part of some of the art pieces you see in here Including this tree back here is to honor those who have lost their lives with HIV or AIDS related illness and one of the ways You can contribute is is by Reading these different signs in this world and learning more about how to be an ally that that's the point of this event And so I'm going to be sticking around to just meet and enjoy the company of everybody who's been here. Thank you. Thank you And I would invite that all of us if we are going to be talking about this really practice using nice statements I feel this I noticed this when we go into you statements as As much as that can feel like safe for us to talk to somebody else about you should That's not allyship. That's a type of judgment even if we feel good about it.  So go read that I would love it if while we have everybody gathered that that staircase back there is just so pretty I would love it if we could all line up along there and get a big giant group photo of this is our first hiv awareness event that is coinciding with an international day and also a bridging and partnership the queers on meta This is a really big deal today. So you're all part of history in the metaverse All right.  You're just like I have to finish this because I started it Actually, I'm not a completionist. I'm very add when it comes to that stuff And I usually have like eight nine or ten things going on at the same time and none of them are finished Anyway That was it. That's kind of gives you a taste of what's what's possible in the metaverse Like I really that really put in a perspective that I need to really think about hiv advocacy not just being limited to two-dimensional space not just social media not just via YouTube and things like that but In a fully immersive three-dimensional metaverse type world where I can really Connect with other human beings via their avatars and it just adds a whole another dimension if you will As far as what it means to be an advocate so stick around. This is just the beginning Um, there's so much we can do in the metaverse and I'm excited to be Trekking out into that frontier with y'all and I will be sharing it as it happens. Thank you for watching this I hope you liked it. I hope you enjoyed it. 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Up next we have Bimbola Osage. Bimbola is a professional property entrepreneur and founder of the Property Investment Club. The Investment Club, also known as B Our Own Bank, aims to help the black community build wealth by collectively pulling resources together and investing in properties. She's a joint venture queen and is passionate about advocating for more investment partnerships in the black community. Today, on the Richelman Festival, Bimbola will be speaking to us on growing your bag, investing in real estate in the UK. So for those who have Java plans, sit tight and welcome Ms Bimbola. Thank you. Thanks for that. Okay, so for the Java crew, and not just for the Java crew, actually for those that are actually based anywhere in the world, I want to invest in the UK market. This is for you. So today I'll be talking about how to invest in real estate in the United Kingdom. So a bit of an introduction about myself. I can't project my slide, so you might see me looking to the side very quickly. It's just me going through my slides. So my name is Bimbola Osage. I'm a serial property investor. I call myself serial because ever since I learned the art of investing, I've been addicted to it. I bought my first property 2005, which is about 18 years ago. So I've got an 18 years experience in property investment here in the UK. I do this full time now. But prior to this, I worked in investment banking as a market risk analyst in the city of London. I'm from investment in property. I've also founded an investment club here in the United Kingdom called Be Our Own Bank. The goal of Be Our Own Bank is that one day we will be a black owned bank here in the UK. So you've heard it from me first. I'm very much about property. I train people on how to get started. I coach, I mentor. I'm also a host of a property podcast called Propcast with a colleague of mine, where we talk about our experiences in properties and just share tips and knowledge. I'm a joint venture advocate. I'm a joint venture advocate and I'll talk a little bit more about that in my session today, but I'm all about helping people come together to raise, to invest and to make money together. I think one of our speakers earlier mentioned that over the last 18 months to 20 months we've raised about two million pounds in cash, literally in 10,000, 12,000, 5,000, 30,000 from different individuals to invest in properties. I do have a mixed portfolio, which includes family, less commercial, refurbishment, joint ventures and so on and so forth. I am currently with four children that are referred to as the Fantastic Four. So this is very much something that is close to my heart. Women being able to stand on their own two feet, women having their own money. And that's obviously helped me on my journey. And then now that I'm redone, it's one of the things that I'm so thankful to God for. Okay. Why does the woman need to invest? We've talked a bit about this earlier, but I'm just going to touch on a couple of points as well, just so that it gets into our minds. As women, we worry, we're always thinking, we're very anxious. And a woman that invests reduces her worry and anxiety levels, making her feel in control of her finances. Statistics have shown that women actually live longer than their male spouses. I'm a living testament of that. We generally live longer than our men, which means we would need a lot of money in retirement. We need to have invested in order to be able to reap those that funded our retirement age. We can actually start and get into passive income without much effort. Women are entrepreneurs. A lot of women that I know are into everything and we have the ability to do so much. So having an investment is another way for us to grow our passive income. There is an obvious gap between genders and obvious income gap. I think somebody mentioned that earlier as well. And in order for us to fill that gap, investing is a way of doing that. And one of the reasons, which is my last point that I totally, totally stand by is that a man is not a financial plan.  Of course, if you have a great man or a great spouse or inheritance or whatever, that's amazing. But you as a woman, you need to very much know and be in control of your finances. Now, the next thing I want to talk about is, yes, we've talked about the need for a woman to invest. Well, why should a woman invest in real estate? You know, there's so many asset classes that we can invest in. Real estate, for me, is it trumps everything. And why real estate? Women are generally more risk averse. Women are generally more risk averse when it comes to all sorts of different asset classes, the most secure and the one that takes the least amount of risk in comparison to the others is properties, real estate. So women are generally more risk averse, which means property or real estate, as I would interchange that as I talk, is what is very suited to women. Women are long term thinkers. We think about everything. You know, I can sit here and tell you all my thoughts and my plans for the next five years and 10 years when my children grow up and so on and so forth. And in fact, it's something that we're in is inherently inside of us. We think about long term. We think about the future. A lot of the time when you see a man and a woman and they have an issue is the woman is the man is thinking about now the woman is thinking about the future. So because we are generally long term thinkers, real estate is a long term goal. It's a long term investment plan. So women are real long term thinkers are real estate will provide that long term security that you're looking for, looking for. Another reason why I think women should be interested in real estate is because we actually possess a lot of skills like we're very multi skilled, which are and these are skills that are very much needed in the real estate game skills like negotiating. We are major beautiful negotiators and we're very unsuperorganized. We have the ability to manage all sorts of different relationships. We are good communicators and we have the ability to multitask. Those are all the different skills that would come into play when it comes to real estate. So we're very suited for that. We can leverage real estate as another income stream. I know a lot of women that are into have at least five, six, seven in fact the Bible says we should have at least seven income streams. So I know a lot of people that have different income from real estate is certainly one that we can add on to that. And of course, as we had from the last speaker by building generational wealth. When it comes to real estate, that is the core that is the basis that is the foundation of generational wealth. We think about our children, we think about our nephews and nieces, our parents. We're always thinking about the future and how best to build a future other than in real estate. I don't know any wealthy person in the world who isn't invested in real estate. In order for you to pass what from generation to generation, real estate is the one key. In fact, it trumps everything as far as I'm concerned. So as women, we need to be very much interested in investing in properties or in real estate. Now I'm based in the UK and I obviously love other countries, but I have seen and I've looked at different countries. I mean, not a lot, but just a few. But in the ones that I've looked at, I feel like in the UK, UK is such a solid market when it comes to property. And today I want to convince you guys, you ladies, to bring your money into the UK.  So why the United Kingdom? As we know, the world right now I feel is in some sort of crazy recession or crazy turmoil. Everywhere is expensive, the cost of living has gone up. I don't even know how a lot of us are managing right now. However, the United Kingdom still proves to be a thriving and a stable economy.