Dawn's Early Light

"Eleven years ago, Dawn Averitt received what then amounted to a death sentence: she had contracted HIV. Tomorrow, in Baxter State Park, Averitt begins her hike of the 2,160 mile-long Appalachian trees. The thirty-year-old Georgia native, who was diagnosed with full-blown AIDS in 1994, is athletic, energetic, attractive, outgoing. She represents the changing face of people living with aids."

~Dale McGarrigle
Bangor Daily News June 10, 1999

"I want to be seen as a woman living with AIDS who is embracing life."

~Dawn Averitt.

This one-hour documentary film, produced for National Broadcast by Steve Michelson Productions, is the story of the ultimate survivor:

Learn more at www.trekkingwithaids.com

Outreach Partners: WORLD (Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases) is a community-based, non-profit organization for women living with HIV disease and AIDS.  In addition to providing peer-education, advocacy, support programs, and retreats, WORLD distributes the only national and international monthly newsletter for women with HIV and AIDS.

Visit WORLD's Website at www.womenhiv.org
To Contact WORLD, call 510-658-6930