joining me in the studio right now to tell us about th day is stephan chase. he is with the east bay aidswalk. i love your shirt, hiv positive, it is out there. >> it is a good way to end the stigma. >> it lets people know. why is this such an important cause to you? >> east bay aidswalk is an important cause to me because while san francisco does a wonderful job, the east bay especially the oaknd la area kind of gets forgotten. it is a shadowed city that gets forgotten. in that many of the population there don't listen to the messages from san francisco. they only listen to messages they hear in their own community. >> they think oh that's san francisco and dismiss it? >> yes. and because of that, it is really affecting hiv rates in the oakland area and the east bay area. >> dramatically? >> dramatically. we are seeing especially in the african-american community. the african-american community represents less than 12% of the population. in the east bay, the hiv rate is over 40%. >> holy cow. you work at a chain store, or you did, and you got them involved to