justin, director of community relations at the whitman walker health clinic in washington d.c. and from new orleans, dion haywood, executive director of women with a vision. given the direction of research, where the dollars were going, where the scientific energy was going, wasn't a preventive met sin one of the next steps, a place we were going to have to anticipate going? >> sure. we want to find a vaccine and a cure. everyone wanted that. unfortunately vaccine research has not really gotten anywhere and we have not found a quur tore h.i.v. -- cure for h.i.v. >> so is truvada a great weapon in your armament or does it have to about carefully negotiated with an at-risk generation. >> it's not new, but people living with h.i.v., it's an effective tool for those living with h.i.v. the question is whether those not affected by h.i.v. should take the drug. that's something we need to talk about, how we talk to populations about it, the gay communities and all communities. if you take the pill will you not do other things to protect yourself. that's part of the big discussion. >>

he awarded the contract, $17,500 in august 1983 to whitman walker clinic. we had to spend the money before the 30th of september. it felt like the heavens had opened. >> more recently you've been trying to get the city to do more about homelessness in the city. the city has been responding slowly to all the hearings you've been holding on homelessness. marion barry was also an ally with you on the homeless issue in the city. >> he was a member of the human services committee which i chair. i can't tell you how important he was. he's an icon in the city, somebody who cared very deeply about people. he was always there for me politically and i was always there for him politically. he voted against that reprimand. i voted against one of his problems. i hope those who hated him will have the decency to be quiet today, but i'm just not ready for the hypocrisy we might all be hearing shortly. the fact of the matter is he cared deeply about people, he was always there to help them, human rights, human welfare was his first agenda. >> mr. council member thank you f

. >> reporter: at whitman walker health, educator and case worker rihanna buford, who does home visits and classes on hiv, says everyone needs to know about hiv. everyone. >> i do talk to my nieces and nephews a lot about it. i'm that aunt. >> reporter: decades of fighting hiv have featured all sorts of campaigns and television ♪ a new d.c. survey says more than 50% in the survey say the ads have given helpful information. and 70% say they're aware of the city's widely advertised free condom program and free testing services. >> to have 70% of people know there are free condoms available means they can protect their health. >> rep case workers like rihanna, a howard university graduate, know it's still a never-ending campaign, especially among women and people of color who test positive more often than others. >> the stigma behind it all keeps a lot of people in what we -- what i would say is the closet. you're constantly reinfecting people. so if we can get into communities and talk approximate ways to reduce risk. >> reporter: the city is about to unveil a new ad campaign, adapting t