If you want to be in a leadership position, you also have to know when to let somebody go and when to make decisions that people don t like making. I was letting myself go, because I knew that it was the right thing to do. While AIDS activism has turned into a finely oiled machine, there are still those who have not stopped squeaking. Telling your truth rarely makes you popular.
Few people are willing to do it if the inevitable price is their job.
Rene Meave is one of those people. He has been on a mission for the past decade to prevent an HIV epidemic in the Hispanic population in west Michigan. At the same time, he has had what he considers a complementary life as a musician. He has traveled nationally with his band Los Bandits. This name exemplifies Rene Meave.