We Won't Stop a song penned by Willie JUST B Shannon and Kendal Richardson to address the epidemic, HIV/AIDS, amongst youth 13-29, especially in the African American Community and people of color.
From the personal life of Kendal Richardson, who was infected at the age of 19 through oral sex, felt a need and calling to do something different and be creative to educate youths about being responsible for themselves.
"I believe that HIV/AIDS is the end result, if we could address other issues and other factors contributing to cause an individual not to be responsible or being put in situations beyond their control where transmission could occur" says Richardson.
Kendal Richardson, being a HIV/AIDS advocate with a relentless stance to save the souls, lives, destinies and purposes of the next generation because it wasn't done for him and he didn't have or know many people with the passion and love for kids, youths, teens and young adults as he did, locally or nationally when he started his journey of life, love, and the pursuit of joy.
Richardson had a unction to start a youth AIDS walk in 2006 because he wasn't seeing young people like him fighting and speaking up for the lives then and young people to come. Through heartache and pain birthed the walks and the chant, "We Won't Stop Til Everybody Knows That HIV is Killin' Folks." Of course we know that HIV is not killin' folks, but it's a great way of getting attention and open the door for education, motivation and mobilization.
Richardson then birthed out three things from the walk, first a non-profit organization, called The Grapevine HIV/AIDS Foundation Inc., whose mission is to educate youth, parents, pastors and community members concerning HIV/AIDS through social media and community involvement, the education. Secondly, the song along with Willie JUST B Shannon, We Won't Stop, the motivation and lastly partnerships with the community and young gifted people with an anointing to express their God given talents to share with people of all ages, especially their own, the mobilization.
Richardson asked for many years for different artists to help the vision grow in the area of music, after many attempts, no one answered the call when he wanted to but it was answered by the right person and at the right time, and that time is now, by a great father, husband, minister, artist and basketball fanatic by the name of Willie "JUST B" Shannon.
Richardson never understood why some people helped joined a fight that had so much stigma. So he asked JUST B why? Why did u write the song? and Shannon's response was, "My Aunt passed away from AIDS and I didn't say or doing anything about it, now, as I'm older and more mature, I feel like I can do something, a way to give back when I should have"
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