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Rae Lewis-Thornton

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Rae Lewis-Thornton is an Emmy Award winning AIDS Activist. She rose to national acclaim when she told her story of living with HIV/AIDS in a cover story to Essence Magazine. In the past twenty- two years, she has traveled worldwide in an unending crusade in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Rae Lewis-Thornton has been featured in countless magazines such as, Glamour, O-The Oprah Magazine, Woman’s Day, Essence, Jet, Ebony, Emerge, Black Excellence, Heart and Soul, WOE, Poz and The Crisis, as well as, many newspaper outlets, such as The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun times, to name a few. She received an Emmy Award for an on-going series of first-person news reports on her life of Living With AIDS, for CBS-Chicago. She has Rae Lewis-Thornton is an Emmy Award winning AIDS Activist. She rose to national acclaim when she told her story of living with HIV/AIDS in a cover story to Essence Magazine. In the past twenty- two years, she has traveled worldwide in an unending crusade in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Rae Lewis-Thornton has been featured in countless magazines such as, Glamour, O-The Oprah Magazine, Woman’s Day, Essence, Jet, Ebony, Emerge, Black Excellence, Heart and Soul, WOE, Poz and The Crisis, as well as, many newspaper outlets, such as The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun times, to name a few. She received an Emmy Award for an on-going series of first-person news reports on her life of Living With AIDS, for CBS-Chicago. She has been featured on national television and on line shows such as, Huffington Post Live, TV One, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Nightline with Ted Kopel in a news article Rae’s Story, AIDS the next Wave and AIDS 25 years in review with Ted Kopel. She has also been on Dateline, Black Entertainment Television (BET) CNN, and the Montel Williams Show as well as, countless other news and radio shows around the world.

Prior to Rae’s motivational speaking career, she was on her way to a promising political organizing career. Having served as Senator Carol Mosley Braun’s 1992 Senatorial Campaign Advance Coordinator, Illinois State Youth Coordinator for the 1988 Dukakis Presidential Campaign and National Youth Director for Jesse Jackson’s 1984 and 1988 Presidential Campaigns, Rae was forced to retire in 1993 as a result of her health.

Rae has become a pioneer in using Social Media to educate and challenge stigma around HIV/AIDS and to promote issues around self-love. Her integrated use of Social Media has gained her national acclaim. She was featured on BET News, and in a cover story for the Chicago Tribune, that was picked up by the Associated Press on her savvy use of Social Media.
Rae has been asked to share her expertise in blogging and Social Media for Social Change. She has spoken twice at BlogHer’s annual conference. In 2013 she was the closing keynote for HealthMinder and 2014 she lead a Pathfinder, helping bloggers specifically blog for Social Change. In 2014 to spoke at Walgreens Corporate office around HIV education and the use of Social Media. She participated in Chicago Social Media Week on a panel with Chicago’s Commissioner of Public Health in 2012.

Her award winning blog Diva Living With AIDS has had unprecedented success. (http://www.raelewisthornton.com In 2014 she was name Top Ten Social Makers in HIV/AIDS by ShareCare, Dr. Mehmet Oz, interactive online health and wellness site. She won the CBS Most Valuable Blogger Award in Health and Wellness in 2010 and the Black WEBlog Award in Health and Wellness in 2012. Her blog receives approximately 50,000 views monthly, with over a million views in just three years. Her blog is syndicated on the Body.com, which is the largest HIV resource in the country, Poz Magazine.com one of the oldest HIV/AIDS Magazines in the country and BlackDocotrs.com. Rae also writes for ChicagoMoms.com about health and wellness. Her brands include, Tea With Rae, Tea Reviews with over 20 Companies around the world participating. She launched a Twitter Book Club RLT Reads in 2010 with up to a 100 participates. Rae can be found educating on Twitter daily @RaeLT and in 2010 she won the British Academy of Golden Tweet Award in Public Service.

Rae launched a line of fashion bracelets, RLT Collection in 2009. Her handcrafted original designs can be seen on the wrist of celebrities, such as Sheryl Lee Ralph, Phaedra Parks from The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Kim Coles, Dionne Warwick, Jennifer Holliday. Her exclusive web-store is http://www.rltcollection.com

Rae Lewis-Thornton graduated Cum Laude from Northeastern Illinois University. She began her Masters in Political Science at the University of Illinois-Chicago, two classes from graduating, s ...more

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	The Politics of Respectability 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Butterfly Confessions by Yetta Young, P.R. Hawkins, Rae Lewis-Thornton (Goodreads Author) 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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I’ve been off the website for a while- actually I’m in the process of developing a more modern site. In the meantime I thought I would share my most recent magazine covers. God continues to open doors and create space for me to tell my story and I’ll do it as long as I’m still here. By the way, my health is really really good. Check out the articles. I’ve provided the links. Love Y’all! Rev. R Read more of this blog post »

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Their Eyes Were Watching God

by Zora Neale Hurston

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Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human

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Jan 01, 2015 09:39AM

I didn't come close to my 2014 goal, so I lowered my goal for the new year... One for for each year of my life in 2015.. that would be 53.. Lets see how that works out... LOL #RLTReads

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Aug 04, 2013 11:31AM

HELP... Does anyone know how to add a photo that is not a book to your comment feed? Can't figure it out for the life of me

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Mar 28, 2013 08:13AM

A story is a powerful thing.... And God help the girl who takes one that is not her own..Little Bee

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Mar 26, 2013 01:26PM

A scar does not form on the dying... A scar means I survived

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Feb 13, 2013 06:38AM

I just have to say... As a book lover I simply love live love good reads. I have been introduced to so many books and authors..

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