Mary S. Jones,
Motivational Speaker

Mary S. Jones encourages individuals to change their path and enrich their lives. Mary’s message, “if nothing changes in you; then nothing changes around you.”

Mary is the author of It’s personal; Real stories about real people infected with HIV/AIDS (due to be released in the summer of 2008). She is a storyteller, grassroots worker and according to those who have attended her talks, “one of the most thought provoking speakers you are likely to witness anywhere.”

Mary’s message comes out of her more than 15 years of work in the field of HIV/AIDS. Mary has suffered loss, and like others whose loved ones have been taken by the disease, she realizes it could have been her. Mary grabs her audience with simple truths and concrete connection. She peels away the fairy tales. She steeps her audience in reality… and they take away confidence that they can take charge of their lives.

Mary’s message is direct; that HIV/AIDS is personal, and we cannot afford to be its enablers. The stigma, prejudices, shame and denial has allowed a preventable disease to wreak havoc on our relationships, families, and communities.

Mary’s upcoming book will grab you. Just listen, and Mary’s message will make you look in the mirror of your own life as Mary transports you into the lives of others.

Mary challenges her audience to put themselves in the affected’s shoes. Even when family members turn their backs, when churches avoid the subject, when business focuses on the bottom line, when schools skim over the subject; Mary’s message is clear: facing up to the facts is the first step in facing down the disease.

When someone’s sexual preference makes them a target, when legislators focus on the cost of HIV/AIDS, and not the root cause, and when girlfriends and wives miss the signs of the “DL” (down low) brother, Mary’s message is clear: the challenge is to become educated about the virus.

Mary’s message is all about facing the facts, and the challenges ahead, and therefore goes beyond the subject of HIV/AIDS Mary’s message is universal: silence has become the greatest weapon of destruction; refusing to discuss it does not mean is does not exist. In the case of HIV/AIDS, the virus has crossed borders, jumped state lines; skipped onto college campuses; preyed upon the church and other institutions; climbed the corporate ladder of our businesses, and with today’s technology, lured our children right into its arms.
Mary’s message is that it is not who you are but what you do that puts you at risk for this virus.

Mary’s message allows audiences to re-evaluate their life actions; on the edge of their seats, they calculate change in a new light.

Mary’s message is represents a triple digit ROI (return on your investment) – hundreds of lives have change after hearing it, seeing it and living it.

Lives are at stake. Mary S. Jones has the message for this moment.