Superhero: Raymond Alejo

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 My first stranger caping! Imagine how fun this was to find Raymond amongst the 15,000 conference attendees and surprise him before he went on stage to share his hula performance by saying, "You've been nominated for an award!"Raymond Alejo was nominated by our mutual colleague Dr. Cori Blum (Chicago, IL based HIV provider) as a superhero in the revolution and inducted into the Love Superhero Hall of Gratitude July 24, 2014 during the International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia. Cori nominated Raymond for being a bright light of inspiration by integrating dance and cultural elements into a traditional healing practice. As a man thriving with HIV, Raymond inspires and cares for others with a commitment to living whole and healing those around him.  Below, Raymond awaits his turn at the stage in the Global Village at the International AIDS Conference 2012. Learn more about Raymond and his dance group. 

About the Love Superhero Hall of Gratitude!

“The plain fact is that the world does not need more successful people, but it does desperately need more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of every kind. It needs people who live well in their places. It needs people of moral courage willing to join the fight to make the world habitable and humane.” David Orr

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 I deeply admire those who “live well in their places.” The ordinary and the unsung who offer to the world the very best parts of themselves without expectation. This is a beautiful expression of love in her calm, persistent, generous manner – offering a ripple of change (a metamorphosis) to the world. Inductees to the Love Superhero Hall of Gratitude are caped in recognition of their contributions to a love-filled world.