Recording artist Jamar Rogers attends the BuildOn charity event at Aventine Hollywood. He will be in Chattanooga this week to talk about HIV.IF YOU GO• What: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day• When: 10 a.m. today at Chattanooga State Community College; 6 p.m. Thursday at Bessie Smith Hall• Free confidential testing will be available at both locations• Cost: Free
Jamar Rogers survived homelessness, prostitution, methamphetamine abuse and an HIV diagnosis.
Now the 31-year-old singer is encouraging others with HIV that they can also survive.
“There is life, if you’re willing to believe in it and go on,” Rogers said. “HIV is not the death sentence that it used to be.”
Rogers, the second season semifinalist on the NBC reality television show, “The Voice,” will be the main speaker at Chattanooga’s National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.