Bring On Your Dreams transforms the lives of women in challenging life situations, many who are living with HIV/AIDS, by providing emergency assistance and supportive services while fostering a sense of hope for the future.
We dream of a world where women in challenging life situations especially those living with HIV/AIDS, have all barriers removed that limit the ability to live healthy productive lives with dignity. We are committed to seeking systemic solutions to the root causes of human rights and socioeconomic injustices while helping to achieve ultimate wellness which includes physical, spiritual and emotional wellbeing; safe and affordable housing; access to quality healthcare; educational opportunities; economic justice; freedom from violence and freedom from stigma.
Michele grew up in conditions of unthinkable poverty, sole daughter of a single mother who once paid $12 a month to rent a home without a bathroom, kitchen or running water.
Another house didn’t have electricity. Another house burned down, forcing them to live in a borrowed camper for more than six months. That experience gave Michele a rare insight into the impact of homelessness on the human spirit.
At the young age of 19, she married a man who became abusive. And then came the night that almost ended her life. A man who said he was her husband’s friend offered her a ride home. But instead he took her to a secluded place and raped her.
Michele was left with HIV/AIDS.
Several years later--now a mother with three children--she was told she only had a few months to live. So she moved to Rochester to spend her final days with her father. At the time, her immune system was operating at 2%.
With the help of an expert care team in the Rochester area, she survived. And then she saw a movie called Last Holiday starring Queen Latifah. It was about a woman who wrote down her dreams in a scrapbook. Despite many challenges, she went on to fulfill every one.
That story inspired Michele to create her own scrapbook of dreams. She would earn college degrees. She would own a car and a home. She would find a way to give back to the community. And someday she would start her own nonprofit to help women who face terrible challenges achieve their dreams.
But these dreams were just the starting point. She also developed a plan to achieve each dream by taking one small step at a time.
And that’s how she earned her Associates degree. With distinction. Then her Bachelor’s degree in Social Work. Magna cum laude. Then her Master’s degree in Public Administration. And she didn’t stop there.
Now, a decade after that critical turning point, she’s Chair of the Rochester Area Task Force on AIDS, Chair of the Governance Committee of the Jordan Health Center, the organizer of an annual resource fair for people living with HIV/AIDS since 2012, a quality management trainer for the AIDS Institute for New York State, recipient of a scholarship to an international HIV/AIDS conference in South Africa…and the founder of a nonprofit called Bring On Your Dreams.
“Some people have had such difficult lives that they don’t know how to dream anymore,” she says. “They’ve given up. And even though we provide a lot of community resources for people who struggle with poverty and illness, we sometimes forget about helping them really believe they can achieve a better future.
“I hope my life story and the efforts of our new organization will help hundreds of women in Rochester bring on their dreams. In fact, it’s one of my most important dreams to empower them to do just that.”
Michele Boyd, MPA, BSW
S. Jasmin Brown, BS
Sara Harrington, MSW
Keisha Burton, MBA
Janice Harbin, DDS
Melissa Sydor-Kaufmann, LCSW-R
Twanda Brown, BSW
Jacqueline Dozier, BS
Raquel Martinez-Calleri, LCSW
Demina Stewart , RN
To expand our impact, we offer other services to touch the lives of hundreds of poor women in our community, many of whom also face the daily challenges of living with HIV/AIDS.
In the future, we plan to offer services to help our clients’ children and family members as well.
Terms of Service & Privacy Policy
Introduction
Bring On Your Dreams, Inc. (“BOYD, INC”) grants you (“You,” “User,” “Users”) a non-exclusive, non-transferable, permission to display the webpages and access content hosted on the BOYD, INC website (“Website”) subject to the restrictions in this Terms of Service agreement (“AGREEMENT”). This AGREEMENT is a legally binding contract between You and BOYD, INC governing the access and use of the services offered, and all information, content, media, content, printed materials and other electronic documentation accessible from www.bringonyourdreamsinc.org, any sub-domains thereof (each of which constituting a part of the Website), regardless of whether any such materials or services are provided in a publicly-accessible or a Members-only section of the Website.
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Intellectual Property
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User-Generated Content
The Website may be configured to allow Users to publish user-generated content, in one or more BOYD, INC Members-only sections, restricted BOYD, INC community of practice areas that may be open to Members and non-Members, and other forums or messaging systems for Users or in a publicly accessible section of the Website. User-generated content may include, but is not limited to: posts, profiles, blogs, e-mail, files, photos, videos, or other material. The information provided in user-generated content is not guaranteed to be accurate and is no way endorsed, offered or guaranteed by BOYD, INC.
You agree that access and use of the Website is expressly conditioned upon your agreement to accept sole responsibility for any user-generated content that You publish to the Website. You assume all risks associated with any such content, including the risk of third party reliance on its quality, accuracy, or reliability, or any disclosure by you of personally identifiable information. You represent that you own, or have the necessary permissions to use and authorize the use of any such content. You may not imply that any user-generated content published by yourself or another User is in any way sponsored or endorsed by BOYD, INC.
Rights in and to any such personal user-generated content may be the property of the User that uploaded the content and/or to any third parties associated with the creation of such content, as the case may be. BOYD, INC prohibits Users from publishing any content that infringes the intellectual property or proprietary rights of any third parties and BOYD, INC shall not be held liable for the infringement or violation of any such third party rights resulting from the publishing of such user-generated content. It is solely the User’s responsibility to verify that any content published to the Website is not subject to any third party rights (e.g., which may prohibit the copying, publishing, or distribution of the content being published). BOYD, INC does not actively monitor user-generated content uploaded to or published to the Website. However, BOYD, INC may remove or block access to any user-generated content for any reason, or take other action with respect to any such material at its sole discretion, although BOYD, INC is under no obligation to do so.
You expressly agree that any user-generated content that you publish to the Website is not false, intentionally misleading, defamatory, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually-oriented, threatening, invasive of a person’s privacy, or otherwise in violation of any law. You further expressly agree that such content does not: violate any third-party right, including any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, moral right, confidentiality right, privacy right, right of publicity, or any other intellectual property or proprietary right; contain material that is unlawful, including illegal hate speech or pornography; exploit or otherwise harm minors; or violate or advocate the violation of any U.S. or foreign law. You may expose yourself to liability by failing to abide by this requirement and BOYD, INC shall bear no responsibility for any such user-generated content. Furthermore, Users that publish user-generated content which violates this provision or any other requirement of the AGREEMENT may be banned from the Website or have their access to the Website (or services provided the Website) restricted, without warning and at BOYD, INC’s sole discretion.
In accordance with the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), Users are not permitted to publish any user-generated content intended for children under the age of 13 without the express written permission of BOYD, INC. Users are also not permitted to collect personal information from children under the age of 13. You expressly agree to act in accordance with these provisions when posting any user-generated content to the Website.
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External Links
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Registration
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You acknowledge, consent and agree that BOYD, INC may access, preserve and disclose your account information and user-generated content if required to do so by law or if BOYD, INC believes that such access, preservation, or disclosure is reasonably necessary to (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the requirements of the AGREEMENT; (c) respond to claims that any such content violates the rights of third parties; (d) respond to your requests for customer service; or (e) protect the rights, property or personal safety of BOYD, INC, other Users, or the public.
In addition to any other general guidelines for user-generated content provided herein, registered Users expressly agree not to upload, publish, post, e-mail, transmit or otherwise make available on the Website any content that:
(a) is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable;
(b) infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary right of any party;
(c) the User does not have a right to make available (e.g., proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
(d) contains unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials (e.g., “junk mail,” “spam,” or any other form of solicitation); or
(e) contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware.
Users further agree not to: (a) impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to a BOYD, INC official, forum administrator, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; (b) to “stalk” or otherwise harass other registered Users of the Website; or (c) collect or store personal data about other Users.
Registered Users that violate any of the requirements of the AGREEMENT, or who upload, publish, post, e-mail, transmit or otherwise make available any content that is found to be objectionable, inflammatory, or abusive to other registered Users or BOYD, INC staff may have their accounts limited, suspended or terminated by BOYD, INC. Similarly, any determination regarding whether content is objectionable, inflammatory, or abusive is made at BOYD, INC’s sole discretion
Users acknowledge and agree that BOYD, INC is not responsible for monitoring user-generated content. However, BOYD, INC and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to pre-screen, refuse, edit, or remove any user-generated content that is available on the Website or services provided in connection with the Website. Users further agree to assume all risks associated with the use of any user-generated content including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness or such content.
Privacy
BOYD, INC may collect personal, non-personally identifiable, or anonymous about Users of the Website. Personal information includes, for example, your name, email address, mailing address, phone number or other information or preferences that you voluntarily provide to BOYD, INC (e.g., when registering for an account). Personal information also includes the username or password used to create a registered account necessary to access Members-only areas or services. BOYD, INC agrees to maintain the confidentiality of personal information in accordance with the exceptions described herein.
In accordance with COPPA, BOYD, INC does not knowingly request or solicit personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without prior verifiable parental consent, and so does not intentionally collect personal information from children in violation of COPPA. However, if BOYD, INC receives actual knowledge that it has collected such personal information without the requisite and verifiable parental consent, BOYD, INC will delete that information from the Website as quickly as is reasonably practical.
From time to time, BOYD, INC may be required to disclose personal information in response to a valid court order, subpoena, government investigation, or as otherwise required by law, or if BOYD, INC reasonably believes that a User has committed unlawful acts or acts may endanger the health or safety of another User or the general public. BOYD, INC also reserves the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities that BOYD, INC, in good faith, believe to be unlawful.
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Notice of Claims of Intellectual Property Infringement
BOYD, INC complies with the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). As described elsewhere herein, the Website may from time to time feature user-generated content or content published to the Website by third parties (e.g., BOYD, INC partners or affiliates). BOYD, INC does not authorize or permit the use of content on the Website that infringes on the intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights of others, and will remove any such content if properly notified in accordance with the procedure set forth in the AGREEMENT. If you believe that any of the content on the Website infringes your copyright or trademark rights or violates your right of publicity or other proprietary rights, please contact BOYD, INC ’s agent for the notice of any claim of infringement of any copyright or trademark or other proprietary rights, who can be reached using the contact information provided below:
By mail:
BRING ON YOUR DREAMS, INC.
ATTN: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PO BOX 90898
ROCHESTER, NY 14609
By E-mail: boydinc2016@gmail.com
Please include the following information with your request in order to expedite processing:
1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of at least one exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
2. An identification of the copyrighted work, trademark or proprietary right claimed to have been infringed, or if you believe that multiple works, marks or proprietary rights have been infringed on the Website, a representative list of such works, trademarks or publicity rights.
3. An identification of the published material that is allegedly infringing or otherwise the subject of infringing activity for which you request removal, and information reasonably sufficient to permit BOYD, INC to locate any such material.
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6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and that, under penalty of perjury, you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the intellectual property or proprietary right that is allegedly infringed.
Upon receipt of a request containing the information described above, BOYD, INC shall investigate the matter and take appropriate action to remove any content found to infringe or violate any third party rights.
Disclaimer of Warranty and Liability
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In no event shall BOYD, INC be liable for any injury, loss, claim, damage, or any incidental or consequential damages arising either directly or indirectly out of or in any way connected with the Website, or any failure or delay in updating or including any materials on the Website, or any use of or inability to use any materials on the Website, even if BOYD, INC has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Right to Restrict Access, Remove Content and Discontinue Service
BOYD, INC has the right to restrict Users’ access to the Website, including individual areas or services provided by the Website, for any reason. BOYD, INC has the right (though not the obligation) in its sole discretion to refuse or remove any user-generated content at any time that violates the AGREEMENT or any BOYD, INC’s policy, or applicable federal or state statutes, or common law. BOYD, INC also reserves the right to modify, suspend or discontinue the Website, with or without notice, at any time and without any liability to Website Users.
Governing Law
You agree that if BOYD, INC does not exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy that is contained in the AGREEMENT (or for which BOYD, INC is entitled under any applicable law), this will not be construed as a waiver of these rights and remedies.
The state and federal courts located in Alexandria, Virginia will have exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate any dispute arising out of or relating to the AGREEMENT, including their formation as a contract or their enforcement. Each party hereby consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts. Each party also hereby waives any right to jury trial in connection with any action or litigation in any way arising out of or related to the AGREEMENT. In any action or proceeding to enforce rights under the AGREEMENT, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover its reasonable costs and attorney’s fees.
Severability
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Termination
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