[Viva] Information sharing with PWN

[Kath Webster]

It's been great to read the responses re: PWN's invitation to VIVA to attend
a staff meeting. (for those just tuning in..see letters below)

All opinions and thoughts are valid and when we respect our differences we
have a truly supportive community of positive women!

 

I want to point out that in reading the letter from PWN, they are inviting
VIVA to  "information share" that's all.  Not "partnering" and not creating
any formal arrangement.  VIVA does not risk losing any autonomy by simply
attending a meeting to share our current activities and perhaps vision (do
we have an actual vision statement??  I think so but not sure).   It would
be as easy as putting a call out to identify one or two women to attend and
report back and then see what comes from it.  My hope is that we can move
forward constructively and be open to a dialogue at least. 

 

On a related note:

Since many VIVA members are also PWN members, I want to send best wishes to
all women who are attending PWN's 1st Skills Building weekend starting
tomorrow!  I see this as a mini Positive Gathering for women -  and positive
women have been a part of the planning and will facilitate several workshops
over the weekend.  For example:   True Colours (personality/self awareness);
HIV and Body Image;  African Dance.  If the funding comes through for next
year, I would love to see this event grow and who knows...possibly involve
VIVA as well. 

Kath

 

Wednesday May 11 2011

 

Hello Friends

This note is being sent out from the VIVA working group in order to give the
membership an opportunity to give feedback regarding a letter sent to VIVA
from Marcie Summers of PWN . You will find a copy of this letter attached. 

 

The members of the working group have varied feelings about the letter from
PWN and about what is being asked of us. We are bringing this letter to you,
the membership, so that everyone can be heard on this issue. Some of what we
are hoping to learn from all of you is how you feel about the letter's
content and request, what action you would like to see happen...if any and
concrete ideas or questions you might want addressed. 

We want to hear all opinions, thoughts and concerns, so please send them in.
In order to encourage all to speak freely, your reply to this e-mail will be
going to our vivawomen at gmail.com account, which will be viewed by the
working group only. We are asking that you reply within 48 hours. 

To any ViVA women who also want to have an open discussion about this
subject on our listserv, please feel free to reply to viva at lists.resist.ca
as well.

 
Your Working Group

Funke Ilumoka

Alexandria Keating

Margarite Sanchez

Tami Starlight

Shelly Tognazzini

 

 

 

Original letter  PWN:


Hi Viva Women:

 

Several PWN staff heard Tami speak in Toronto at the Women's Ancillary event
pre-CAHR and also ran into some of the members at the recent retirement
party for Dr. Burdge and Dr. Forbes.  Connecting with VIVA women at these
events made us think it would be good to invite VIVA to meet with the PWN
staff.  We often have folks in the community come in to share their work and
as both PWN & VIVA work closely with positive women, we thought it would be
useful to get together. 

 

We'd like to invite one or two of your members to attend a PWN staff
meeting, (for the purpose of information sharing).  Please let me know if
any of these possible dates will work:  

 

Wednesday, May 18 @ 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, June 8 @ 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, June 22 @ 10:30 a.m.

 

I look forward to hearing from you regarding this potential meeting.

 

Thanks,

 

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