[Viva] VALENTINES HANDMADE ESPECIALLY FOR YOU!! LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN (LPW): Romance Starts at Home! 2015!

Sat Jan 31 18:33:47 PST 2015

Thanks for sharing this Peggy,
 Try this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1yGEoefQJc
It is beautifully done and educational at the same time.
This 2005 HBO documentary shows behind the scenes at a Spencer Tunick art
installation of 85 HIV-positive people posing naked at Florent Restaurant
for the 10th anniversary cover of POZ Magazine.

M

On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 12:50 PM, Peggy Frank <pegfrank at telus.net> wrote:

> I just watched an old video - positively naked.  If you haven’t seen it,
> think about searching it on Tube. It really was a great way to look at HIV
> through the lens of getting rid of the cloths that we hide behind. Just
> googling positively Naked got it for me.
> Love to all  -peg
>
> On Jan 29, 2015, at 5:27 PM, Margarite Sanchez <margaritesanchez at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: ICW NA <icwnacontact at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 8:42 AM
> Subject: VALENTINES HANDMADE ESPECIALLY FOR YOU!! LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN
> (LPW): Romance Starts at Home! 2015!
> To: Karen Marcinczyk <gigicatraoine at gmail.com>
>
>
> Dear fabulous women of ICWNA:
>
> This Sunday, February 1, 2015, marks the official beginning of LOVE
> POSITIVE WOMEN (LPW): Romance Starts at Home! 2015! Although February 1
> through February 14 are the official dates of the campaign, we hope that
> everyone will carry the spirit of LPW all year round.
>
> VALENTINES HANDMADE ESPECIALLY FOR YOU!
>
> ICW, along with Visual AIDS have teamed up with Dieu Donne in New York,
> New York to create a wonderful event making handmade valentines for WLHIV
> throughout the world. Community members, artists, supporters and allies all
> came together for this beautiful event. I attended this event and was
> overwhelmed by the energy and outpouring of love from all the participants.
>
> The event was such a success that the number of handmade valentines has
> succeeded all expectations! We would LOVE to send one to you! If you
> would like one sent to you, we need your consent. Please email your mailing
> address to lovepositivewomen at gmail.com.
>
>
> WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR LPW?
>
> We would would love you to share how you are celebrating Love Positive
> Women. We would like to hear about any community or individual celebrations
> you have planned. Are you have a lunch for WLHIV in your community? A
> girlfriends' trip to the movies? Something special for you? Please share
> your ideas to help inspire others!!
>
> All my best and Love,
>
> Karen
>
>
>
> re: email sent January 9, 2015
>
> Dear ICWNA Family
>
>
> Would you like to receive a handmade valentine this Valentin's Day?!
> Please read the following email from Alex of Visual AIDS and the
> organization, LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN!
>
>
> *"LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN
> <http://jessicawhitbread.com/project/love-positive-women/> is an
> international series of events that uses Valentines Day as a backdrop,
> creating a platform for individuals and communities to engage in public and
> private acts of love and caring for women living with HIV. Working from a
> place of strength, LPW focuses on the idea of interconnectedness,
> relationship building, loving oneself and loving ones community.*
>
>
> *Please note that the valentines are for women living with HIV. Thank you
> for respecting this."*
>
> *Please see below, forwarded email, for all the information!*
>
> Best and Love to all!!
>
> XOXOXO
>
> Karen
>
>
>
>
> LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN: Romance Starts at Home! ICW Calls for Acts of
> Solidarity and Acts of Kindness
> Inbox
> x
> Jessica whitbread <jessicaicwglobal at gmail.com>Jan 6
> to bcc: me
>
>
>
> *<icw_logo.jpg>  <lpw_poster.jpg>*
>
>
> *-Please Distribute Widely-*
>
>
>
> *LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN: Romance Starts at Home!*
>
> *ICW Calls for Acts of Solidarity and Acts of Kindness*
>
>
>
> *January 6, 2015*
>
>
>
>
>
> The International Community of Women Living with HIV (ICW) launches its
> call to engage the world in acts of kindness and solidarity
> with women living with HIV during their annual LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN: Romance
> Starts at Home campaign which occurs between February 1 – 14th.
>
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
>
>
>
> *Project Statement:*
>
>
> LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN (LPW) is a project that uses social media to link
> local grassroots gestures of love. Using Valentines Day as a backdrop, LPW
> creates a platform for individuals and communities to engage in public and
> private acts of love and caring for women living with HIV. Going beyond
> romantic love to deep community love and social justice, LPW is call to
> action. LPW is a response to the lack of attention and support and to make
> commitments. It requires participants to spend time reflecting about how
> they as either a woman living with HIV or an ally will commit
> to lovingwomen living with HIV. Through action, change can be made to
> fueling economies of love and compassion. Working from a place of strength,
> LPW focuses on the idea of interconnectedness, relationship
> building, loving oneself and loving ones community. By starting from a
> place of love, within oneself there are endless ways that the negative
> impacts that HIV has on women living with HIV can be lessened.
>
>
> While LPW is active primarily between February 1st  – 14th, its reminisce
> remains as a symbol of how the world can be different.
>
>
> It has been an annual event since 2012.
>
>
>
>
> *The Call:*
>
>
> Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone felt loved this Valentines Day? Even the
> people that we didn’t know? This is why the International Community
> of Women Living with HIV (ICW) created LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN: Romance Starts
> at Home! This annual project is as a way for each of us to express and show
> how a) we as women living with HIV are going to practice self-love, support
> and care and b) are allies will love us this Valentines Day.
>
>
> We ask that individuals and/or organizations create an ICW event for one
> or a thousand and publically declare how you willLOVE POSITIVE WOMEN. If
> you’re stuck for ideas here are some:
>
>
> Make a public statement on your website, facebook page, twitter or blog.
>
> Host a valentines making arts and crafts event at your home or in your
> local women’s center/AIDS service organization and send them to groups
> of women living with HIV.
>
> Host a potluck dinner and movie night for positive women.
>
> Create a workshop in your community focused on women living with HIV.
>
> Have your own special two weeks of self care and plan a nice activity for
> each day.
>
> Record a video message declaring your love for positive women and put it
> on You Tube!
>
> Bake cupcakes and take them to your local AIDS service organization.
>
> Make a donation to ICW.
>
>
> As you can see the sky is the limit! You can do anything, and we encourage
> everyone to participate.
>
>
> We are using Facebook as a tool to keep you up to date on any local events
> that are happening around the world to celebrate the lives of women living
> with HIV.
>
> Once you have decided on your event take a photo and post it on the
> Facebook group.
>
>
> https://www.facebook.com/LOVEPOSITIVEWOMEN
>
>
> *Note: If you are interested in having an ICW event in your area and need
> support or if you are a woman living with HIV please
> contact jessicaicwglobal at gmail.com <jessicaicwglobal at gmail.com>** and/or lovepositivewomen at gmail.com
> <lovepositivewomen at gmail.com> *
>
>
> To find out more about ICW and this campaign:
>
> Facebook:
> https://www.facebook.com/internationalcommunityofwomenlivingwithhiv
>
> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LOVEPOSITIVEWOMEN
>
> Website: www.iamicw.org
>
> Twitter:    @icw_global
>
> *I AM ICW*
>
>
>
> Karen L. Marcinczyk, MS
> Regional Coordinator
> International Community of Women Living with HIV
> North America (ICWNA)
>
> aka "Gigi"
>
> icwnacoordinator at gmail.com
> icwnacontact at gmail.com
> gigicatraoine at gmail.com
> Skype: karen.marcinczyk1
> 917-656-5425
>
> *"*I AM ICW!*"*
>
> "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't
> matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
> ― Bernard M. Baruch
> <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5768330.Bernard_M_Baruch>
>
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> www.positivelyafrica.org
>
> “I have been and still am a seeker,
> but I have ceased to question stars and books;
> I have begun to listen to the teachings
> My blood whispers to me.”
> - Herman Hesse
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