[Viva] Are You Attending AIDS 2018?

Tue Jul 3 10:42:08 PDT 2018

Hi Moyra,

Yes, it is exciting to head to an international gathering of People dedicated to understanding more about HIV. I will try to get notes from the International Conference back to VIVA! Maybe a few photos! From what I see, online, there is some discussion of vaccine, and lots about criminalization, and unfair, discriminatory laws around the world. Housing is a huge issue becaause it is so tied to widening gap between those that have money and those without. 

It sounds like your life is very full - mine too, so I need to settle into homework, and get offline for a while. Also need to get out and bless this sunny day with a bike ride. I hope that Vancouver, and Victoria (Where I live) come up with some way of creating continual housing options that are affordable.

Love to you. Enjoy your wonderful, Oak Tree girlfriends. -peg PS My Mom is 95! 
> On Jul 3, 2018, at 12:30 AM, Moyra Fielding <moyrajune at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Wow....exciting to be going to Netherlands!!!  That is so neat and exciting.....how are you able to do this....are expenses covered for you or do you have to pay.......I have never been out of Vancouver and only have dreamed of ever being able to do something like that.....I'm very excited for you.....have we ever met? Did I meet you at the positive living event a little bit ago at the coast hotel in Vancouver   and if you don't mind me asking .....how are you involved with all this?II think I saw body maps on the walls at oak tree when I was there last year and am curious more about them..are you still working with people making more or are they the ones your talking about taking with you and how does someone get involved with such things.....does Viva meet somewhere sometime or this Watch group? I have been trying to find a group of H I V ladies who support each other that is a little closer than Oak tree and I know there is a group that meets at the Hastings collective once monthly however that group I am challenged with meeting and I am looking for another for personal reasons....if there is a chance of another group could you let me know as well as information of this trip you are taking.....it must be more then just the mapping....also please I am stuck in the middle with this housing situation for my mom....it is very sad that a native Vancouverite whom is 74 yrs old cannot afford housing in Vancouver and I have been fortunate to have gotten her into a shelter 10 blocks from my house and I just pray they will be able to help her more...I cannot help with anywhere for her to rent....very sad....if there is a possibility you have any ideas ....please don"t hesitate to email me ....please and thank you very much....
> 
> On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 5:29 PM, Pegfrank <pegfrank at telus.net <mailto:pegfrank at telus.net>> wrote:
> Hi 
> 
> Sorry to have confused anyone. I was responding to a request from Margarite about wanting updates from the International AIDS Conference. I will be attending and sending back notes for sure! 
> 
> Re - Body mapping. It started in Southern Africa and is a wonderful way that women (and men) can tell their life stories through using images and colours as well as slogans and key words, but it is NOT talk therapy! Val Nicholson and I, Peggy Frank, have had the pleasure of working with two groups of women in BC on a research project that gets at some of the impact of the climinalization of HIV. The research project is called WATCH. We are thrilled to be taking several body maps to the Netherlands, but not thrilled about Canada’s history of criminalization, or ignoring the needs of HIV positive women nationally. 
> 
> Take care everyone. Good luck with finding the best place for your mother, Moyra. That is really important.
> 
> Love-peg
> 
>> On Jun 14, 2018, at 10:48 PM, Peggy Frank <pegfrank at telus.net <mailto:pegfrank at telus.net>> wrote:
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>> Val and I are going with our WATCH team and several Bodymaps. We have a gallery in the Global Village. More for sure as the events heat up. Hugs peg
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jun 14, 2018, at 11:12 AM, Margarite Sanchez <margaritesanchez at gmail.com <mailto:margaritesanchez at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>> Is anyone from Viva going to the IAC in Amsterdam this summer? If so, let us know, it would be wonderful to have updates and to hear your experience there.
>>> Here is an invitation to a GNP+ event.
>>> Margarite
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>>> Are you attending the International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018 <http://newsletter.gnpplus.net//l/spSf2l48Wz9lwUjkOpG9yA/1vb6WfqkDWdMZrj7v763763HBw/nPkMCTnUrsULuk7TM4XjWQ>) this summer in Amsterdam?
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>>> If so, fill in this quick form (it takes less than 10 seconds) and let us know <http://newsletter.gnpplus.net//l/spSf2l48Wz9lwUjkOpG9yA/OxHQYHl8zXX7VanrhCCUwg/nPkMCTnUrsULuk7TM4XjWQ>!
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>>> The Board and Secretariat of GNP+ warmly invite you to join us for our Strategic Plan Launch Reception @ AIDS 2018! <http://newsletter.gnpplus.net//l/spSf2l48Wz9lwUjkOpG9yA/w4XWILHTLVBWsHpf892lVanw/nPkMCTnUrsULuk7TM4XjWQ>
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- Peggy Frank

Now seeing the morning sun rise from 1103-139 Clarence St., Victoria, BC V8V2J1

“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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