[Viva] Fwd: VPWAS: Update World AIDS Day

Tue Nov 30 16:46:01 PST 2021

This is great, hope to see some of you tomorrow ❤

On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 11:28 AM Margarite Sanchez <
margaritesanchez at gmail.com> wrote:

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> From: VPWAS <support at vpwas.org>
> Date: Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 15:33
> Subject: VPWAS: Update World AIDS Day
> To: <Rbirch9 at gmail.com>
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> VPWAS: Update World AIDS Day
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> VPWAS UPDATE
>
> *December 2021*
>
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> *Submissions*Do you have an event, group or news story you would like to
> share? Are you an artist living with HIV and would like to share your art,
> a story or poem? Let us know support at vpwas.org
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> WORLD AIDS DAY
>
> Highlighting these events happening on Wednesday December 1 - World AIDS
> Day
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> *Women’s Resilience : The Power of Peers*Wednesday December 1st 2021 @
> noon
>
> This online event focuses on women’s healthcare. Everyone is welcome to
> this event which features the voices of women living with chronic illness
> who face stigma and other hurdles.
>
> Stigma is experienced in many healthcare settings and can be exacerbated
> in rural communities where there is less anonymity. Despite these barriers,
> many women manage to dance, sing and wiggle their way through decades of
> living with HIV and other chronic illnesses.
>
> After sharing the community-lead peer model of the *Southern Gulf Islands
> AIDS Society*, we will explore how peer navigation enhances women’s
> ability to manage their health while supporting others.
>
> *Registration for this event and more info:*
> https://staminanotstigma.org/womens-resilience/
> <https://vpwas.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f3ac733717f42139910ca28d9&id=0a7c9579ee&e=6a325e680e>
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> *Sex in a Pandemic 2.0*
> Calling Gay, Bi, Queer, and Trans Men Back into Community
>
> Wednesday December 1st 2021 @ 7 pm
>
> As island community members, we invite you to explore connection and
> intimacy in the context of our intergenerational gay, bi, queer, and trans
> male experiences.
>
> This event builds on the infamous 1983 pamphlet, How to have Sex in an
> Epidemic, which was ahead of its time as a community-based health resource.
>
> What is our present relationship with our community? Have we lost the
> cohesiveness of past movements? And how, by addressing community health and
> wellness needs today, can we rebuild and reconnect?
>
> *Registration for this event and more info:*
> https://staminanotstigma.org/sex-in-a-pandemic/
> <https://vpwas.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f3ac733717f42139910ca28d9&id=afd2fbbe13&e=6a325e680e>
>
> *Stamina Not Stigma*
> Understanding and Optimizing the Role of Rural Peer Navigation Health
> Models in a Pandemic
>
> Drawing on experiences of a diverse group of islanders who supported each
> other through the worst days of the AIDS pandemic and evolved with the
> changing realities of living with HIV, the premise of Stamina Not Stigma is
> to affirm wellness strategies, spotlight the role of peers as community
> health navigators & educators, and show how these approaches can empower
> and improve health outcomes for folk facing various health and well-being
> challenges.
>
> https://staminanotstigma.org/
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> Stamina not Stigma is a project of the Southern Gulf Island AIDS Society
> made possible by funding from Island Health’s Stop AIDS project
>
> *December 1st is World AIDS Day.*
>
> To mark this day, *AVI Health and Community Services* Victoria office is
> going to be holding a virtual (Zoom) vigil and celebration of life to
> honour those in our communities living with HIV and those we have lost.
> This event will be at 5pm on Wed. December 1st.
>
> We will begin with a live-streamed candlelighting from the steps of the BC
> Legislature, followed by an informal sharing of stories, poetry, and music
> on Zoom. If you are interested in telling a story, reading a poem, or
> speaking/sharing through any other medium, we welcome you to do so!
>
> To join virtually, register on Eventbrite at
> https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/world-aids-day-virtual-vigil-tickets-218164695477
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> Those interested in joining in person, as well as those without internet
> access, are welcome to join us at the front steps of the BC Legislature for
> the candlelighting at 5pm.
>
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