[Viva] VPWAS: Update World AIDS Day

Tue Nov 30 17:35:37 PST 2021

Yeah Anne and Margarite. Thanks for your positive response. 

Kath, Val and I hope to see lots of rural women. We planned a noon event (12 - 1:30)  — hoping to catch some working folk at lunch time. It is not too late to join us. Here is the link again  for tomorrows look at stamina, and peer support. Love-peg
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> Registration for this event and more info:
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> On Nov 30, 2021, at 4:46 PM, anne bonner <thewoodbuffalo at gmail.com> wrote:
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> This is great, hope to see some of you tomorrow ❤
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> On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 11:28 AM Margarite Sanchez <margaritesanchez at gmail.com <mailto:margaritesanchez at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> Date: Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 15:33
> Subject: VPWAS: Update World AIDS Day
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> VPWAS UPDATE
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> December 2021
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> WORLD AIDS DAY
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> Highlighting these events happening on Wednesday December 1 - World AIDS Day
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> Women’s Resilience : The Power of Peers
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> Wednesday December 1st 2021 @ noon
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Sex in a Pandemic 2.0
> Calling Gay, Bi, Queer, and Trans Men Back into Community
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> Wednesday December 1st 2021 @ 7 pm
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> Stamina Not Stigma
> Understanding and Optimizing the Role of Rural Peer Navigation Health Models in a Pandemic
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> 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.
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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
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> December 1st is World AIDS Day.
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> 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.
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> 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!
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