Art Global Health Center's blog

Claudia Mendoza is a language and cultural assistant living in Spain and the newest blogger for MAKE ART / STOP AIDS. She is currently researching the ways in which artists are responding to the stigma of HIV/AIDS and the dynamics that exist between organizations involved with preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS.

HELP HAITI
Friday, January 22, 2010

Donate online at http://act.pih.org/page/outreach/view/haitiearthquake/faceaids and FACE AIDS will match your donation DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR!

A day of events to raise funds for Haiti Earthquake Relief

As you may already know, Haiti was very recently hit by a devastating 7.0 earthquake; a natural disaster with staggering human costs. Please join us to take action and do what we can to help out during these times of crisis.

9:00 am: Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater
Benefit Yoga taught by Kishan Shah

10:30 am: Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater

This is My Story is a documentary on the UCLA/CHANCO Performance Project, which took place in Zomba, Malawi in 2008. The project engaged local People Living with HIV/AIDS and University students in an intensive creative process, leading to a performance. The documentary tells the stories of the participants, the project and its impact on them. For more information visit www.thisismystory.info or www.makeartstopaids.org

(South African performance artist Pieter-Dirk Uys came to UCLA for a two week residency in October 2009 and taught 21 students how to fight fear with humor. The following is from one of those students.)

Raymond and Byron, one of the couples from 13LoveStories.com, were given an entire segment on Mega TV, highlighting the issues of LGBTQ adoption and rights to the Spanish speaking community!

Click here to see the segment, and congratulations, Raymond and Byron!

http://www.mega.tv/EkVkVEEFEpikOzWcRU.shtml.

To see more of Raymond and Byron's family story, go to www.13LoveStories.com.