Through Positive Eyes

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    Through Positive Eyes in Mumbai Through Positive Eyes in Mumbai

    Through Positive Eyes in Mumbai

Through Positive Eyes in Mumbai

Currently it is estimated that 2.4 million people in India are infected with HIV, representing all sectors of society. Stigma contributes heavily to the spread of the disease by preventing people from accessing testing, treatment, and care services.

Through Positive — Mumbai will be taking place December 11–20 to combat that stigma. The UCLA Art & Global Health Center will be partnering with Heroes Project to bring together the participant team in addition to reshaping the project goals to respond to local needs.It is of primary importance that Through Positive Eyes be a project with regional relevance and community ownership-this is a guiding principle that drives every step of the process.

Look out for daily photo updates on our Facebook page at facebook.com/uclaaghc

For more information about Through Positive Eyes visit throughpositiveeyes.org

Through Positive Eyes is supported by a generous grant from:

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Sources
[1] Avert, “India HIV & AIDS Statistics,” Avert, 2009, accessed on May 11, 2009, <http://www.avert.org/indiaaids.htm>.
[2] Malcolm, Anne, Aggleton, Peter , Bronfman, Mario , Galvão, Jane , Mane, Purnima and Verrall, Jane (1998) ‘HIV-related stigmatization and discrimination: Its forms and contexts’, Critical Public Health, 8: 4, 347 – 370

 

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    View Through Positive Eyes – Washington, D.C. View Through Positive Eyes – Washington, D.C.

    View Through Positive Eyes – Washington, D.C.

View Through Positive Eyes – Washington, D.C.

The next chapter in the UCLA Art & Global Health Center’s ongoing international photography project of HIV-positive people in cities around the world is now online at throughpositiveeyes.org.

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    Summer in D.C. Summer in D.C.

    Summer in D.C.

Summer in D.C.

This July, the Art & Global Health Center goes to Washington, D.C.! We are especially excited to bring exhibitions of The A.R.T. Show and Through Positive Eyes in conjunction with the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and the 19th International AIDS Conference.

Selections of The A.R.T. Show will be shown in the Creativity and Crisis exhibition at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall June 27– July 1 and July 4–8. At the same, the Smithsonian will also collaborate with the Art & Global Health Center to run the Through Positive Eyes workshop at the Hirshhorn Museum, alongside the National Mall.

Both exhibitions will also be showcased at the 19th International AIDS Conference, July 22-27. Before the opening ceremony, the conference will feature a three minute overview video from the Through Positive Eyes project. In addition, mini-exhibitions will be placed in prominent locations throughout the Convention Center.

Throughout both events, we will engage visitors through a social media initiative leveraging Twitter and the photo app Instagram. Encouraging attendees to post images to Instagram or to Twitter using the hastag #MakeArtStopAIDS , we hope to gather and share the experiences of festival and conference participants with HIV/AIDS. In the coming weeks, we will feature the best of these images on our site so check back often to see the latest from DC! We also hope you will join us in this effort, documenting and sharing your experiences with HIV.

If you’re in D.C. this July, we hope you’ll join us at one of these events. If you can’t join in person, join us on Twitter or Instagram!

Lastly, be sure to check out this article about Through Positive Eyes, published by the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

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