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CASA ATABEX ACHÉ JOINS 27TH ANNUAL AIDS WALK NEW YORK
Contact: Jezabel Paulino
Phone: 1 (646) 217-2704
E-mail: jezabelatcasa@gmail.com
Craig R. Miller, along with his organization of activists, MZA Events, created the first 10-kilometer walkathon known as AIDS Walk New York in 1986. Their mission was to raise funds urgently needed by GMHC, a premier national nonprofit fighting against AIDS, as well as to diminish the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS.
Since its creation 27 years ago, nearly 845,000 people have walked in AIDS Walk New York, and millions more continue to donate, raising more than $122 million to combat HIV and AIDS. “The funds raised at the event remain a vital lifeline that sustains GMHC’s prevention, care, and advocacy programs for the thousands of men, women, and families affected by the disease in the tri-state area. Visit gmhc.org to learn more about its life-sustaining programs and services.”
It is Casa Atabex Aché’s privilege to partake in a community-health and national-health fundraising event of this magnitude. Such service is directly in accordance with Casa Atabex Aché’s mission as an informative healing space and as a space for empowerment. As an AIDS Walk team, it is Casa Atabex Aché’s objective to inspire more walkers to register as well as to raise funds on their official team page. All proceeds are allocated to GMHC and other AIDS service organizations in the tri-state area.
Registration is completely free. Anyone can join Casa Atabex Aché’s walking team online or via phone. If registering online, visit either http://www.aidswalk.net/newyork or Casa’s direct team page: http://bit.ly/IPkh3Z. Click “Register” and “Join a Team,” then select our team name (“Casa Atabex Ache – 9711”) from the drop-down menu. If joining by phone, call the AIDS Walk office at 212-807-9255 (WALK). Be sure to provide our team name when registering.
ABOUT AIDS WALK NEW YORK
Since 1986, AIDS Walk New York has raised more than $122 million for HIV programs and services in the tri-state area, and has grown into the largest AIDS fundraising event in the world. In 2011 alone, 45,000 participants, many of whom were members of more than 3,000 corporate and community teams, raised over $6.2 million for GMHC and 50 other tri-state area AIDS service organizations. For more information, please visit aidswalk.net/newyork.
ABOUT CASA ATABEX ACHÉ
Since 1994, Casa Atabex Aché has been “Building A Movement of Alternatives” for womyn of color in the South Bronx. Casa has a unique approach in supporting collective transformation and social change by providing holistic and alternative healing techniques for the self-empowerment of womyn of color worldwide to reclaim the power of their minds, bodies, spirit and, as a consequence, their rights.
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An award winning photographer who has devoted her working life to documenting the lives of black lesbians has had five years worth of her work stolen.
Zanele Muholi, described by the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa as “one of the country’s foremost artists”, had more than 20 external hard drives stolen from her flat in Vredehoek, Cape Town on April 20.
The hard drives contain stills and video footage, including photos from the funerals of victims of homophobic hate crimes. It is thought that the burglars were targeting Muholi’s work, as little else was taken from her flat, and back up hard drives were also taken.
Muholi’s partner Liesl Theron, with whom she shares the flat, said that her possessions were left untouched, except for a laptop which was stolen, further fuelling belief that Muholi was the intended target of the crime.
The work taken had been captured across South Africa, Zimbabwe, Uganda and Malawi, according to the Cape Times. Also stolen was work due to be shown at an exhibition in July, which Muholi believes she will now have to cancel.
Despite the volume of work stolen and the imminence of the planned exhibition, Muholi’s plight has been largely ignored by the media. It is believed that the lack of publicity is due to the nature of her work, which shows a different side to the black lesbian community than that usually represented in the mainstream media.
“I’m not myself. I can’t even sleep at night since I’ve heard about the burglary,” the devastated Muholi told DIVA. She has appealed for anyone who knows the whereabouts of the hard drives to return them.
Queer photographer Del LaGrace Volcano said of the theft; “Zanele’s work is, in my not so humble opinion, some of the most important work being produced, not just in Africa, but anywhere. I consider her a dear friend and mourn the loss of her archive as if it were my own.”
Zanele’s supporters are fundraising to help her replace the stolen equipment. Donations can be made online at IndieGoGo.
The investigation into the burglary is ongoing, according to a police spokesperson.
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I’m reblogging this photo because I just read this article about how people should subscribe to HBO so Girls will stay on the air and we will have more shows about women written by women and here is my response:
I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately and it seems like every time they say, “yay for women-helmed shows!” They mean white women. I don’t see Jez or really anyone talking about how we should all support Scandal because it’s written by a Black woman, starring a Black woman and based on a real political strategist who is also a Black woman. That’s fucking groundbreaking.
And it is.
TUNE IN, everyone, SCANDAL is where it’s at!
For those unfamiliar, this show was concocted from the same brilliant mind of Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice creator, Shonda Rhimes.
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