December 6th is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women here in Canada. Unfortunately, that site doesn’t have links to any of the planned activities in various cities around the country, but if you live in Canada, you can contact the nearest women’s centre, shelter for abused women, or sexual assault/rape crisis centre in order to find out the time and location of the vigils, information sessions or protests planned in your area.

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http://www.plannedparenthood.org/greater-iowa/events.htm

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Stop by any Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa clinic for ONE packet of FREE Plan B ONLY ON 12/3/07. You ...Read More

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS

The Department of State Health Services (DSHS) HIV/STD Program, in partnership with the Center for Health Training (CHT) and Workers Assistance Program (WAP), is conducting a call for presentations for the 16th Texas HIV/STD Conference, scheduled for May 18-22, 2008 at the Renaissance Austin Hotel in Austin, Texas. This event is designed for HIV/STD health professionals who serve Texans living with and affected by HIV and other STDs. Presentations should support the overall conference goal and objectives:

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An estimated one million people are currently living with HIV in the United States, with approximately 40,000 new infections occurring each year. Half of all new infections in the United States occur in people 25 years of age or younger.

 

Please join us Saturday, December 1, 2007 to raise awareness about this growing epidemic. Hear the true life stories of HIV-positive teens from Metrolina AIDS Youth Speaker’s Bureau.

 

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EDGEWORKS Dance Theater Open Call for Discussion Groups

Are You Interested In Participating In An EDT Project On Gender, Sexuality, And Spirituality?

EDGEWORKS Dance Theater’s Founder & Artistic Director Helanius J. Wilkins recently launched the determining factor– a work focused on gender, sexuality and spirituality; and that will be the result of community collaboration.

The research and development of this work includes organizing intimate discussion groups reflecting a diverse cross section of the community. Men and women, heterosexual, homosexual, and transgendered, married and single, and of a wide age range, will ...Read More

Check out the new Split This Rock Blog, Blog This Rock! It is edited/curated by Peter Montgomery and will showcase exciting work at the intersection of poetry and social change from all over the country. Building toward Split This Rock Poetry Festival: Poems of Provocation & Witness, March 20-23, 2008, Blog This Rock will be a forum for discussion, networking, and change.

The first post is by guest bloggers Joe Ross and Rose Marie Berger, who edited the chapbook, Cut Loose ...Read More