announcements

poets wanted!

You are invited to share your thoughts and feelings, in the form of poetry, in a collection with others who have been exceptionally challenged by life through illness or loss.

Please mail your typewritten poems to: E.C. 89-11 63 Drive, Suite 528, Flushing, NY 11374. Include your address and circumstances which led to writing the poem as well as where you heard about this opportunity. If your poem is selected, you will receive a copy of the book. You will retain all rights to your poem.

conference on genetics

Nature Genetics presents an upcoming conference, Genetic Susceptibility, on April 18 & 19, 1996 at the Westin Bayshore in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

For information, contact: Diana Berger, Conference Services Manager, 345 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010-1707, Phone: (212) 726-9280, Fax: (212) 696-9594, E-mail: conference@natureny.com.

women,s experience living with HIV

If you are a white, African-American or Puerto Rican woman with HIV, Memorial Sloan-Kettering,s Department of Social Work would like to hear your story.

Through in-depth interviews, you can tell about your daily experiences living with HIV and how you are coping with the emotional and physical impact of your situation.

All interviews are totally confidential. There are currently openings for women with HIV who have not yet been diagnosed with AIDS. You will be compensated for your time and reimbursed for your travel expenses.

Call (212) 639-3654 for more information and to set up a personal interview.

bilingual volunteers needed!

Sing-Sing Correctional Facility's Dept. of Hispanic Affairs is looking for bilingual retired persons, adolescents, and adults of any age to come into the prison setting and volunteer their services in helping to facilitate a peer education program. The program consists of 2,000 hours of training of trainers for inmate facilitators as well as field work in various areas of the facility.

For more info, contact Mrs. Henriquez, Coordinator of Hispanic Affairs @ (914) 0108 ext. 522/727.

new support groups

AIDS Center of Queens County is planning some new programs in Jamaica and Far Rockaway for carepartners, family and friends of people with AIDS/HIV. The group will meet from six to twelve weeks and will offer information, discussion and support.

For more information, call Doris Starr at (718) 459-8404.

volunteers needed

Out of the Closet Thrift Shop is the first and only thrift shop raising funds for numerous community institutions and organizations fighting AIDS. Out of the Closet distributes 100 percent of its profits (which so far totals over $200,000 in grants and services) to over 50 organizations which provide education, prevention and support services for people living with AIDS/HIV (including People With AIDS Coalition of New York). Recognized citywide as the best thrift shop in New York City, Out of the Closet offers more art, more antiques, more books, more recordings and more men,s clothing than any other thrift shop. At a time when many charitable thrift shops have exclusively paid staff, Out of the Closet is operated solely by volunteers ~AND THEY NEED MANY MORE! The work is easy, the camaraderie is fun and the causes supported are great!

If you or someone you know would like to volunteer on a regular basis, please call Edward Maloney at (212) 472-3573. Out of the Closet is located at 320 East 81st Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, and is open Tuesday-Saturday, 10am to 5pm. Donations of merchandise, contributions of cash, or bequest of property are also welcome.

attention film and video artists with AIDS

Media Network and New York City AIDS Fund,s Estate Project for Artists with AIDS seek film and video artists with HIV or AIDS to participate in their Seeing Through AIDS Media Artists Support Project. Five artists with AIDS will be selected to receive in-depth consulting services, attend independent film/video making, proposal writing, and sample creation workshops, receive assistance in identifying potential funding sources, and other services free of charge.

For an application or more information, contact Scott Constantine at (212) 929-2663.

new spanish treatment publication

A new monthly Spanish-language treatment newsletter, Información Tratamiento SIDA, has begun out of Puerto Rico.

For a free sample issue and subscription information contact: Juan Pérez Méndez, 110 Calle Colomer Apt. 4D, San Juan, PR 00907, phone: (809) 723-8582.

positive anonymous in brooklyn

The New York City Department of Health is offering a support group every Thursday at 5:30 pm.

For positive tips on a healthy life, you can join them at 295 Flatbush Ave. Extension, Room 406, in Brooklyn.

volunteers needed in brooklyn

The Verite AIDS/HIV education and prevention program of Brooklyn is looking for volunteers to join its outreach efforts in Bedford Stuyvesant and Crown Heights.

Volunteers will receive tokens for travel, ongoing training on AIDS/HIV issues, sexuality, identity and nutrition, and the potential to earn a stipend. ,/p>
For more information, contact Michele Peake at (718) 230-5100.

national hotline for women

Women Alive of Los Angeles announces a new peer program for women living with AIDS/HIV: a national toll-free hotline staffed by HIV positive women volunteers.

Women with AIDS/HIV are invited to call for any reason. If you have questions about your medications, medical care or symptoms, a fully trained treatment advocate available to address your concerns. If you just want to talk to another positive woman, give them a call.
The Hotline hours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday 11:00am-6:00pm (west coast) / 2:00pm-9:00pm (east coast). Spanish speaking volunteers are available on Wednesdays. HIV positive lesbians are also available for peer support.
Call 1-800-554-4876 to reach out and connect with other women.

for mothers and grandmothers

Are you caring for a loved one with AIDS? Do you feel overwhelmed...alone...like no one understands? Join with other mothers and grandmothers in Brooklyn who know what you are going through. Come to a caregivers support group every Wednesday, 11:00am-12:30pm.

For more information and referrals, please contact Joan Zimmerman or Nathalie Belkin at (718) 788-2461.

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