tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52982903500064709472024-03-19T03:14:01.003-07:00Art Aids ArtArt Aids Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17720819846405498504noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5298290350006470947.post-52458985636372485032013-06-16T10:10:00.001-07:002013-06-16T10:23:33.568-07:00Youth Day: The Power of Young People<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The events of June 16, 1976 forever changed the
history of South Africa. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Several thousand students marched peacefully to
protest against a directive by the Apartheid government, which had made the
Afrikaans, the language spoken by the dominant White minority, required for all
as a medium of instruction. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On their way to the Soweto rally the students were
met by armed police, who launched teargas and fired live ammunition. The
incident led to a revolt and eventually a sustained nationwide uprising against
the government. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Youth Day in South Africa is celebrated in memory of
all the youngsters who lost their lives during the protest, including Hector
Pieterson, a 12 year-old student.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Images of Pieterson being carried through the streets led to
international revulsion and political action against South Africa’s brutal
regime.</span></span><br />
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</span>Support the young people in your life to educate themselves about democracy
and justice, and to work toward transforming the world for the better. </span></span></div>
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Art Aids Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17720819846405498504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5298290350006470947.post-74326185240114531772013-03-29T17:30:00.001-07:002013-03-31T07:44:12.995-07:00Beads of Change meets Project Runway<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: normal;">Art Aids Art first met fashion designer <b>Mondo Guerra</b> at the
San Gabriel Valley AIDS Action Summit, where he was keynote speaker.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guerra gained international exposure as
a contestant on TV’s Project Runway, making news not only by creating
winning designs, but by publicly revealing his HIV+ status for the first
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Following his keynote
address, we were able to share a few words with Guerra and presented him with a
South African AIDS pin. </span></i>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: normal;">Meanwhile in South Africa, artisans in our Women’s Skills
Development Program were launching a new entrepreneurial initiative called <b>Beads
of Change</b>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We contacted them to
share news from the summit, and during our brainstorm session decided to
approach Guerra about featuring his winning Pozitivity design in beads.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He loved the idea and ordered 250
pins. </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">“Art has
always helped me overcome difficulties in my life,” Guerra said. “I’m
proud to support Art Aids Art and Beads of Change to empower people living with
and affected by HIV/AIDS through their art.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Since
that time, Beads of Change has produced custom designs for several South African tour
groups and is ready to take orders. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>We hope to connect Beads of Change with American
companies and organizations and invite you to send us your ideas. </b>Email us at info@artaidsart.org to receive flyers that you can share with your contacts. </span></div>
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Art Aids Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17720819846405498504noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5298290350006470947.post-16186717845157772652012-08-09T14:32:00.000-07:002012-08-09T14:35:29.438-07:00Celebrating African women on Aug. 9: Women's Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">On August 9, 1956, 20,000
South African women participated in a national march to protest pass laws
designed by the White-minority Apartheid government to control the movement of
Blacks. The marchers brought petitions signed by over 100,000 women opposed to
the laws, which required them to carry pass books that could be checked at any
time by police.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> (photo by Jurgen Schadeberg, from Art Aids Art's traveling exhibit). </span></span></div>
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Union Buildings, the women sang the following freedom song:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>[When] you strike the
women, you strike a rock, you will be crushed [you will die]!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Since 1994, August 9 has
been recognized as National Women’s Day in South Africa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Art Aids Art solutes the spirit of
these courageous women as a reminder that we must all continuously work toward
social justice for all people. </span></div>
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<br /></div>Art Aids Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17720819846405498504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5298290350006470947.post-36384260958329832512012-06-19T12:00:00.001-07:002012-06-19T12:00:20.602-07:00History's only Vagina-friendly M&M'sIn support of the 2011 Vagina Monologues at Mills College,
Art Aids Art ordered custom printed M&M’s to commemorate the event. The
Mars company informed us that use of the word “vagina” was inappropriate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How was this possible in 2011, we
ranted?<br />
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In response, we conceived some references that would make it past the
censors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, when
we placed a second order, Mars informed us that the original was mistakenly
accepted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So here they are,
history’s only vagina-friendly M&M’s!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>#Vagina<br />
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