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Events throughout the state
commemorate World AIDS Day on Dec. 1
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Compiled by Jim Radosta
• Portland: Cascade A ID S Project will
friends and neighbors who have died of AIDS,
honor World A ID S Day, thank volunteers and
honor those living with the disease and renew
acknowledge victories during a private celebra
the commitment to the struggle.
tion at the Hilton Hotel.
For more information call Bill Coyne at
541-772-1777 or 541-282-0281.
This year 632 youth and adults volunteered
19,067 hours valued at $532,173. Mirroring
• Lincoln City: The Coastal AIDS Net
demographic shifts in the epidemic, agency vol
work will commemorate World AIDS Day with
unteers were an increasingly diverse group: 59
I its 1 3th annual candlelight service/vigil 7 p.m.
at St. James Episcopal Church, 2490 N.E. High-
percent were heterosexual, 47 percent were
female, 10 percent were youth, and ^
26 percent were people of color.
One-quarter were themselves peo
ple living with H1V/AIDS.
The 2003 Torchbearer Award
will honor the Meyer Memorial
Trust for its support of the Kids’
Connection program. Receiving
C A P ’s Angel Awards will he But
ters Gallery, Microsoft Corp. ami
a Catlin Gable School class. Hon-
orces also include 22 youth and
adults who volunteer with agency
programs providing housing serv
ices for low-income families with
HIV; prevention education target
ing at-risk youth; prevention
information to statewide callers
on the Oregon A ID S Hotline;
practical support to monolingual
Spanish-speaking families with
HIV; one-on-one emotional sup
port to men, women and youth
with HIV; and leadership in fund
raising activities.
The celebration also will fea
ture pianist Matthew Kern and the
King Elementary School Choir.
For more information call
503-223-5907.
• Medford: Jackson County’s
16th annual World A ID S Day
celebration will be held 7 p.m. at
First Congregational United Church of Christ,
way 101. The event, which is open to all
1801 E. Jackson St. Participants include
regardless of faith or lack thereof, will feature
OnTrack’s Alan Collins A ID S Project, the
music, prayer, readings, interpretive dance, sto
Jackson County Health Departments HIV
ries, remembrances and honors for those who
Division, the Rogue Valley Gay Men’s Chorus,
serve the community. Volunteers are needed.
Women with Wings and HIV-positive commu
To participate call Daniel Beck at
nity members. Also appearing will be local
541-994-5597.
singers and musicians Kendra and Sierra Law,
• Eugene: Students and faculty at University
Jennifer Schloming, Beth Baker and Kurt
of Oregon will recognize World AIDS Day from
Bernhardt. The evening of music and remem
11 a.m. to 8 p.m. with a variety of activities
brance culminates with a candlelight ceremony
including lectures, a poetry slam, a vigil and
conducted by the Rev. Paul Robinson. Admis
tabling by campus clubs and health organizations.
sion is free; candles are provided. The event
For a complete schedule, contact Cameron at
provides a safe place in which to grieve for
541-346-0634 or camiluvsozzy@hotmail.com. JD
with someone and was surprised and impressed to
learn how much of a nonissue being poz has been.
He is now planning his retirement.
Joy Holme is a mother of six and grandmother of
rune, and she has been livmg with HIV since 1981.
was raised and was exiled at an early age
from a very fundamentalist religious fami-
„Jv»ly. I reached out to my mother shortly
after I found out, and she was horrified. 1
think her knee-jerk reaction was to lash out
at me. The fear in her automatically present
ed itself by her determining it was G o d ’s pun
ishment for my wayward life. I think it’s been
amazing for most of my family to see that I’m
still alive and thriving and actually doing
really well.
It takes a lot o f creativity to feel that you
are productive and have some meaning out
side of being so self-focused. In our culture,
success means having a good paying job, but
long-term HIV people are faced with having
to redefine what success means. Success for
me today means having healthy relation
ships and being able to contribute to a better
world. A t no other time do I feel surrounded
by such loving support as I do when I’m
around others who are facing the challenges
o f HIV. S o that’s what A ID S has taught me:
how to love.
Halme is increasingly healthier, although she is
having difficulties adjusting to a new medication
regime.
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FLOYD S klaver is a free-lance Portland writer.
Mane Fleischmann amtnbuted to this article.
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