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gay community”—and the white face paint, ‘Show of hands, who’s gonna go home and
the Sisters are not only tough to miss, they’re jack off?’ And more will raise their hands and
as adept at approaching people as they are at I say,‘Here, take this, there’s some lube.’”
being approachable.
But Moore and the rest of the Sisters
also encounter those
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who say they don’t use
makes us anonymous,”
Moore says. “We can put deal with som ebody who is condoms. Moore says
things in a little more ¡n c rjSjS) they m ay have just they don’t judge these
people, but that the situ
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found out they tested posi-
ation provides an oppor
lake ror instance the
Sisters’ Bliss Kits, which tive. W e help them to get to tunity for conversation,
and to ask how they take
come complete with safe- t he resources they n eed .”
sex education literature, -SISTER MONA LITTLE-MOORE care of themselves.
lube and condoms. Sisters
“That’s
the
main
do their best to connect with community thing... to give them the information they
members who are out and about to ask ques- need. It’s not just safe sex,” Moore explains,
tions, listen and above all ensure that those “There are many times we deal with some-
they meet who may be sexually active are body who is in crisis, they may have just
being responsible. Moore says that some of found out they tested positive. We help them
their partners in the community, namely the to get to the resources they need.”
Multnomah County Health Department
Conclave 2011 will span all spectrums of
and Cascade AIDS Project, have com- the Sisters’ work—from the social aspects
mended them on their ability to reach folks to the serious. The weeklong itinerary in-
out on the town in a way that those organi- eludes three days of Sisters-only workshops,
zations cannot.
For these, Moore called on individuals out-
“One of the first things [Multnomah side of Sisters organizations to lead discus-
County Health Department] said was, ‘You sions on everything from HIV/STD 101
can say and show things that we can’t.’ I can and crisis ministering to compassionate
walk up to a table and say, ‘Show of hands, listening and nonviolent communication,
who’s gonna go home and get laid tonight?’A This focus on dialogue, Moore says, is a
couple will raise their hands. Then I’ll say, cornerstone of the Conclave. However, the
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