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June 6, 2008
North Brentwood,
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June 6 & 7, 2008
DC Caribbean Filmfest
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June 7, 2008
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June 8, 2008
Brooklyn, New York
PRESS
RELEASE
For
Immediate Release
Caribbean
People International Collective Inc
Contact:
Ryan Stewart-Frederick
T:
718 576-1839 - Email: cpicincny@aol.com
NATIONWIDE
INITIATIVE TO FIGHT HIV/AIDS AMONG
CARIBBEAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITIES
June
8, 2008, is the 3rd annual National Caribbean American HIV/AIDS
Awareness Day. Due to this
day falling on a weekend we will commence a week long celebration around
this day. During this week,
Caribbean People International Collective (CPIC) pledges to continue
working toward reducing the burden of HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean-American
communities in the
United States
. We strongly urge
Caribbean-American leaders, Health professionals, Health Organizations and
Religious leaders to join us efforts against the AIDS epidemic.
Nationwide,
on June 8th in 5-10 cities around the
United States
, Caribbean-American leadership will sponsor diverse activities to create
awareness of the state of HIV/AIDS and the health status of
Caribbean-Americans in 2008 in their specific communities. National
Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is a nationwide
mobilization effort designed to encourage Caribbean communities across the
United States
to get educated, get tested, get treated and get involved with HIV/ AIDS,
as it continues to devastate racial and ethnic minority communities.
The
Caribbean
region is second only to Sub-Saharan Africa in its rate of HIV infection.
The Caribbean-American community in central
Brooklyn
,
NY
has experienced a 200% increase in its rate of HIV infection from 1997 to
1999). Current reported HIV seroprevalence rates in Brooklyn are among the
highest in the
United States
. While there is a very large Caribbean immigrant community in
Brooklyn
, little is known about the specifics of HIV-related attitudes, behaviors
and prevalence in this population. In
2003, to better understand the impact of HIV/AIDS on Caribbean’s living
in the
United States
and their experience with the HIV/AIDS care system, the Health Resources
and Services Administration conducted a series of qualitative data
collection activities in Ryan White CARE Act centers in
Florida
,
New York
and
Puerto Rico
. This consisted of focus groups, interviews and survey assessments of
HIV-infected persons from the
Dominican Republic
,
Haiti
,
Jamaica
, and
Trinidad and Tobago
and their providers. Barriers to care that were identified included lack
of knowledge about HIV, stigma, language differences, concerns about
confidentiality, immigration status, and cultural beliefs and practices.
The moral association of HIV with `sin' and subsequent intolerance
to those infected is a significant obstacle toward providing care. For
these reasons it is imperative that we act now to remove this scrooge from
within our communities and families.
The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated that one-quarter
of people in the United States living with HIV do not know that they are
infected with the virus. This fact—coupled with stigma and
discrimination, misconceptions about the disease, inadequate healthcare
and often time communication barriers—underscores the need to encourage
Caribbean-Americans to become knowledgeable about HIV/AIDS and regular
testing.
Information
about the Awareness Day and to register your events in support of this day
visit http://www.ncahaad.com.
http://www.aidswalkcaribbean.com/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=274026
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This
year AIDS Walk Caribbean, Brooklyn, New York 5K walk is set
for Sunday June 8, 2008. Its goal is to raise funds
for the CPIC AIDS PROGRAM and bring awareness to the impact of
HIV/AIDS in Caribbean American and Immigrant communities. I'm
looking forward to completing this 5K walk, enjoy the Post
Walkk Festivities at Wingate Park, Brooklyn, NY.
You
can make a donation, start a team at school, church or at
work. Get your friends, family and colleages to
make a donation. Start a Team Today. AIDS
Walk Caribbean Team
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GOAL: $600,000 which we will accomplish through the
support of everyone.
WHEN: Sunday June 8, 2008
TIME: 1000 AM- Registration and Pre-walk activities
WHERE: Flatbush & Nostrand Ave Brooklyn New York (Final Destination
Wingate Park Brooklyn NY)
Should you have questions about becoming a team leader, or creating a team
please call Truda Hickman at 718 576-1839 or mail
To learn more, please contact Dawn Stewart at 718 576-1839 or 703 441-2619
or email us at cpicincny@aol.com.
Students can be a part of annual "International Youth Summit" to
support AIDS Walk Caribbean.
Before this school year ends get as many of your friends together as you
can to raise money for the AIDS Walk Caribbean. Register your team.
Three TOP FUNDRAISING STUDENT will WIN a free trip to Guyana, South
America to participate in the Annual International Youth Summit scheduled
for July 2008. Hosted by Monique’s Helping Hands, and CPIC Inc!
Money raised by AIDS Walk Caribbean is used to support HIV/AIDS in the
Brooklyn communities and CPIC Inc goal to reduce the rates of HIV.
Ms. Hickman
Secretary, Program coordinator:
Caribbean-American Health/AIDS Awareness Day-June 8, 08
AIDS WALK CARIBBEAN
Caribbean-American Family Day-June 28, 08
Caribbean People International Collective, Inc (CPIC)
4710 Church Ave. Third Floor
Brooklyn NY 11203
T 718- 576-1839
DC Metropolitan Office
3442 Tuckahoe CT
Dumfries, VA 22026
T/F 703-441-2619
International Office
CPIC Monique Helping Hands
18 Norton Street,
Georgetown, Guyana
T 592-227-0996
email. cpicincny@aol.com
www.cpicincny.org
www.aidswalkcaribbean.com
Its goal is to
raise funds for the CPIC AIDS PROGRAM and bring awareness to the impact of
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June 12 - June 21, 2008
New York
June 11, 12, 13, 2008
Minnesota
NWHP's 2008 National Networking Conference
Women’s Art:
Women’s Vision
National Women’s History Project’s Network Conference
University of Minnesota,
University Radisson Minneapolis
June 11-13, 2008
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
3:00 to 5:00 Introductions and Conference
Overview
6:00 to 7:00 NWHP Dinner at the Radison
7:00 to 9:00 Samatha Speaks with
Jane Curry
Thursday, June 12, 2008
9:00 to 12:00
Plenary session Broadening the Sources
sponsored by the National Coalition of Women’s History Sites (NCWHS)on
campus. Acclaimed historian and researcher, Kitty Sklar will demonstrate
the amazing resources available via the web.
12:00 to 5:00 Optional NCWHS field trip (Special fee
for bus and boxed lunch)
What This Awl Means: Feminist Archaeology at a
WahpetonDakotaVillage
Tour of Little Rapids noting the significant of historical
archeology and feminist scholarship, combining place and artifacts with
documents and oral history.
2:00 to 5:00 NWHP Sessions at the Radison
2:00 to 3:15 Plenary Session
3:15 to 3:30 Break
3:30 to 5:00 Plenary Session
7:30 to 9:00 Film and multimedia
presentations optional
Friday, June 13, 2008
NWHP Sessions from 9:00 to 12:00 at the Radison
9:00 to 10:15 Plenary Session
10:15 to 12:00 Plenary Session
Option afternoon schedule (special fee for tour)
NCWHS Historic HouseMuseum Tour
1:30 to 4:30 at Alexander Ramsey House
Special tour and panel session discussing the challenges and
opportunities of
Uncovering the Inhabitants.
NWHP Sessions at the Radison
2:00 to 3:15 Plenary Session
3:15 Break
3:30 to 5:00 Closing Session
Saturday , June 14, 2008
For a one-day fee NWHP Participants are invited/urged to attend the
Berks events.
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Friday,
June 13, 2008
Baltimore, Maryland
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June 13 - June 21, 208l
New York
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June 12, 14, 16, 21, 2008
New York
YOU ARE INVITED to view two films shot in
the war zones of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, The
Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo and Lumo. The
films will be shown at the Schomburg Research Library and the
Bloomingdale Library as scheduled below.
Since 1998 a brutal war has ravaged the Congo, killing over 4
million people and resulting in tens of thousands of women and girls
being raped and mutilated by soldiers from neighboring militias and the
Congolese army.
This is Hi-Tech genocide. The
Congo is rich in natural resources, diamonds, gold, plutonium, iron,
etc., and in coltan, which involves YOU.
Eighty percent of the world’s coltan
is in the Congo which is used in cell phones, laptops and other
high-tech products. The war
is being fought by armed militias sponsored by multinational
corporations and foreign countries, including the U.S., They want to
control the land and exploit these natural, precious resources. While
women are being raped as a weapon of war, Congolese men are either
killed or forced to join the conflict.
The
documentary, The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo,
records the harrowing story of women survivors and also interviews
Congolese soldiers who admit they are rapists.
Lumo, tells the story of
a twenty year old woman whose fiancé and family rejected her
after she was raped by marauding soldiers and left incontinent and
possibly sterile.
SCHEDULE
June 12th – The Greatest
Silence: & June
16th – Lumo: Schomburg
Research Library, 135th
St. & Lenox Avenue, Both films shown at 6:00 p.m, In the American Negro Theater,
June 14th – The Greatest Silence
& June 21st –
Lumo: Bloomingdale
Public Library, 150 West 100th Street, Betw, Columbus & Amsterdam, Both
films shown at 2 p.m.
Question and Answer Period
The program is being sponsored by the Women’s
International League for Peace and Freedom
(WILPF) and is free of
charge. For further information contact Jennifer Thomas, 212-533-2125, wilpfnycoordinator@yahoo.com.
Or Louise Meriwether, 212-749-3953.
lmeriwe123@aol.com. |
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June 14-15, 2008
Tampa Florida
Contact: George Carrington - (727) 434-4282
TAMPA BAY CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL CELEBRATES 16TH ANNUAL EVENT-JUNE 14-15,
DOWNTOWN ST PETERSBURG-VINOY PARK
ST PETERSBURG, FL The Tampa Bay Caribbean Carnival is celebrating its
16th year and will take place at historic & scenic Vinoy Park in
downtown St. Petersburg, FL, June 14th and 15th, 2008. A Caribbean
experience like no other, come enjoy the sights, sounds, culture and
food of the islands. Events for the weekend include live steel band
performances from around the Southeast U.S. on Saturday afternoon and a
Mas Costume parade on Sunday. Exhibits, arts and crafts, food, kid's
area and live Caribbean music throughout the weekend will surely please
everyone. The Tampa Bay Caribbean Carnival is Fun for the entire Family!
Headline artists Ivy Queen & Collie Buddz takes the Stage on
Saturday evening and Bunji Garlin, Faye Ann, Hunter & Leon Coldero
Lyons will round out the weekend on Sunday evening.
The Tampa Bay Caribbean Carnival draws visitors from throughout the
United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. The
Tampa Bay Caribbean Carnival Committee, a not-for-profit 501.c3
corporation, which promotes the culture, music, and community of the
Caribbean Islands, produces the Tampa Bay Caribbean Carnival. As proud
members of the International Caribbean Carnival Association their vision
is to bring together Florida's multi ethnic diversity to experience the
unique cultural tradition called Carnival. The Tampa Bay Caribbean
Carnival, a refinement of the traditional West Indian style Carnival
presentation, is a spectacle of pageantry, color, and fantasy depicted
through a kaleidoscope of incredible costumes, steel bands, calypso,
soca, and reggae music.
Fun for the Entire Family! Crafts, Food, Music, Soca, Calypso,
Reggae, Moco Jumbies, Local and International Entertainment!
For more information about the 16h Annual Tampa Bay Caribbean
Carnival, call (727) 327-1277, or visit us online at
www.tampacarnival.com
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June 14, 2008
Baltimore, Maryland
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June 15th,
2008
The
Pepperpot Cafe & Friends
Presents
Their Annual Fathers Day Celebration
Sunday June 15th
@
The Pepperpot Cafe
10606 Baltimore Avenue
Beltsville, MD
3PM Until
Non-Stop Dancing Music By The Legendary Jimmy
T. Experience
Bob The Wiz
DJ Pepsi
Admission: Small
Donation
301-937-7676
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June
15, 2008
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Silver Spring,
Maryland
June 15, 2008
JACKIE
&
ASSOCIATES
JOIN
US AT OUR
FUNDRAISER
FOR DC CARNIVAL
ON
SUNDAY, June 15, 2008
AT
805 PHILADELPHIA AVENUE,
SILVER SPRING, MD
(ACROSS FROM
MONTGOMERY COLLEGE)
FROM
4:00
PM
FOOD
AND DRINKS ON SALE
INFO:
JACKIE: 301-524-8717
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June 13 - June 22, 2008
New York
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June 12, 14, 16, 21, 2008
New York
YOU ARE INVITED to view two films shot in
the war zones of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, The
Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo and Lumo. The
films will be shown at the Schomburg Research Library and the
Bloomingdale Library as scheduled below.
Since 1998 a brutal war has ravaged the Congo, killing over 4
million people and resulting in tens of thousands of women and girls
being raped and mutilated by soldiers from neighboring militias and the
Congolese army.
This is Hi-Tech genocide. The
Congo is rich in natural resources, diamonds, gold, plutonium, iron,
etc., and in coltan, which involves YOU.
Eighty percent of the world’s coltan
is in the Congo which is used in cell phones, laptops and other
high-tech products. The war
is being fought by armed militias sponsored by multinational
corporations and foreign countries, including the U.S., They want to
control the land and exploit these natural, precious resources. While
women are being raped as a weapon of war, Congolese men are either
killed or forced to join the conflict.
The
documentary, The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo,
records the harrowing story of women survivors and also interviews
Congolese soldiers who admit they are rapists.
Lumo, tells the story of
a twenty year old woman whose fiancé and family rejected her
after she was raped by marauding soldiers and left incontinent and
possibly sterile.
SCHEDULE
June 12th – The Greatest
Silence: & June
16th – Lumo: Schomburg
Research Library, 135th
St. & Lenox Avenue, Both films shown at 6:00 p.m, In the American Negro Theater,
June 14th – The Greatest Silence
& June 21st –
Lumo: Bloomingdale
Public Library, 150 West 100th Street, Betw, Columbus & Amsterdam, Both
films shown at 2 p.m.
Question and Answer Period
The program is being sponsored by the Women’s
International League for Peace and Freedom
(WILPF) and is free of
charge. For further information contact Jennifer Thomas, 212-533-2125, wilpfnycoordinator@yahoo.com.
Or Louise Meriwether, 212-749-3953.
lmeriwe123@aol.com. |
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June 17 - 21, 2008
FREE
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June 19, 2008
Washington, DC
CPIC Inc.
Host The
3RD National Caribbean-American
HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NCAHAAD) ROUNDTABLE
Capital Hill, Washington DC
On Thursday June 19, 2008
CPIC, Inc in collaboration with other organization presents its 3rd
annual National Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Round Table
Discussion on Capitol Hill. Members of congress, Capitol Hill
staff and special invitees would be informed on early prevention,
cultural difference when addressing health and stigma towards HIV/AIDS
in Caribbean-American communities.
The eight day of Caribbean-American Heritage Month,
the Caribbean People International Collective Inc (CPIC),
Prince William Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc, The
Sankofa Group and National Black Alcoholism & Addiction Council, Inc
will participate in the 3RD Annual National
Caribbean-American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NCAHAAD) events throughout
the world. NCAHAAD is a national event which helps to spread the
word and bring awareness to the devastating impact of HIV/AIDS in the
Caribbean-American community, the Diaspora and the need for prevention,
early detection, testing and access to health care.
The
“One Love Project” Caribbean Diaspora in the time of AIDS: Stigma,
Health and the Challenge of HIV
703-441-2619
Contact CPIC, Inc for additional information.
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June 19, 2008
Brooklyn, New York
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June 20-22, 2008
Boonville, CA
15th Annual Sierra Nevada World Music
Festival
www.snwmf.com
Tel: (415) 387-1368
Fax: (415) 221-5413 |
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June
21, 2008
Baltimore,
Maryland
AFRICAN
AMERICAN MEN’S
HEALTH CONFERENCE 2008
Baltimore
Convention Center, 1 W. Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21201
8
a.m. until 3 p.m.
For
more information, call 1-800-787-4337
Join the American
Cancer Society, St. Joseph Medical Center, St. Agnes Hospital, and Bon
Secours Baltimore Health System at the African American Men’s Health
Conference 2008! This
first-ever, family-friendly event is FREE
and includes:
- Continental breakfast and lunch
- Health screenings
- Exhibits
- Expert speakers
- Giveaway items
African American
men have higher rates of diagnosis and death from cancer, cardiovascular
disease, stroke, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS.
Organizers expect that the conference will address the conditions
impacting the health of African American men through education,
screenings, and networking of community residents.
Sponsored
by:
American
Cancer Society, Catholic Health Initiatives, St. Joseph Medical Center,
St. Agnes Hospital, Bon Secours Baltimore Health System
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June 21, 2008
California
Oscar
Nominated Actress Cicely Tyson & HBO’s Director to Watch Frank E.
Flowers to be honored at the
2008
Caribbean
Heritage Salute to Hollywood & the Arts
Los
Angeles, CA
– Caribbean Heritage Organization (CHO) and the Institute of Caribbean
Studies, DC (ICS-DC) are pleased to announce that stage and screen
actress Cicely Tyson and
writer and director Frank E. Flowers will
be honored at its 2008 Salute to Hollywood
& the Arts
during National Caribbean-American Heritage Month.
The
daughter of immigrants from the tiny Caribbean
island of Nevis, Cicely
Tyson is one of America’s most talented, prolific and
versatile actresses of stage, screen, and television. In 1972, Tyson was
nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her sensational
breakthrough performance in the critically acclaimed film Sounder.
In 1974, she went on to portray a 110-year-old former slave in The
Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, a TV role which earned
her two Emmys - making her the first Black actress to win an Emmy award
for Outstanding Lead Actress.
Frank
E. Flowers hails from Grand Cayman in the Cayman
Islands. At 17 years old, he left home to pursue screenwriting at the
University of Southern California. Passionate to explore the characters
and prevalent social issues of the West Indies, he made his debut in
2003 at the Sundance Film Festival with the award winning short Swallow.
In 2004, Flowers made his leap to feature films when he debut in Haven
at the Toronto Film Festival and features a prestigious ensemble cast
including Orlando Bloom, Bill Paxton and Zoe Saldana. Haven
is the
first feature film to be shot entirely in Grand Cayman.
The
star-studded blue-carpet event will be held on Saturday,
June 21 at the Marriott Marina del Rey, in Marina del Rey, California.
About
the Caribbean
Heritage Organization
The
Caribbean Heritage Organization (CHO) was formed in
January 2007 to celebrate the rich and diverse contributions of
Caribbeans and Caribbean-Americans to international society through
conservation and education of Caribbean arts and culture. Additionally,
CHO aims to chronicle the experiences of the expatriated Caribbean
people from the most recently arrived immigrants to leaders in American
society, from life on the streets of Brooklyn, N.Y., London, and
Toronto, to the deal making in the halls of power.
About
the Institute of Caribbean
Studies-DC
The
Institute
of Caribbean Studies is a non-partisan, non-profit 501(c)(3)
organization, established in 1993, that is dedicated to policy analysis,
education, advocacy and action on issues that impact the Caribbean and
Caribbean Diaspora.
For
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June 21-24, 2008
Washington DC
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June 26, 2008
Miami, Florida
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June 27th and 28th, 2008
Hyattsville, Maryland
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June 28, 2008
Camp Springs, Maryland
Poets & Artists for Obama (Fundraising)
HELP OBAMA GET INTO THE WHITE HOUSE!
Join socially-conscious poets, Sistah Joy, "Brenardo",
and Pat Smith as they partner with gallery owners Leon Durham and
Kevin Hicks to present "POETS AND ARTISTS FOR OBAMA - A
Fundraiser."
Listen to Poetry and live Jazz by artists who support Democratic
Presidential Nominee, Barack Obama.
View and purchase art from a variety of artists including Tim Hinton
at Annie's Art Gallery.
Artists will donate a portion of their proceeds to the Obama Campaign.
Be recognized as a host of the reception. Bring 10 people and let
Sistah Joy know who they are.
The fundraiser will include a silent auction.
$10 minimum donation for Obama at the door. Checks should be made
payable to Obama for America
Questions about Annie's Art Gallery call 301.449.9588 or visit
www.anniesartgallery.net.
Free refreshments and parking.
Casual chic or Afro-centric attire.
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Saturday, June 28 at 6:00 PM |
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3 hours |
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Sistah Joy Alford |
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Annie's Art Gallery (Camp Springs, MD)
5814 Allentown Way
Camp Springs, MD 20748
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http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4pvf
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