Posted By:  jongbloed Posted On:  Aug 28, 2008	AIDS 2006 Toronto –> AIDS 2008 Mexico City
One of the questions that I keep getting asked is how the most recent AIDS conference was from the last one. I met some people at the conference who had been to the last 7 or 8, so they’d be better at describing the conference’s evolution, but here are a few thoughts from...... [view]

Posted By:  jongbloed Posted On:  Aug 16, 2008	Make Art not AIDS
As I mentioned in a previous post, there seemed to be a lot of visual arts components of the AIDS conference, whether it was aimed at raising awareness or used as an income generating activity for people living with AIDS.     My favourite!     ...... [view]

Posted By:  jongbloed Posted On:  Aug 14, 2008	Mobile Projects at the International AIDS Conference
More on the Reaching Millions: Youth, AIDS and the Digital Age session for MobileActive.org . ... [view]

Posted By:  jongbloed Posted On:  Aug 6, 2008	AIDS 2008: Big Names or Big Ideas?
Here at the AIDS Conference, with sessions for more than 20,000 people, attendees have to choose their time wisely. I find myself often wishing that I could be in two places at once, and struggling to decide whether I should go to the sessions on topics I know nothing about, or those that...... [view]

Posted By:  laurakenyon Posted On:  Aug 6, 2008	The First Step Forward on the US Travel Restriction
A week after President George W. Bush signed legislation repealing the travel restrictions placed on HIV-positive individuals visiting or immigrating into the United States Congresswoman Barbara Lee, from California, shared the process that concluded in the repeal with an audience at the XVII...... [view]

Posted By:  laurakenyon Posted On:  Aug 6, 2008	Not Welcome
A week after President George W. Bush signed legislation repealing the travel restrictions placed on HIV-positive individuals visiting or immigrating into the United States Congresswoman Barbara Lee, from California, shared the process that concluded in the repeal with an audience at the XVII...... [view]

Posted By:  jongbloed Posted On:  Aug 3, 2008	AIDS 2008 Day One: Crafts for AIDS
First impressions:  So excited to be a part of this conference.  Like two years ago, its just AMAZING to have so many people working for change in one spot.  Getting to know the four activists in our little group at the hostel, and so excited to learn about each of their projects (body...... [view]

Posted By:  vicreazco Posted On:  Aug 3, 2008	PRE CONFERENCIA DE JOVENES SOBRE VIH Y SIDA
Víctor M. Reñazco Youth Journalist - Mexico YouthForce Ciudad de México, México. Con el objetivo de proveer información científica y de construir capacidades en el contexto político, científico, económico y social sobre VIH, unos 300 jóvenes de diferentes partes alrededor del mundo...... [view]

Posted By:  torresaguilera Posted On:  Aug 1, 2008	Creando una estrategia de Incidencia Política!
Hoy fué el segundo día de la Pre-Conferencia de la Fuerza Joven de México y entre varias ponencias muy interesantes, encontré una que me ha sido de gran utilidad y estoy seguro que a ustedes también... El título de la ponenecia fué:CREANDO UNA ESTRATEGIA DE...... [view]

Posted By:  Gagh Posted On:  Jul 23, 2008	AIDS2008
Aquí les dejo un poco de información sobre la XVII Conferencia Internacional del SIDA (AIDS2008). Tomada del sitio oficial (http://www.aids2008.org/es/start.aspx) “AIDS 2008 ofrecerá muchas oportunidades para presentar nuevas e importantes investigaciones científicas y para entablar...... [view]

Posted By:  jongbloed Posted On:  Jul 17, 2008	WikiProject: International Development
Lately I’ve been getting really into how people are using Web 2.0 for global change.  I’ve been learning more about sites and projects from socially-conscious social networks (like TakingITGlobal , Change.org , and Razoo ) to mashups for humanitarian crisis reporting (like...... [view]

Submitted By:   torresaguilera Event Date:  Aug 2, 2008 & Time: 24:00 PM-15:00 PM Event Location:  Angel de la Independencia, Cd. de México Paseo de la Reforma. [view]

1°Marcha Internacional contra la Homofobia