Banyan Tree Project to commemorate the 4th annual National Asian Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
By Fiona Ao
LOS ANGELES-Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team (APAIT) will commemorate the 4th annual National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on May 16, 2008 in collaboration with UCLA Fowler’s MAKE ART/ STOP AIDS. The Banyan Tree Project is a national social marketing campaign funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In many A&PI cultures, the banyan tree is a symbolic icon, as it was under this tree that Buddha was said to have attained enlightenment.
MAKE ART/ STOP AIDS is an international network of scholars, artists, and activists committed to ending the global AIDS epidemic. The global initiative seeks to capitalize on the vast potential of the arts by advancing an awareness and appreciation for the power of art to address crisis, and by establishing artists as key partners in AIDS interventions around the world.
The goal of the awareness day is to reduce the discrimination and stigmatization associated with HIV and AIDS in the Asian and Pacific Islander communities. The Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team will hold a press conference and reception, inviting community members to learn more about AIDS and watch a new Public Service Announcement featuring James Kyson Lee, a Korean American actor best known for his role of Ando Masahashi on the NBC television series Heroes.
The press conference and the reception will start at 10am. The exhibition and reception will be open to the public until noon. For more information, please contact Elizabeth Mediano at 714-636-9115.
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Visit: http://www.banyantreeproject.org
Call: 1-877-5BANYAN
The Banyan Tree event will be held at:
UCLA Fowler Museum,1586 Fowler, Los Angeles, CA 90095.
http://www.fowler.ucla.edu/incEngine/?content=cm&cm=maps
For more information about MAKE ART/STOP AIDS:
Visit: http://makeartstopaids.org
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