Sunday, December 20, 2009

Focus on Living: Touring HIV/AIDS educational exhibit

Reservations are being accepted for the touring educational exhibit,
"Focus on Living: Portraits of Americans with HIV/AIDS."

To learn more about the touring educational exhibit, Focus on Living, =
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http://www.focusonliving.org

Focus on Living showcases sixteen Americans living with HIV and AIDS and =

offers schools an important resource for HIV/AIDS education.

This touring exhibit is based on the book, Focus on Living, (University =
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Massachusetts Press) by photographer/writer, Roslyn Banish.

Focus on Living combines compelling photographs and first-person =
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document the feelings and experiences of a wide range of Americans =
carrying=20
the HIV virus. Men and women speak candidly about their lives, their=20
relationships, and how they have come to terms with the presence of this =

chronic and potentially deadly disease.

For information: Contact: ChrisComm Management: 570-675-4933;=20
chriscom@microserve.net


" ... Banish's unadorned portraits, often shot at her subjects' homes, =
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subtle and dignified, and the narratives have a lucid strength, even in=20
despair. . further breaking the silence and statistics that surround =
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living with HIV and AIDS. " - from Publishers Weekly

"The "Focus on Living" exhibit was very well received by the student =
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It was a very powerful and personable way to reach young people =
regarding=20
AIDS and its impact on everyday human beings without actually lecturing=20
them. This exhibit enabled the student to be the seeker of knowledge, =
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than a passive recipient of it." - University of Minnesota, Student =
Health.=20
Crookston, MN


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