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Anniversary
Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in. Anthem Leonard Cohen The other week was...
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Storytelling is Powerful- if Sometimes Problematic
I loved this article about a new TV show that totally misrepresented information about HPV (aka Human papillomavirus, if you prefer the long handle). I didn’t love the misinformation, but I loved the...
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Disintegrating
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.- Anais Nin We’ve all been in that unnerving, swirling place of the unknown. Those times...
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Stigma
Stigma. It’s a powerful force. We all experience it to varying degrees in our day to day existence and some experience stigma more than others. And some dish it out more than others. Personally, I...
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Pilgrimage
“Not all those who wander are lost.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring This past summer I went on a pilgrimage. I have a life-long love with monastic practices and my commitment to...
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The Gifts We Receive
Whatever way you mark the winter season- Solstice, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Chinese New Year or others – gifts are often the norm. Here at Positive Women’s Network, we are very lucky to receive...
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Winter Solstice
Today (December 21) is the shortest day of the year and cause for celebration as it heralds the returning light. I don’t know about you but the oppressive wet grey of Vancouver’s winter always tests...
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Around the World with AIDS
Come the weekend, you can usually find at least one member of my family geocaching. My partner’s the biggest keener, and right behind her is our nine year old son, and then the dog’s always along...
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The Baby’s Mother
Of course I was interested in the news out of CROI that presented the first case of a “functional cure” for HIV. Who wouldn’t be? If the baby girl in this case has truly been cured, what a gift that...
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Stepping In for Support Service
I realize you hear a lot from Erin and me here, on Facebook and Twitter. While we work behind the scenes, there’s a great team doing the frontline work with our HIV+ members. Melissa is on the...
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A Party to Remember
AIDS Vancouver is turning 30 this summer- a heckuva birthday. AIDS Vancouver (AV, as it’s known for short in this community of acronyms) was the first AIDS service organization to be established in...
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Summer Reading on Sexuality and Gender
I’ve got a number of books on my reading list these days and look forward to settling down with them. I like mysteries and lots of non-fiction. In that department, I’m reading dog books (to learn...
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Housekeeping Welcome Home
by Janet Madsen/ @janet_madsen Before it becomes too stale to say it, Happy New Year, everyone! Even now I feel it’s getting a little late to post ”Best of 2013″ lists. Amazing how fast that happens....
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Boots to Fill and March Forward
by Janet Madsen | @janet_madsen Behind the frontline programs and resources at Positive Women’s Network, we are marching on with planning before spring moves solidly into sleepy summer. Monday...
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Through This View
The culture of Christmas is all around whether you take part or not. For those connected to family and community, it can be a wonderful time. For those in some faith communities, it can be a sacred...
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August 28, 1982
by Janet Madsen | @janet_madsen On this day in history, the first Gay Games opened in San Francisco. They were founded and fought for by Dr. Tom Waddell, who challenged the “be a jock or be a...
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Winter Greetings
It’s the time of year when we’ve just seen the longest night in the Northern hemisphere. Through the darkness, strings of lights are hung, candles flame through windows, fires crackle in firepits and...
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Many if not all of you have heard from one source or another about changes at PWN. While this is a time of transition for the organization, PWN’s vision and goals have not changed. We are here to...
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“Well, here at last, dear friends, on the shores of the Sea comes the end of our fellowship in Middle-earth. Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien,...
View ArticleLauding Marcie Summers
“When I was hired in 1993, I was the only staff member in a small office in a building shared with AIDS Vancouver and what was then BC People with AIDS. PWN had 20 members, and I had to rent a computer...
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