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1、FOCUSONLIVING:PortraitsofAmericanswithHIVandAIDSATouringPhotograph–TextExhibitChrisCommManagementPostOfficeBox77,Lehman,PA18627570-675-4933;570-606-3808-faxchriscom@epix.net;www.focusonliving.org"The“FocusonLiving-PortraitofAIDS”exhibitwas…averypowerfulandpersonablewaytoreachyoungpeoplereg
2、ardingAIDSanditsimpactoneverydayhumanbeingswithoutactuallylecturingthem.Thisexhibitenabledthestudenttobetheseekerofknowledge,ratherthanapassiverecipientofit."-UniversityofMinnesota,StudentHealth.Crookston,MNDearFriend,
Over900,000AmericansarelivingwithHIV.(CentersforDiseaseControlandPreven
3、tion.)OnequarteroftheseAmericansareunawareoftheirinfection.Anestimated40,000newHIVinfectionsarereportedeachyearintheUnitedStates.Ofthesenewlyinfected,halfareunder25yearsofage.Thenewtouringphotograph-textexhibit,FOCUSONLIVING:PortraitsofAmericanswithHIVandAIDS,showcasessixteenAmericanslivin
4、gwithHIVandAIDS.ThisexhibitoffersapowerfulHIV/AIDSeducationresourceforcommunities. FocusonLivingistheworkofacclaimedphotographer/writer,RoslynBanish,authoroffourbooksexploringhumanissuesbycombiningphotographsandtext.FocusonLivingisbasedonthebook,FocusonLiving,(U.MassPress)withintroductionb
5、yPaulA.Volberding,M.D.,Vice-ChairoftheDepartmentofMedicine,UniversityofCalifornia,SanFrancisco.Youngandold,gay,straight–frommanygeographic,economic,racial,andethnicbackgrounds–FocusonLivingsubjectsspeakcandidlyabouttheirlives,relationships,andhowtheyhavecometotermswiththepresenceofthischro
6、nicandpotentiallydeadlydisease.WhatbecomesclearintheseinterviewsisthatHIViseverybody'sdisease—itknowsnoboundaries.11FocusonLivingtravelsnationwidetomiddle/highschools(8-12,)collegesanduniversities,healthandsocialwelfareagencies,medicalschools,publiclibraries,communitycenters,museums,confer
7、ences,hospitals,workplaces,andplacesofworship.Alliancesofcommunityorganizationsmayalsojointlysponsortheexhibition.Theexhibitarrivesinonesturdytrunkandisveryeasytodisplay.Eachexhibitconsistsofapproximatelysixteen16”x20”framedphotographs.Oneormorecompaniontextpa