Photo credit: WORLD. Left to right: Cynthia Carey-Grant, Goapele, and Raheem DeVaughn
HIVE was thrilled to attend WORLD and AHF’s International Women?s Day event, Rise Above HIV as a community partner on Wednesday, March 8th, 2017. The event was an evening of intimate conversations and music featuring Raheem DeVaughn and Goapale.
Photo credit: WORLD. Left: Raheem DeVaughn and his band. Right: Goapale
Bay Area State of Emergency – BASE, CAL PEP, Oakland East Bay Alumnae Chapter DST, and Serenity House Oakland were all community partners as well.
We're here waiting to meet you! #RiseAbove #IWD2017 #NWGHAAD pic.twitter.com/yjC9uBQoyS
— HIVE (@HIVE_Online) March 9, 2017
We enjoyed playing a game at our table where we quizzed folks on HIV prevention and educated them around PrEP. Winners of the quiz received a Beyond Compassion bag. We also distributed PleasePrEPMe keychains and PrEP information cards.
Fighting stigma was a major topic of the night:
Cynthia of @womenhivworld "we have to talk to one another to fight stigma" #RiseAbove #internationalwomensday
— HIVE (@HIVE_Online) March 9, 2017
#UequalsU repped at #RiseAbove #IWD2017
— HIVE (@HIVE_Online) March 9, 2017
Fight stigma: don't say clean/dirty when you talk about STIs. #RiseAbove #LanguageMatters #IWD2017
— HIVE (@HIVE_Online) March 9, 2017
HIVE staff Caroline and ?Yamini had fun in the #RiseAbove photo booth:
Photo credit: #RiseAbove photobooth
The event was a beautiful experience; we loved being there educating the community about PrEP and enjoying the fantastic entertainment.
I am trying to register for the free event Raheim Davant and Goapele