Hello to All my friends in both ACRL-Arts and ARLIS,
I thought this an important message to pass on from my colleagues in
AILA.
Best to all,
Lucie
Lucie Wall Stylianopoulos
Vice Chair, ACRL Arts Section
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Mario Nick Klimiades <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: November 29, 2007 5:48:45 PM EST
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Day Without Art/World AIDS Day December 1, 2007
> Reply-To: American Indian Library Association <AILA@SI-
> LISTSERV.SI.EDU>
>
> Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
>
> HIV/AIDS facts and figures*
>
> Through 2005, the Center for Disease Control confirmed 3,238
> cumulative AIDS cases in the American Indian community in the U.S.
>
> American Indians and Alaska Natives in 2005 suffered from the third-
> highest rate of HIV/AIDS diagnosis after Blacks and Hispanics.
>
> The rate of AIDS diagnosis for American Indians and Alaska Natives
> has been higher than that for whites since 1995.
>
> 952,629 cumulative AIDS cases in the U.S. from 1981-2005 have been
> documented with 530,756 confirmed AIDS deaths.
>
> 2.1 million people have died of AIDS worldwide in 2007.
>
> 33.2 million people have HIV worldwide; two-thirds are from sub-
> Saharan Africa.
>
> Each day 1,500 children worldwide become infected with HIV.
>
> On December 1, 2007, the Heard Museum will observe Day Without Art/
> World AIDS Day. In observance of Day Without Art, the Heard Museum
> will shroud its signature sculpture "Earth Song" by Apache artist
> Allan Houser at the entrance of its Phoenix location. The Heard
> Museum will also distribute a brochure about HIV/AIDS to its
> visitors at Heard Museum West in Surprise, Heard Museum North
> Scottsdale, and its central location in Phoenix, Arizona.
>
> The Heard Museum continues to actively support the annual World
> AIDS Day event and health fair hosted by the Phoenix Indian Medical
> Center; the event will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, November 30,
> 2007, and will take place at the main entrance of the Phoenix
> Indian Medical Center, 4212 N. 16th St., Phoenix, Arizona. The
> event is designed to promote awareness about HIV and AIDS among
> American Indians.
>
> In addition to World AIDS Day, Phoenix Indian Medical Center will
> observe the 3rd annual National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on
> March 20, 2008. The focus for the March observance will be testing
> and treatment, care options, and direct action. Native communities
> selected this day since it marks the start of spring, a time of
> beginnings and change.
>
> AIDS does not discriminate. In the words of Dr. Charles Grim,
> Director of the Indian Health Service, "Every time we discuss HIV,
> we lessen the fear, decrease the stigma, and eliminate the
> silence. We then have the opportunity to encourage others to
> protect themselves, know their status, and promote a healthier
> community." This is our wish too.
>
> Peace,
>
> Mario Nick Klimiades
> Library and Archives Director
> Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives
> Heard Museum
> 2301 North Central Avenue
> Phoenix, Arizona 85004-1323
>
> voice: (602) 252-8840
> fax: (602) 252-9757
> email: [log in to unmask]
>
> "What's wrong with this world? There ain't but one word will tell
> you what's wrong, and that's selfishness"--Will Rogers (1879-1935)
Lucie Wall Stylianopoulos
Vice Chair, ACRL Arts Section
Head, Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library
University of Virginia
Bayly Drive Box 400131
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4131
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