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Youth HIV/AIDS Arts Festival August 15-16 - Toronto
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411 Presents
A Youth Focused HIV/AIDS Arts Festival
During the 2006 International AIDS Conference
August 15-16, 2006 - Lorraine Kimsa Theatre For Young People - Toronto
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The 411 Initiative For Change (411) - a Canadian youth-run organization is
proud to announce a two day Youth Arts Festival focusing on HIV/AIDS
Education featuring special presentations of 'The Corner' a dynamic musical
theatre program merging pop culture with life saving HIV/AIDS information.
The festival works to engage young people and the community at large in the
global fight against HIV/AIDS, while also combating misinformation, stigma
and stereotyping related to HIV/AIDS.
The program features special guest musicians Melanie Durrant, and Rochester
aka Juice, poet Dwayne Morgan, hip-hop educator Will Strickland, among
others special guests . The music and theatre components are complemented by
a multimedia exhibit of photography and videos related to HIV/AIDS and young
people. This festival provides is free and open to the public of all ages
providing a unique opportunity for young people and families in Toronto to
take part in activities related to the International AIDS Conference.
When: Tuesday August 15 & Wednesday August 16, 2006
*Doors 6:30PM / Show 7:00PM -9:00PM (no intermission)
Where: Lorraine Kimsa Theatre For Young People (165 Front Street East,
Toronto)
Tickets: FREE single and group tickets available at
www.whatsthe411.ca/ticket
Why Is HIV/AIDS Education Important For Young Canadians?
With HIV/AIDS infection rates increasing among young people in Canada and
around the world, there is an urgent need to increase access to discussion
of HIV/AIDS in the community and specifically with and among young people,
providing the exchange of information on this common global issue, and
increasing HIV/AIDS prevention knowledge.
Canadian youth are vulnerable to HIV infection as a result of many factors,
including risky sexual behavior, substance use (including injection drug
use), and misconceptions that HIV is not a threat to them. A recent study of
Canadian youth by Health Canada showed that Canadian students hold a
misconception that there is a vaccine that exists and is available to
prevent HIV/AIDS? and approximately 66% of Grade 7 students and 50% of Grade
9 students did not know that there is no cure for HIV/AIDS. 411's program
'The Corner' works to correct much of the misinformation that Canadian youth
have received about HIV/AIDS by presenting the information through popular
forms of music and art.
In using contemporary popular arts and cultural role models and music from
the Canadian mass media and print, online, television and radio media
outlets, 411's program maximizes its reach and impact among young audiences.
The combined tools of music, entertainment and cutting-edge artistry create
an excellent way to excite youth about effecting change in their communities
and to gain their attention to provide life saving information about
HIV/AIDS, making youth more aware of issues related to HIV/AIDS in their
communities, and in turn, more proactive in civic participation.
More Information Online: www.whatsthe411.ca
This program is supported in part by: The MAC AIDS Fund, The Ontario Arts
Council & The Canadian Coalition on HIV/AIDS & Youth In Africa (World Vision
Canada, Save the Children Canada, CARE Canada and Foster Parents Plan).
The 411 Initiative For Change is a not for profit organization providing
arts based education in schools across Canada reaching over 100,000
Canadians each year.
The 411 Initiative For Change
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P.O. Box 50028
224 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON M5V 1Z0
(phone) 647.438.9436
(fax) 1-866-696-4549
(email) connect (at) whatsthe411.ca
www.whatsthe411.ca
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