Whisper not the Movie... at a cinema near you very soon!

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16 Openly Positive authors: out, proud and en masse!

Openly Positive now has a DVD! It’s a co-production with STEPS, a regional project using film to communicate social issues around HIV. It’s essentially an education tool, expanding on the stories we tell in our books. The author interviews on our site come from it.

And now, if you’re in Cape Town or Johannesburg, you can see it as part of the next week-long Out in Africa Film Festival (www.oia.co.za), which runs from Wednesday October 19th in Johannesburg and Thursday October 20th in Cape Town.

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OP website update: Durban launch

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Happy Durban panelists: Christy-Joy, Anne, Jan, Elaine and Derrick

Four of our short story authors shared the floor, as we launched Whisper not in Durban at our Satellite Session: No more whispers – sharing our own stories of life and love beyond HIV on Wednesday 8 June at the 5th South African AIDS Conference at the International Convention Centre.

Hall 7 buzzed with warmth, support and interest listening to Elaine Maane and Derrick Fine introduce Openly Positive’s story-telling series and the wonderful diversity of our 15 Whisper not authors. OP trustee, Anne Lebethe, who was also representing the South African Police Service at the Conference, spoke warmly about her story, Vida – a toast to life, and the importance of appreciating life with and beyond HIV.

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CPUT International Candlelight Memorial

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A day to remember

Openly Positive participated in the 28^th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial hosted by the Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s HIV/AIDS Unit at its Bellville Campus on Monday 16 May 2011. We joined CPUT staff, SRC leadership and the Treatment Action Campaign in lighting candles to remember dear people we have lost over the years.

Derrick Fine introduced Openly Positive and our Whisper not authors, and Ann Ray Ray and Marius Harmsen shared their personal stories. Our message was that the best way that we can honour lives lost to stigma, denial and AIDS is to speak out and no longer whisper to ensure that everyone living with and affected by HIV gets access to the information, testing, support, treatment and care they need.

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Cape Town Book Fair 2010

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Openly Positive will be at Stand C4.2 at the 4th Cape Town Book Fair from Friday 30 July to Monday 2 August at CTICC.

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South African Police Service (SAPS) Talk

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On 21 May 2010, Derrick Fine addressed 400 recruits at the SAPS Bishop Lavis Training Institution’s International HIV/AIDS Candlelight Memorial on Living Positively with HIV.

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