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DESCRIPTION:Thursday, January 29, 6:30 - 8:00pm\nFree Screening  \nEmpowering the Yard  
 - the film\nA 15-minute documentary film about incarceration, women, 
 HIV/AIDS and peer education.  \n"Set in Oklahoma where more women are 
 incarcerated per capita than anywhere else in the world, Empowering the 
 Yard looks at HIV prevention from the perspective of incarcerated women who 
 are using peer education to empower themselves, their families, and their 
 communities."   
 http://www.documentaryforhealth.sfsu.efolioworld.com/\n\nCome hear the 
 voices and stories of incarcerated women working for health and social 
 justice.  \nSince the film's initial screening at SFSU in May 2008, 
 Empowering the Yard has been entered and accepted to film festivals across 
 the country and is going global. Empowering the Yard has been;\n\n    * 
 Entered into the MadCat Women's International Film Festival and Shorts 
 International Film Festivals in San Francisco, Silverdocs Discovery Channel 
 Documentary Film Festival, Omaha Film Festival, Big Bear Lake Film Festival 
 and the United Film Festivals in Chicago and New York \n    * Accepted and 
 screened at the Tulsa, Oklahoma United Film Festival \n    * Selected as 
 one of the semi-finalists at the 3rd Annual Show Off Your Shorts Film 
 Festival in Beverly Hills \n    * Selected as one of 30 films that will 
 tour US embassies around the world with the U.S. Department of State's 
 American Documentary Showcase\n\nWith 1 in 100 Americans incarcerated and 
 the growing rate of HIV/AIDS among young women, it is imperative that we 
 listen and learn from one another. \nYou can learn more about Empowering 
 the Yard at  http://www.documentaryforhealth.sfsu.efolioworld.com/\n\nput 
 up by david quinley of marin green party council and defacto pres. of\n 
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gpcaucusofcalsacc/ and\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/01/28/18566543.php
SUMMARY:San Rafael:Mill Valley Emily Kirsch's Empowering the Yard>women in prison:HIV/AIDS/Peer Ed
LOCATION:Tamalpias Bank: 851 Irwin Street San Rafael, CA 94901\nQ&A and discussion 
 with Mill Valley filmmaker Emily Kirsch after screening
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/01/28/18566543.php
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