BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18614754 SEQUENCE:18668595 CREATED:20090808T151400Z DESCRIPTION:American Indian Movement – West (AIM-West) will host San Francisco’s observance of the United Nations International Day of the World Indigenous People on Sunday, August 9th, from 10:30am – 4:30pm at the San Francisco War Memorial Veterans Building at 401 Van Ness Ave. \n\nThe day’s events will include talks by Madonna Thunder Hawk, American Indian Movement Elder and co-founder of Women of All Red Nations (W.A.R.N.), and Shirley Begay of San Francisco’s Native American Health Center, as well as performances by Jeremy Goodfeather, Goodshield, All Nations Drum, Medicine Warriors, the Andean Project, Aztec Dancers and David Escobar. There will also be a screening of the award winning PBS documentary “We Shall Remain: Wounded Knee” and a special showing of the new documentary by Adrian Carrasco and AIM-West: “El Salvador: I Want My People To Live”.\n\nThe day’s schedule will be as follows:\n\n10:30 - Aztec dancers\n11:00 - Invocation (Doug Duncan, Fred Short)\n11:15 - All Nations Drum\n11:25 - Press Conference & Invited Speakers\n11:45 – Medicine Warriors Dance Exhibition\n12:00 - Andean Project Dance Exhibition\n12:20 – Potluck lunch\n12:30 – Performance by Jeremy Goodfeather\n12:40 - Shirley Begay discusses HIV in Native communities\n12:55 – Performance by Goodshield\n1:15 – Performance by David Escobar\n1:35 - Screening of "El Salvador: I Want My People To Live"\n2:10 - film Q&A with David Escobar, Tony Gonzales\n2:35 - Screening of "We Shall Remain: Wounded Knee"\n3:55 - Madonna Thunder Hawk discusses Wounded Knee and current struggles\n4:15 - closing\n\nThe theme for this year’s UN observance is “Indigenous Peoples and HIV/AIDS”.\n\nIndigenous peoples, especially indigenous women, are particularly vulnerable to the threat of HIV/AIDS, suffering disproportionately from a number of socio-economic difficulties that increase the spread of the disease, including poverty, marginalization, homelessness and poor access to education. \n\nIndigenous communities often lack access to basic health care and culturally-adequate information on the causes, prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS. Furthermore, indigenous peoples tend to be isolated from decision-making processes, and are therefore seldom involved in the formulation of effective strategies to prevent the spread of the disease.\n\nIn a message to mark the Day, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon emphasized the vulnerability of indigenous peoples to HIV/AIDS, noting that, “It is essential that indigenous peoples have access to the information and infrastructure necessary for detection, treatment and protection”.\n\nThe United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which was adopted in 2007, underscores the right of indigenous peoples to all social and health services, and to the enjoyment of the highest standards of physical and mental health.\n\nAugust 9th, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People was established in 1994 by the United Nations General Assembly.\n\nFor more information, please visit http://www.aimwest.info or call (415) 577-1492.\n\nAIM-West\nhttp://www.aimwest.info\n\nUN site for International Day of the World’s Indigenous People\nhttp://www.un.org/en/events/indigenous/2009/\n\nJeremy Goodfeather\nhttp://www.myspace.com/jeremygoodfeather \n\nGoodshield\nhttp://www.myspace.com/goodshield77\n\nSan Francisco Native Health Center\nhttp://www.nativehealth.org\n\nSan Francisco Native American AIDS Project\nhttp://www.naap-ca.org\n\nSan Francisco War Memorial Veterans Building\nhttp://www.sfwmpac.org\n\n\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/08/08/18614754.php SUMMARY:AIM-West hosts International Day of the Worlds Indigenous People LOCATION:SF War Memorial Veterans Building\n401 Van Ness Ave\nSan Francisco, CA 94102 URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/08/08/18614754.php DTSTART:20090809T173000Z DTEND:20090809T233000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR