Blogging Positively: World AIDS Day Chat (Dec 2), Guide, and Project

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Dear Friends,

Please join us on December 2, 2010, for a chat about the " Blogging Positively "

project and e-guide. The chat will start at 11am EST, and we enthusiastically

welcome new participants, in addition to friends who have already joined the

global conversation.

You can participate in the chat through the Cover-It-Live platform

(http://www.coveritlive.com/), which will also archive the transcript.

To do so, please go to this url (the chat will start live-streaming from there

at the scheduled time):

http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2010/11/18/live-chat-next-steps-for-th\

e-blogging-positively-guide-on-december-2/

Background:

Two years ago, a World AIDS Day chat on the subject of citizen media and

HIV/AIDS--sponsored by Rising Voices--revealed a strong interest in a guide on

blogging about HIV/AIDS-related topics.

The e-guide, " Blogging Positively, " was published last year, and can be

downloaded at the following url: http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/guides.

And for our map of people and groups who blog about HIV/AIDS, see

http://is.gd/545x4.

Now that the " Blogging Positively " guide has launched, we want to find ways to

make it as useful as possible. Suggestions include development of a curriculum

that would accompany hands-on experience, expanding the guide to include other

forms of citizen media ( " blogging and beyond " ), and other topics such as gender

violence and HIV/AIDS, and linking it to other kinds of communication, such as

art.

We have developed a list of possible " future scenarios " , including:

* Collecting best practices and adding blogs to our growing map.

* Devising ways to involve people living in areas less Internet-accessible.

* Including more individuals and groups directly affected by HIV/AIDS, and

empowering HIV+ bloggers.

* Organizing an international corps of local bloggers focused on HIV/AIDS.

* Creating advocacy campaigns and " crisis blogging " teams for global

hot-spots.

* Implementing training programs on citizen media and HIV/AIDS.

* Storytelling by and about people affected by HIV/AIDS.

* Bolstering health education campaigns.

* Encouraging use of citizen media other than blogging and the Internet.

The December 2nd chat will focus on gathering feedback about the e-guide and

project, creating a curriculum, and some of the topics listed above (as time

permits). Hopefully you can join us!

DETAILS:

Blogging Positively Chat: December 2, 2010, 11am EST (USA)

The chat will begin at 11am EST (Boston-New York).

This is 2pm (Buenos Aires), 4pm (London), 6pm (Cape Town, Beirut), 7pm

(Nairobi), 9:30pm (New Delhi), 12am (Dec 3) (Beijing, Manila), 1am (Tokyo), 3am

(Sydney).

Janet Feldman (Author, Blogging Positively Guide) kaippg@...

Eddie Avila (Director, Rising Voices) eduardo13@...

Serina Kalande (Blogging Positively project) serina.kalande@...