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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “personal story”

“That part of it people need to see. That they are not alone.” – Monica shares her story in support of Community Voices.

Cid Hanna November 10, 2019 Blog, events, living with HIV, personal story, volunteer

Community Voices is an annual event held to honour World AIDS Day. December 1st marks World AIDS Day, it also marks the beginning of Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week. World AIDS Day is an opportunity to …

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“I walk because there is work to be done” – Why Mark walks in the Calgary AIDS Walk & Run.

Cid Hanna September 6, 2019 antiretroviral therapy, Blog, events, HEAT, human rights, living with HIV, personal story, stigma

HIV Community Link’s HEAT Program Coordinator Mark Randall shares why he walks every year in the Calgary AIDS Walk & Run. The AIDS Walk is a 3 month long fundrasier, that raises money for HIV …

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“What I have learned about the drag culture, is that it is deeply rooted in freedom of expression and living your own personal truth.” Meet Mike from First Time in Drag.

Cid Hanna August 28, 2019 events, Gay Pride, personal story

The follow entry is from Mike, a person who participated in HIV Community Link’s First Time in Drag event. First Time in Drag is a fundraiser for the Calgary AIDS Walk & Run, where participants …

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World AIDS Day 2018: 35 – 30 – 30

Cid Hanna November 27, 2018 Blog, HEAT, personal story

The following blog was written by Mark Randall, HEAT Program Coordinator at HIV Community Link, and it presents Mark’s personal story of living with HIV.  It is very surreal to be sitting down and thinking …

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“We are all humans; stigma is greater than the diagnosis” 

Cid Hanna November 15, 2018 Blog, GIPA, human rights, living with HIV, personal story

Bill just turned 50, and has been living with HIV for 28 years. He grew up in a home where his family faced multiple challenges: his father struggled with his alcohol use, his sister had …

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Rolling it Forward!

Cid Hanna April 20, 2018 GIPA, living with HIV, personal story

The following blog was written by a member of the Women’s Peer Support Group. It presents the candid and personal perspective of an incredible individual who wishes to encourage other people living with HIV to …

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I AM STELLA

Cid Hanna November 26, 2017 Blog, human rights, living with HIV, personal story

 A story of resilience in the face of domestic abuse and HIV stigma Stella is an African woman who immigrated to Canada early this year as an asylum seeker. The 48-year-old woman landed in Calgary …

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Meet Our Team Captains: Joshua Fundraises for the Scotiabank AIDS Walk and Says You Should Too!

Cid Hanna August 10, 2017 Blog, personal story

In the next couple of weeks, we will bring you the stories of the wonderful Scotiabank AIDS Walk supporters. We will let them explain why they are helping the cause with fundraising, donating or volunteering …

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June 2 is International Sex Workers’ Day

Cid Hanna June 2, 2017 Blog, criminilization, employment, harm reduction, human rights, international, personal story, safer sex, sex work

June 2 is International Sex Workers’ Day. In 1975, hundreds of sex workers gathered in Lyon, France, to protest their increasingly unsafe working conditions and the violence they were experiencing. Now, in 2017, more than …

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Celebrating Our Volunteers

Cid Hanna April 25, 2017 Blog, giving, personal story, volunteer

April 23 to 29 is National Volunteer Week and an opportunity for us to say thank you to our dedicated and wonderful volunteers! Our organization would not exist if it weren’t for you. You are …

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