What Would an HIV Doula Do? collective will hold a workshop/ritual that engages participants to think about personal grief, political grief, and anticipatory grief (for the future) as a braided concatenation of individual and group memories and expressions.
We plan to leave something behind after each ritual that will become part of the installation, Holding Patterns, at the ONE Archives.
To RSVP, please use the link here. Please note that the event's capacity is limited, if you have a ticket but are no longer able to attend please forfeit your ticket before the event date to pass along the opportunity to someone else.
You are invited to watch the video, Please Hold (70 mins) in advance, but this is not required or even needed. Please sign up for a free screening here: https://pleaseholdvideo.com/engage/screening-request.
What Would an HIV Doula Do? is a community of people joined in response to the ongoing AIDS crisis. We understand a doula as someone who holds space during times of transition. We understand HIV as a series of transitions that begin long before being tested, that continue after treatment and beyond. We know that since no one gets HIV alone, no one should have to live with HIV alone. We doula ourselves, each other, institutions and culture. Foundational to our process is asking questions.
This workshop was supported by a small grant from the Knowledge of AIDS, National Science Foundation (NSF) Science and Technology Studies (STS) program (NSF, #2240822; #2240637; #2240673). The views presented do not necessarily represent those of the NSF or any other funder.
