ABout Ourstory Project
OURSTORY IS A SOCIAL MARKETING HIV AWARENESS, ANTI-STIGMA AND WELLNESS CAMPAIGN
WITH THE OBJECTIVE TO CAPTURE TRANSFORMATIVE STORIES TOLD BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
LIVING WITH HIV AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.
The Purpose of OURStory campaign
1. Reduce social stigma, and bring light to internalized shame that negatively affects a person’s self-esteem and self-efficacy, which is a cause for health care avoidance.
2. To support affect positive reform within institutional structures and policy making to include Indigneous Peoples living with HIV/AIDS and at risk for HIV, STIs and Viral Hepatitis.
3. Promote community wellness, through stories of shared struggles that give hope to cope, survive and thrive.
4. Share powerful stories to save lives and inspire!
PREVIEW OF PROFILE FEATURES
HISstory: Kumu brad lum
In HISstory, Brad asks a powerful question in poetic form: “what if I told you I win when I open my eyes every morning? Cancer and HIV, you will not triumph over me, because I am possible!”
Born and raised in Mō`ili`ili, O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Brad Lum is an HIV long-term survivor who is a community leader for the Native Hawaiian and Two-Spirit/LGBTQ+ communities. Brad is a Kumu Hula, a dedicated master teacher in the art of hula, and a teacher in the Hawai’i Department of Education system for the past 23 years.
Herstory: dr. sophina calderon
In HERstory, Dr. Calderon’s shares about her relationship with one of her patients who she worked with over a year during some difficult medical challenges and up to his final days in hospice.
Dr. Sophina Calderon is Diné (Navajo) from Tuba City, Arizona and works as the HIV Officer for Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation (TCRHCC) on the Navajo Nation in Northern Arizona providing subspecialized HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention for adults and adolescents on the Western Navajo Nation.
Preview of Audio Documentaries
Trailer for Episode #2
The OURstory Audio Documentaries are beautifully woven stories from the voices of Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities.
CAMPAIGN MATERIALS FOR YOUR COMMUNITY
Ourstory introduction
Ourstory introduction
Ourstory introduction
Video
Ourstory introduction
Ourstory introduction
Profile Features
Audio Documentaries
Audio Documentaries
Audio Documentaries
Audio Documentaries
Audio Documentaries
NATIVE HIV HISTORICAL TIMELINE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
“HISSTORY, HERSTORY, THEIRSTORY, OURSTORY" was produced by Rick Haverkate, and directed by Carolyn Kuali'i in collaboration with: Indian Health Services, Kua`aina Associates, Inc., & Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
OURstory was made possible with support from the Minority HIV/AIDS Fund from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Indian Health Service.
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