AEGiS-BAR: News in brief

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News in brief

Bay Area Reporter - December 29, 2005
Cynthia Laird, c.laird@ebar.com

Academy of Friends names beneficiaries The Academy of Friends, producers of the annual Oscar party and AIDS benefit in San Francisco, have announced beneficiaries for 2006. Executive Director Elizabeth Loeffler and board chair Scott Miller noted in a letter to supporters that the organization has made it a priority to exceed the 2005 amount of $500,000 that was distributed to nonprofit AIDS organizations throughout the Bay Area. They also noted that 2006 will, for the first time, include an organization in Sonoma County ? Face to Face/Sonoma County AIDS Network. This year's funding requests totaled $1.2 million.

Other 2006 beneficiaries include: AGUILAS, for programs serving the Latino community; Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, for a multi-lingual HIV outreach program; Black Coalition on AIDS, for case management and group services; Diablo Valley AIDS Center, for food purchases and delivery of meals to low-income people affected by HIV/AIDS; Larkin Street Youth Services, for direct care, HIV testing and counseling directed toward runaway youth; Maitri, for comprehensive hospice care; New Leaf: Services for Our Community, for HIV mental health and substance abuse treatment for those with HIV/AIDS; Project Inform, for its HIV/AIDS treatment hotline; St. James Infirmary, for its prevention, education, and awareness campaigns; Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center, for case management services; the Stonewall Project, for counseling services related to meth use/abuse by people living with HIV/AIDS; and Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Diseases, for its HIV/AIDS education and support services.

Local cable show goes weekly

The locally produced gay cable television program OutSpoken is going weekly beginning January 9, host and producer Tim Gaskin announced last week.

OutSpoken launched in late 2004 and in the last 14 months the monthly show has covered topics such as same-sex marriage, senior and transgender issues, and various celebrities.

Gaskin said he is looking to tell "four times the amount of stories" in 2006 with the new weekly format. An original episode will air each Monday, followed by encore broadcasts throughout the week. The program airs on Comcast cable channel 11 in San Francisco.

Broadcast times are as follows: Mondays, 6:30 p.m.; Tuesdays, 9 p.m.; Wednesdays, 7 p.m.; and Fridays, 7:30 p.m. Highlights from the January 9 show include Help is on the Way for the Holidays, the 10th anniversary of protease inhibitors, and interviews with Mary Wilson and LaToya Jackson. Donna Sachet will also lead viewers on a tour of the Castro.

Under One Roof's 'Aunt Sissy'

For those who received unwanted holiday gifts, Under One Roof has a solution ? the store's "Aunt Sissy" campaign. People can donate their new unwanted gifts to the store, which will resell them. The proceeds will benefit various AIDS service organizations.

"All of us have an 'Aunt Sissy' in our life who somehow manages to always buy us the wrong holiday gift item," said Mike Marshall, executive director. "But as the old adage goes, one man's junk is another man's treasure. We can turn your unwanted gift into hard cash for the local fight against AIDS. Don't regift ? donate."

Interested people can drop off items at the store, 549 Castro Street in San Francisco, between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday. The store will be closed on New Year's Day.

Next year's 26th annual Academy of Friends gala takes place Sunday, March 5 at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco. For more information, visit www.academyoffriends.org.

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