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Tasveer Newsletter: February 2008

Our Hearts Go Out to Mumbai

Tasveer mourns the tragedy that has taken place in Mumbai. Our hearts go out to all who have been affected and we pray for the safety of all friends and loved ones of our community here.

Please let us know if you would like to work with us to organize an event. Due to the tightening economy, in the coming months we would like to hold screening events in homes, apartments, offices, and other personal locations of our community members. If you would like to organize one around Mumbai, write to us at info@tasveer.org.

A Vision for Change A Vision for Change: A Benefit for HIV/AIDS Work in India

Saturday December 13, 2008
7pm – 11pm

Tasveer invites you to A Vision for Change, a benefit event to support HIV/AIDS work in India. This event will feature AIDS JaaGo, a series of four short films produced by Mira Nair’s Mirabai production company, depicting the human condition of HIV/AIDS in India. These shorts will be looping continuously throughout the evening on a screen in a separate part of the venue. In the midst of enjoying wine, light food and good company in the main gathering spaces, guests will be welcome to view the films at leisure.

A Vision for Change is free and all are welcome. However, we will be collecting donations for Andril and Positive Rights, two grassroots HIV/AIDS projects based out of Namakkal, Tamil Nadu. 90% of the money raised will go to the support of these organizations, which seek to expand the public’s knowledge about HIV and to counter discrimination against HIV+ people. Donation amounts are up to individual discretion, but we hope all who attend will give generously so that we may raise a significant amount for this critical work in India.

If you are interested in attending A Vision for Change please email phiosa@gmail.com and we will add you to the evite (this event is being held in a private home; we are using evite to have an idea of how many people are coming!). All further information regarding location and time will be provided in the evite.

Thank you, and we hope to see you on December 13th!

PS – If you would like to know more about these groups we have chosen to support, please contact Sophia Purekal at phiosa@gmail.com.

Additionally, if you are unable to attend A Vision for Change, but would still like to support this cause, please feel free to mail a check to Tasveer at PMB 970, 1122 East Pike St., Seattle, WA 98122-3934. Please make your check payable to Tasveer, and make sure to write "A Vision for Change" on the memo line of the check.

More info at www.tasveer.org.

Colorific Comedy Night Colorific Comedy Night

Tuesday December 16, 2008
Doors – 7:30pm

Come join in the good times and be ready to laugh your a** off! Tell all your friends this is a night you can’t miss!

D’Lo is a queer Tamil Sri Lankan-American, political theatre artist/writer, hip hop performer, and music producer, born in Queens and currently causing the most trouble in Los Angeles. D’lo has been known to cause uproarious laughter with audiences while acting like a fool. She kicked off ISAFF 2006.

Also performing will be Danielle Radford and Solomon Georgio. Danielle is adorably neurotic, naively cynical and occasionally vegan, she is like some kind of candy that is both sweet AND tart. Solomon maintains a constant level of extraordinary flair and mystique, his creative semi-homoerotic humor is embraced by even the politically correct.

The Colorific Comedy Night is also supported by CARA, Hidmo, and KBCS 91.3 FM.


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