non-profit
a compromise between communism and capitalism
By bluerasberry on 2009-01-25
Last night I went to Cocoon House in Everett and met with Marty Arellano, the director of youth operations there. Cocoon House is a non-profit organization that provides care – particularly housing – to homeless persons under age 18. I had met Marty a few months ago when the PI (Janet Walthew) for the study […]
Posted in education, non-profit | Tagged Americorps, homeless, youth, youth rights
By bluerasberry on 2008-11-23
This week I went to a conference for Fred Hutch’s HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN). The network has been slow with bringing in new research for the past year because of the disappointing results in the STEP trial and the lack of funding in HIV issues which has been characteristic of the Bush administration. Time […]
Posted in health, HIV, non-profit, presentation, Seattle | Tagged conference, HVTN, jargon, MedRest, microbicide, vaccine
By bluerasberry on 2008-07-03
I attended Gay Pride in Seattle 2008 as a presenter in the non-profit section of the expo. I was representing Sanjeevani Booti as an American agent and I was trying to raise awareness and get social support for issues relating to HIV in India. I talked about Benares. I told people that it was the […]
Posted in drug, education, festival, health, HIV, India, Nepal, non-profit, presentation, rights, Seattle | Tagged expo, heroin, Seattle Gay Pride, volunteer, war, women's rights, youth rights
By bluerasberry on 2008-02-12
Nandan and I talk about Sanjeevani Booti continuously. This is the name for the HIV NGO which we are founding. The website is up. Nandan did not know what AIDS was before, and now he knows the basics. He has probed the community for similar organizations and we know what exists. He has talked with […]
Posted in education, HIV, India, legal, non-profit, research, rights, Seattle, work | Tagged AIDS, license, megacorp, Mehdiganj, NGO, PSA, Sanjeevani Booti, survey, tea, tourism, Varanasi
By bluerasberry on 2008-02-10
I visited Gay City on 500 E Pike last week. I was planning on going there anyway, but then I saw an ad on craigslist looking for Seattle bloggers to write about gay rights in other countries. I saw an opportunity to get publicity for S.B. but when I responded, the guy said it had […]
Posted in health, HIV, non-profit, Seattle | Tagged advertising, AIDS, data, logistics
By bluerasberry on 2008-01-25
Yesterday I went to Lifelong AIDS Alliance to meet with their director of marketing, Asia Rau. I normally do not pay too much attention to any person’s race but I did notice that this girl did not look ethnically Asian. Lifelong has about a hundred paid staff members and goes through about sixteen million dollars […]
Posted in education, HIV, non-profit, Seattle | Tagged advertising, AIDS, logistics, money
By bluerasberry on 2008-01-04
I have been writing content for the three websites I made. It is tiresome and stressful and takes a long time. I feel a lot of relief and pleasure at seeing what is already done, though. All three are live, but none of them is complete. I hope to have them all as complete as […]
Posted in computer, non-profit | Tagged Groovy Ganges, HIV, Sanjeevani Booti, web design
By bluerasberry on 2007-10-31
Posted in art, computer, India, legal, non-profit, presentation, research | Tagged AIDS, capitol, clinical malpractice, curating, hostel, movie, prison, volunteer, web design