Health Spiel

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The talk of health.  Good health= good life!

Mark Your Calendars!

The next POZ Life Weekend Seminar is scheduled For July 21, 22 and 23rd! 

One of the most diverse group of presenters ever!  All your favorites and
more presenting on the topic's you have asked for!

Drug Treatment Options, Complementary Care and Strategies, Nutrition,
Disclosure, Dating and Intimacy, Super Infection, Our Tales: HIV Storytelling Circle,
Advocacy, Clinical Trials, Positive Images, Lessons, Integration, Faith and
Experience, just to name a few!

Yes, they are long days and it's a jam-packed schedule, but we are confident
that you won't want to miss any of! (And will not want to go home Sunday
night!)

As always, The Life Group LA and its sponsors will provide snacks and
beverages all day as well as lunches!  Just bring yourself, an open mind and heart
and our amazing volunteers and presenters will guide you through a magically
empowering experience!








LOS ANGELES - May 24, 2006  -- Being Alive/People with HIV/AIDS Action
Coalition today announced the selection of the organization's new
executivedirector, Rafael Cosio. This announcement concludes a five-
month search process by Being Alive's search committee, who reviewed
the qualifications of more than 200 applicants.

"Rafael Cosio's years of experience working for people with HIV/AIDS
at a grass-roots level make him a perfect match for our
organization," said Guy Beck, president of Being Alive's Board of
Directors. "I am confident that he has both the experience and
understanding that uniquely qualify him to lead our organization into
the future."

Cosio joins Being Alive from another California HIV/AIDS service
organization, Pacific Pride Foundation based in Santa Barbara, where
he served as Director of Education and HIV/AIDS Programs. In addition
he has served in an advisory capacity for the IDU Task Force -
California HIV Planning Group/State Office of AIDS, Hepatitis C Task
Force and Community Planning Group, UCSB Center for Sexual and Gender
Diversity Advisory Board, and the HIV Prevention and Care Council for
Santa Barbara County. Cosio is a certified HIV pre- and post- test
counselor and former grant reviewer for university-wide AIDS Research
Programs/UCSF. He holds a degree from University of California, Santa
Barbara in Sociology and Spanish Literature.

"As executive director I hope to continue the traditions established
by Being Alive for excellence in the field," said Cosio. "As a
bilingual/bicultural gay Latino male with a proven track record of
involvement around issues of healthcare access, advocacy, drug policy
reform and social change, I strongly believe that my experience will
provide a valuable contribution to this organization and its efforts
in serving various communities infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS
in Los Angeles County."

About Being Alive/People with HIV/AIDS Action Coalition

Being Alive/People with HIV/AIDS Action Coalition is a nonprofit
membership organization created and operated by and for people living
with HIV/AIDS. Being Alive strives to engender a sense of
independence and self-determination in its members, thus preparing
them to build a healthier and more powerful community of HIV-positive
people. Now in its 20th year, Being Alive was established in 1986 by
John Mohr, Ron Rose and Rick Ewing in a response to a need for
services free of red tape and bureaucratic entanglement. With offices
in West Hollywood and Silver Lake, Being Alive provides peer-led
emotional support, treatment education, Wellness opportunities and
social activities that encourage people living with HIV/AIDS to come
out of isolation and embrace a product that will end and every one will get better and have good health!