The Punany Poets are actively seeking relationships with AIDS awareness organizations and educational programs who would like to be part or our national Tour

Our 501c3 agent is AFACTA.ORG

Please email us if you have thoughts or ideas to contribute.
Punany & AIDS
Jessica Holter's passion for AIDS awareness is not new.  She wrote this article for her high school newspaper at Freemont High School in 1986.

Basic Statistics from the CDC READ MORE

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By G. Zisk Rice
09/25/2009

THAILAND—An AIDS vaccine tested on more than 16,000 male and female volunteers surprised researchers when it demonstrated the first-ever small, but measurable, ability to reduce a person’s risk of becoming infected with the disease. The Surgeon General of the U.S. Army, the six-year trial’s sponsor, announced Thursday the prime-boost investigational vaccine regimen was safe and 31 percent effective in preventing HIV infection.READ MORE

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White House hosts HIV/AIDS forum in D.C.
Obama plans national strategy, seeks input

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Sep 25, 2009

There were several memorable moments at Monday’s White House-hosted community discussion forum on HIV and AIDS in an auditorium at the University of the District of Columbia — a young man who is thriving who contracted HIV via a blood transfusion when he was an infant, a homeless woman who dissolved into tears upon speaking of the lack of housing for those with AIDS and another woman who said she got the disease when she was date raped. READ MORE

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HIV/AIDS Rate in D.C. Hits 3%
Considered a 'Severe' Epidemic, Every Mode of Transmission Is Increasing, City Study Finds

By Jose Antonio Vargas and Darryl Fears
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, March 15, 2009

At least 3 percent of District residents have HIV or AIDS, a total that far surpasses the 1 percent threshold that constitutes a "generalized and severe" epidemic, according to a report scheduled to be released by health officials tomorrow.... READ MORE
AIDS Awareness Organizations The Punany Poets have worked with:
  • AFACTA.ORG (Artists Fighting AIDS Creatively Through the )Arts
  • AIDS Project East Bay, Oakland
  • SisterLove.org, Atlanta
  • Empower-U, Miami, Fl
  • TKNO.ORG, Houston, TX

Since the publication of our first book in 1998, Punany: The Hip Hop Psalms, we have included sexual health information in our printed material. Services we can offer to your organization include:

Sponsorship and Fund Raising Opportunities:
  • Theater
  • Club
  • Community Center
  • College Campus events
  • Discounts on bookings to non-profits
  • Seat blocks and buyouts
  • Sponsor Tables for your organization

Public Service Announcements
Video    Audio     Print Advertising     Literary

AIDS Awareness Events
  • World AIDS Day, December 1st
  • National HIV'AIDS Awareness Da
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