South Bank HIVe Pride-July 2012:
In Honor of our new "National HIV/AIDS Awareness Month", we are proud to announce a CommUNITY Project for JULY that embraces supports every South Bank; Covington and No Ky HIV Care Region VI Resident that is LIVING with HIV/AIDS. Hhm; Isn't that ALL of "WE the PEOPLE..."!? Meantime; if you aren't Aware of WHY JULY 2012 IS Essential to MOVING FORWARD, kindly Google "IAC 2012-JULY-WorldWide-Washington
This project is for ANYONE & EVERYONE Infected &/or Affected and speaks to the fact that we have brothers & sisters who have fallen through the safety nets; they make too much $$$, or have an ineffective ASO (AIDS Service Organization/CBO=Community Based Organization) or CBO not serving them. Even middle class folk have needs that are beyond their personal budgets: i.e: their A/C died and they can't afford a new one right now!? Where is AVNK; here is a great program/service that they could manage and bring together a South Bank collaborative of
The intent is to work locally with established Social Service Agencies & HIV Docs... To serve those folks who live in an HIV/AIDS closet and do not meet the income guidelines to be served through the Ky HIV Care Region 6-No Ky Health and the Ryan White Care Act.
HAPPY PRIDE Y'ALL - This one's for YOU!
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The City of Covington urges you to use safety and caution while celebrating with fireworks today.
Other municipalities have decided to ban personal fireworks this year because the hot, dry conditions and possible high propensity for fires but City Manager Larry Klein says Covington has not taken any steps to quell personal celebrations. Instead, Covingtonians are alerted to use caution this year. Check out the information supplied by the City through the Kentucky League of Cities at the link below. HooRay!!!
SEE ALSO: Fireworks may be to blame..
WORLD CHOIR GAMES OPEN TODAY
The "singing Olympics" may be among the largest events ever hosted by the Queen City. The opening ceremony is set for today:
The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and May Festival Chorus headline the Opening Ceremony which includes the ringing of the Peace Bell, the presentation of flags and a performance of "I Can - the Official Song of the 2012 World Choir Games" by nine-time Grammy winner and gospel star Kirk Franklin and the Cincinnati One in Song Choir, consisting of members from Voices of Unity, the Fort Wayne, Indiana 2010 Gospel & Spiritual Champion of the World Choir Games; and Cincinnati's two Champions Competition Gospel Choirs - Peace & Serenity, a group with members in Cincinnati and New York; and Calvary Choir, regional winner of the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Verizon "How Sweet the Sound" competition.
Read more about the competition, its schedule, and ticket information here
COVINGTON MAN WAS INTEGRAL IN LANDING WORLD CHOIR GAMES
Todd Duesing, a graduate of Holmes High School and Northern Kentucky University, is the director of operations at the Aronoff Center for the Arts. In 2007/2008, he was researching opportunities to fill seats at the arts center during the typically slow months of summer when he stumbled upon something called The World Choir Games:
He called Venus Kent, sales manager for the cultural arts market at the Cincinnati USA Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB), whom he’d worked with on past occasions to coordinate arts and cultural events in the Cincinnati area. While Duesing held a strong knowledge of the city’s arts infrastructure and history, Kent brought to the table a set of connections in the regional hospitality industry that would prove instrumental in setting the framework for a cohesive, citywide effort to accommodate the massive influx of people and cultures from the games.Much like the Olympics, applying to host the Choir Games requires an extensive bid process, including creating a thorough, well-researched proposal. For the next several months, Duesing and Kent spent time exploring the city’s potential for such a massive tourist undertaking; by far the largest and most significant international event ever to take place in Cincinnati. “We both believed in it and we were ambitious … we both knew this was going to be huge,” says Kent.
From there, Kent and Duesing began soliciting unanimous go-aheads from key community stakeholders, including the mayor, police and other arts and choral venues across the city. Kent’s confidence continued to rise as she pieced together the key components necessary to unite for an event that would permeate the entire downtown landscape.
BIG PICTURE OF KENTUCKY'S EDUCATION TRANSFORMATION
From Education Commissioner Terry Holliday:
The implementation of 2009’s Senate Bill 1, the work of which is now called Unbridled Learning, is becoming a reality.Holliday explains all seven components at the link.
As is the case when undertaking major change or a series of changes, day-to-day challenges and pressures can become our focus and the larger picture or goals can become less clear. That is understandable given the amount of work involved with Unbridled Learning and the ongoing financial challenges faced by our state.
But it also is good to stop and remember the bigger picture, and how all of the components of this new system work together to help us reach our goal. In the case of Unbridled Learning, here are seven components that interact to produce results. With Unbridled Learning, we are trying to address all seven components.
Kentucky Teacher
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