We create public health interventions guided by principles of human rights and social justice. Operating in eight countries on five continents, UCLA Art & Global Health Center projects begin with local artists and artisans communicating about HIV/AIDS and other public health issues in accessible and entertaining ways.
A participatory photographic advocacy project that harnesses the power of people living with HIV and AIDS around the world to dismantle stigma. When faced with another boring, abstinence-only sex-ed class the students decide to take matters into their own hands by summoning the Sex Squad. In this quick and informative introductory lesson, we outline the basic steps to putting on and using a condom in highly memorable Sex Squad fashion.
A participatory photographic advocacy project that harnesses the power of people living with HIV and AIDS around the world to dismantle stigma. When faced with another boring, abstinence-only sex-ed class the students decide to take matters into their own hands by summoning the Sex Squad. In this quick and informative introductory lesson, we outline the basic steps to putting on and using a condom in highly memorable Sex Squad fashion.
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Founded in 2006, the UCLA Art & Global Health Center is the most prominent art-and-health think tank in the world specializing in reinventing sexual health education, devising new methods for stigma reduction, reinforcing human empowerment, and catalyzing behavior change.
Blending community engagement with arts activist training accompanied by rigorous research, our work addresses comprehensive sexual health education, women's empowerment, gender equality, LGBTQ identity and inclusion, and anti-racism, all while building the case for arts-based public health interventions in general.
Blending community engagement with arts activist training accompanied by rigorous research, our work addresses comprehensive sexual health education, women's empowerment, gender equality, LGBTQ identity and inclusion, and anti-racism, all while building the case for arts-based public health interventions in general.
Operating in eight countries on five continents, UCLA Art & Global Health Center projects begin with local artists and artisans communicating about HIV/AIDS and other public health issues in accessible and entertaining ways. Our work addresses comprehensive sexual health education, women's empowerment, gender equality, LGBTQ identity and inclusion, all while building the case for arts-based public health interventions in general.
A Sex Squad (or Sex-Ed Squad) is a group of students who use humor, theater, and storytelling to open up urgent conversations on taboo topics surrounding sex. We aim to creatively and inclusively shift the stigmatized culture around sexual health that exists in our world today. If you're a student interested in becoming a peer sexual health educator and live performance cast member, please fill out this application so we can keep in touch.
A participatory photographic advocacy project that harnesses the power of people living with HIV and AIDS around the world to dismantle stigma. Through Positive Eyes [throughpositiveeyes.org] is an ongoing art project and traveling exhibition created in collaboration with people living with HIV and AIDS.
Our Research and Development Laboratory, a "test kitchen, " for experimenting, vetting, and exploring innovative arts-based methodologies and partnerships. As a creative and active think tank, we remain open, flexible, and responsive to the world around us.
To strengthen our Research and Development (RaD) regarding innovative arts-based methodologies, we believe it is critical to our mission to reserve some our Center's human resources to explore new areas of opportunity on an annual basis.The best way to birth such projects will be through our Art & Global Health RaD Lab, where we continue experimenting with new ideas, vetting and exploring as we go.
To strengthen our Research and Development (RaD) regarding innovative arts-based methodologies, we believe it is critical to our mission to reserve some our Center's human resources to explore new areas of opportunity on an annual basis.The best way to birth such projects will be through our Art & Global Health RaD Lab, where we continue experimenting with new ideas, vetting and exploring as we go.
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Amanda H.
Apr 17, 2015
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