AFRO-NETS> Offer to assist in HIV/AIDS Education

[Janet Feldman <kaippg@earthlink.net>]

Offer to assist in HIV/AIDS Education
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Dear Friends,
 
Hello and please see below the request for work in the HIV/AIDS field 
by Steve Garrett and Ingrid Garrett-Kloet, friends and ActALIVE coa-
lition members who are amazing people and true dynamos with regard to 
their activities, dedication, and caring on all subjects related to 
HIV/AIDS. Both are HIV+, and have started or become involved with or-
ganizations like Planet Poz and GNP+ (Global Network of People Living 
with HIV/AIDS). 
 
Two things which especially catch my eye in Steve's resume are con-
struction/building and the arts, and I am passing this along to the 
folks at the OneVillage Foundation, whose director -- Joy Tang, an 
artist and storyteller -- recently posted about the establishment of 
eco-villages for orphans and adults. This might be a great conjunc-
tion of skills and interests, Steve, so hope you will contact Joy at 
<joy@onevillage.biz>. Also, you should check out Greenstar, a solar-
energy organization which builds community centers and engages in 
sustainable-development activities (including use of the arts!) 
worldwide. They are at http://www.greenstar.org.
 
Ingrid has worked extensively with women and has attended and spoken 
at numerous events and conferences. She is an arts advocate and edu-
cator, and was featured this past year on a German educational poster 
about living with HIV/AIDS. Please contact them at <tagg24@spinn.net> 
if anyone has a work-related post to offer them! They are both in-
credible people, full of life, love, and hope, and anyone who employs 
them would be very lucky to have them on their team. 
 
With greatest thanks and all best wishes, 
 
Janet Feldman
mailto:kaippg@earthlink.net
 
 
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My name is Steve Garrett. I am 52 years old and still feel relatively 
healthy. My wife is Ingrid Garrett-Kloet. We are both People Living 
with AIDS but that doesn't slow us down. I am a US citizen, Native 
and Anglo and my wife is from the Netherlands. I have lived outside 
the United States most of my life and enjoy meeting the different 
cultures of the world.
 
We are looking for work in the AIDS field teaching, helping or build-
ing, whatever needs there are!
 
I know some can't open attachments so I will paste my resume at the 
end. Currently we are both living in the Albuquerque, New Mexico USA. 
Four years ago I came back to this community from Central America and 
got involved with the HIV/AIDS positive people. I saw what their 
health system looked like and what the health care they had could do 
for them. We met, discussed, and came up with things that could be 
changed to make their lives better.
 
I formed a Non Profit Organization http://www.planetpoz.org. It was 
my first experience with all the paperwork it takes for a non-profit 
organization but I got through it all in a very short amount of time. 
So I now have skills working through governmental paperwork. Now we 
are busy for the last few years doing research and development of the 
most current data of HIV/AIDS around the globe, Client Advocacy, Hu-
man Rights, Stigma and Discrimination. I believe that Education about 
HIV/AIDS by people living with the virus has the most impact on the 
public's opinion. Through speaking, empowerment, arts, and generally 
lending a hand we will prevail.
 
We are in close contact with our local Governmental Offices working 
to improve the quality of Health Care for all people. My background 
has always been in believing in myself and thinking there was nothing 
I could not do. I had two mentors in my life that taught me this. 
They taught me that all of us have this talent and the ways to open 
the eyes of others to this concept. This technique has been espe-
cially useful in speaking with people at high risk, youth, and people 
from under-developed countries.
 
Currently I am working in construction to support this effort but 
would much rather put my energy to work in the AIDS field. I know 
construction both residential and industrial thoroughly, and could 
teach it to others throughout the world. I have designed and built 
projects all around the globe. I am getting older and have basically 
come out of retirement for HIV/AIDS, and don't think the construction 
work I'm doing is good for my health but like so many we have no 
funding and it has to come from somewhere so I am basically support-
ing my family and our organization by myself.
 
As you will see in my resume I have done many different things in my 
life. Most of it was devoted to making the lives of others better. My 
wife and I don't need much to be happy in life and are willing to 
travel to where we are needed. That gets to the point of this cover 
letter. We are looking for some place we feel our efforts are appre-
ciated and needed. Now more than ever we need to put all our re-
sources, energy, and ideas together to become the largest force that 
the world has ever seen. We as People Living with HIV/AIDS have to 
speak out for ourselves.
 
Wm. Steve Garrett
5300 Eubank Blvd NE 9-D
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87111
Tel.: +1-505-298-2644
mailto:tagg24@spinn.net
 
 
 
OBJECTIVE:
 
To work on an International or National level with HIV+ People in 
Education, Stigma, Discrimination and Advocacy Programs.
 
RELATED EXPERIENCE:
 
Have known I was HIV+ for 4 years+, formed a 501(c) 3 organization, 
Planet Poz, http://www.planetpoz.org for all infected and affected 
people. I have been publicly speaking to High Schools, Detention Cen-
ters, Juvenile First Offender Programs, Rehabilitation Centers, Na-
vajo Nation 2002 World AIDS Day, Trinidad/Tobago 10th International 
Conference for people Living with AIDS and to Medical Students at the 
University of New Mexico. I have experience in planning events, i.e. 
put together a World AIDS Day Gala, coordinator of the FDA 2001 state 
retreat and an active member of the planning council for Networking 
New Mexico 2001 Retreat, Conference Coordinator for Albuquerque Area 
Indian Health Board 'Circle of Harmony 2003 ' and Regional Coordina-
tor New Mexico AIDS Watch 2003 in Washington D.C. Have attended a 
number of HIV/AIDS conferences on a national and international level. 
I have been an active member of the Governors AIDS Task Force, the 
Community Planning Group, and the FDA Task Force in New Mexico. I 
have developed a Prevention and Education Program that will escalate 
the efforts of New Mexico Department of Health and the Department of 
Educations Speakers program. I have and enjoy education and preven-
tion presentations anywhere that will have me. Currently I am a vol-
unteer for Global Network of People Living with AIDS, (GNP+) European 
Network of People Living with AIDS (ENP+), HIV Netherlands in Amster-
dam, Netherlands and American Red Cross HIV/AIDS Instructor/Trainer.
 
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
 
Over the past 25 years I have owned and operated a 60ft. wooden sail-
ing vessel. During this time I have successfully created and directed 
a sailing charter business in foreign countries. I have circumnavi-
gated the world twice. I am also a skilled cabinetmaker and boat 
builder. Extensive Design and Building experience in home and theater 
construction. I speak both English and Spanish.
 
EDUCATION:
 
Graduated High School, 1968. Certified HIV/AIDS Speakers Bureau, 
March 2000, November 2000, 2002 and 2003. Certified American Red 
Cross HIV/AIDS Instructor/Educator 2002
 
REFERENCES:
 
Dr. Trevor Hawkins, Southwest Care Center, Santa Fe, NM 
Tel.: +1-505-989-8200
 
James Bristol, Social Worker for Southwest Care Center, Santa Fe, NM 
505-989-8200 x.1022 Stu Flavell, GNP+ Central Secretariat, Amsterdam, 
Netherlands Tel.: +31-20-423-4114 
 
Jack Summerside, Head of ' Living Well with HIV' Terrance Higgins 
Trust, UK Tel.:+44-20-7816-4652 
 
Dirk Hetzel, Referent for Menschen mit HIV/AIDS, Germany 
Tel.: +49-30-690087-50 
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