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After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future.
 
Co-founder Victoria Martin is pleased to see this work continue under Wits' leadership. Victoria knows that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction.
 
We honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades. Meanwhile, La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA) continues independently at cila.comminitcila.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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Exploiting the Potential of New Technologies for Online HIV/AIDS Outreach and Prevention for MSM

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Information on "Exploiting the Potential of New Technologies for Online HIV/AIDS Outreach and Prevention for MSM: Engaging in Community-Based Behavioural Research to Produce Animations for Screen-Based Prevention on Social Networks, Mobile Phones and Mp3 Players" (Monday July 19 2010, from 14:30-18:00, in Mini Room 9) - includes a focus on animation and social networking to reach out to men that have sex with men (MSM). Requesting your response and ideas...

Facilitated by Nada Chaiyajit from Thailand, this workshop will start from a study of Mplus, a community-based organisation formed to improve the sexual health of men that have sex with men (MSM), which produced animations for their HIV/AIDS outreach and prevention programmes. Through a case study of Mplus Thailand, participants attending the workshop will learn how to: design research that uncovers the patterns and contexts of MSM's sexual practices within their local context; draw on collected research to co-author context-specific narratives; produce animations (3-5 minutes) with MSM that teach the risks associated with various sexual activities and the consequences of unsafe sex for themselves and their partners/spouses through storyboarding and visual context-specific rendering techniques; and plan an intervention using animations on social networks and/or mobile phones/MP3 players.

What questions or observations would you like the presenters to consider in this session? What observations or ideas do you have related to advancing positive action on this theme? Please engage through this forum; click on "submit a group post" and share your thoughts with us!