Seventh Annual Theatre Benefit
ACACIA
Fund
Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS
APICHA
Cordially invites you to
a benefit performance
of
Ma-Yi Theatre Company. Inc.
The
Romance of Magno Rubio
Adapted from a short story
by
Carlos Bulosan
by
Lonnie Carter
Directed by
Loy
Arcenas
DR2 Theatre
103
East 15th Street
Union Square East
New York, NY 10003
Saturday, October
19th, 2002
Silent auction
& Chai time will follow the performance.
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The Acacia Fund for APICHA was established in 1996 as a response to the stark
isolation faced by Filipino immigrants living with HIV/AIDS. It was also aimed
to break the silence over the crisis and serve as a bridge to grassroots organization
in the Filipino immigrant community. The case of a Filipino immigrant, who dies
of AIDS related complications on his birthday in Apil 1995, prompted Gilda Sambajon
and her friends to form the Tulay Project and to push for the creation of the
Acacia Fund. These patient's parting words were “When I die, bury me under
the shade of an Acacia tree.”
Acacia Fund today extends support
to other Asian and Pacific Islanders living with HIV/AIDS.
As a safety
net, it helps pay for a range of client support, from special nutritional needs
to production of informational materials. Like the tree it’s named after,
Acacia Fund provides shade and support.
If you have any
questions, please call
Gilda Sambajon 212.360.6983
(English)
Ludy Resurreccion 718.464.0915
(English, Visayan)
Sebastian
Aaron Huynh 646.334. 8021
(English, Cantonese)
Funded
in 1989, APICHA supports, empowers, and advocates for the health and welfare of Asian and Pacific
Islanders especially those living with, and at risk for HIV/AIDS. We are committed
to creation culturally sensitive, multilingual programs that specifically meet
the needs of this vastly diverse and largely marginalized community.
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