Events

Leaving Our Legacy and various organizations are collaborating to educate, showcase, and unite our community through #LSFX15 music festival to end AIDS by 2020. We have come together to eliminate stigma, give a platform to aspiring artists and entrepreneurs, and to have good time! 
**Leave hateful/negative vibes at home ☞

FREE | ALL AGES | HIV/STI TESTING
*Not wheelchair accessible. We will work harder on accessibility next year.
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≧◠‿◠≦✌ MUSIC LINEUP / ≧◠‿◠≦✌ :
In DIY fashion, DOPE Collective, is blending the genres with local and national performances throughout the day. 

HOSTED BY VERDELL & ZOE VIOLA ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ

3:00PM - 4 Below 
R&B/Soul quartet 
Tracks: http://soundcloud.com/4below

3:30PM - Hot Tip 
Femme-fronted post punk
Tracks: https://hottip.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2014

4:30PM - Low Class Aristocrats 
Divergent Hip-Hop and R&B Crew
Tracks: https://soundcloud.com/lcaristocrats

5:00PM - Khalid 
Melodic classic hip hop
Tracks: https://m.soundcloud.com/khalid-ross-1

6:15PM - Verdell - *host performance
Contemporary R&B 
Tracks: https://m.soundcloud.com/verdell-singletary-iv/tonight-ft-k-luv

6:30PM - We Stole the Show (NYC/Local) 
Raw stripped down beats with 90's rap theatrics 
Tracks: http://westoletheshows.tumblr.com/

7:00PM - Kai Rogers (Ohio) 
Mishmash garage punk
Tracks: https://kairogers.bandcamp.com/

8:30PM- Luis Montijo & Zoe Viola 
Jazzy neo-soul meets alternative acoustic

9:00PM - Second Trip 
Hardcore psych-rock
Tracks: http://secondtrip2.bandcamp.com/

10:00PM - Sun Black Smoke 
Funky psychedelic sludge
Tracks: http://sunblacksmoke.bandcamp.com/

10:30PM - Mile High Muzik 
Trap fusion 
Tracks: https://soundcloud.com/milehigh716


Projections and graphic design by VENT
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END AIDS BY 2020
"It's time to use our imaginations and let everyone know that Getting to Zero is a must." - Linda Mafu, World AIDS Day director

Understanding the connections between poverty, racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, and all other oppressions increases the vulnerablity of certain social groups to HIV/AIDS. Many of which are 15-24 years old who by adulthood 50% will obtain an STI (sexually transmitted infection).
#PrEP, an anti-HIV drug keeps your status negative if taken once a day however it only prevents HIV. So getting tested, seeking treatment, and educating one another can help us become safer and support those who have/will contract an STI.

Info:
What is World AIDS Day?: http://www.worldaidsday.org/

PrEP: 
- http://www.whatisprep.org/
- http://myprepexperience.blogspot.com/

Paris is Burning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78TAbjx43rk 
Behind-the-scenes story of Black and Latino LGBT*+ New Yorkers who created "voguing" and balls, and turned those raucous celebrations into a powerful expression of pride. 

The House I Live In: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0atL1HSwi8
A look at America's war on drugs and its impact on the criminal justice system.

Life Support: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3rkR3H7R5o
Based on a true story, an HIV-positive woman (Queen Latifah) overcomes drug addiction and becomes an AIDS/HIV advocate.

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ACTIVITIES & PRIZES:

- Cookie decorating (sweets provided by Worth The Whisk Baking) 

- Multiple photobooths

- Play "Are You Smarter Than Your Genitals", a sex-ed game design to challenge sexual health knowledge of our 13+ guests.

- Condom demonstrations (of course) 

- Raffles throughout the festival to win headphones, chargers, art, gift cards, and more. 

- Dance floor breakdowns from carefree folks i.e. you all ;)

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COLLABORATORS:

The MOCHA Center - Buffalo
Planned Parenthood
Evergreen Health Services of WNY
AIDS Network of Western New York
ECMC
Erie County Dept. of Health
NACS Health & Wellness
DOPE Collective
Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo Foundation
VENT
Worth The Whisk Baking
BFNC (Buffalo Federation of Neighborhood Centers)