Director's Note: As part of Rising Voices' “Blogging Positively” initiative, we will be featuring some of the most interesting examples of citizen media from around the world related to the issue of HIV/AIDS. Please share in the comments section any other examples of citizen media that we may include in the next roundup.

Dear Friends,

Please join us on December 2, 2010, for a chat about the "Blogging Positively" project and e-guide. The chat will start at 11am EST, and we enthusiastically welcome new participants, in addition to friends who have already joined the global conversation.

Rising Voices (http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org) is pleased to announce the release of "Blogging Positively," a collection of case studies, interviews, and best practices about citizen media related to HIV/AIDS.

Copies in PDF form can be downloaded here: http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/guides

Dear Friends,

This Valentine's Day (February 14), Global Voices--a leading participatory media news room for voices from the developing world--will be launching a campaign called "Teach Someone You Love To Blog Or Micro-Blog." Please participate in this exciting project by following the simple steps on this post:

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/02/11/on-valentines-teach-someone-you-love-to-blog-or-micro-blog/

Global Voices and its outreach arm, Rising Voices, are at the forefront of citizen-journalism activities related to issues such as health, development, and ICTs. This "teach-in" marks the start of a series of health-related activities specifically focusing on HIV/AIDS.

Dear All

Please pass this on to your networks:

Women'sNet and Cell-Life are partners in a global study about how social networking* technology has changed and will change the way people communicate about issues and behaviours that impact on HIV vulnerability.

We are examining initiatives in South Africa that use social networks - mobile or online- that deal in part or in whole, with HIV/AIDS.

Dear Friends,

Here is a summary of the Rising Voices World AIDS Day chat, held on December 3, 2008. The next chat will be on February 9th, 2009, and I will post more details as I know them.

It is great that several Kabissa members were at the chat, and we hope for even more next time! There are also some other wonderful opportunities below:

In commemoration of World AIDS Day, Rising Voices (http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org) will be hosting a live chat on Wednesday, December 3rd at the 3 p.m. Nairobi time:

7am (New York, EST)
10am (Buenos Aires)
12pm (London, GMT)
2 pm (Cape Town, Beirut)
3pm (Nairobi, Moscow)
5.30pm (New Delhi)
8pm (Beijing, Manila)
9pm (Tokyo)
11pm (Sydney)

To participate please go to: http://www.worknets.org/chat.