I hope you had Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah & Kwanzaa Celebrations. Christmas came and went with the quickness but here we are headed into the next decade of the 21st century… I’m excited, and feel major positive changes in the air. Keeping this message short and sweet but make sure you check out my blogroll friends! Thanks for your support and continuing to follow. I’m looking forward to rebuilding the studio bigger and better in 2010 to make some big noise!!!
On the Audio production side of things, I submitted some 2009 Soundtrack selections from yet to be released Instrumental album, Hot Sauce & Space Music, to my friend @nezua for upcoming episodes of his new animated cartoon series :: Avenida Almasol :: Check out the link to view the current episode.
As far as booking live shows, I’m currently working with other local artists to scout venues in Downtown Denver for monthly Drum & Bass parties featuring the illest DJ’s and live acts. In addition to booking, I am researching cross-promotions that work and networking with local businesses and non-profits to sponsor events in the city.
:: :: :: ABOLISHING MODERN DAY SLAVERY – YOUTUBE VIDEO PLAYLIST
:: :: :: NEW MEDIA
ALBUM TITLE: So Potent EP (UNRELEASED)
RECORD TITLE: AIMING TO BE THAT I AM
UPLOADED: Tue Jan 06, 2009
ARTIST: ASIA LAKAY
SELECTED LYRICS
CHORUS
AIMING TO BE THAT I AM
VERSE 1
I LOOK AROUND MATERIALISM / COMMERCIALISM / DRIVES ME CRAZY /I’M BLIND /EVERYDAY I ALMOST LOSE MY MIND / I F•KING LOSE IT
IT’S BECOME / I’VE BECOME A WHØ®£ / BUT THIS TIME THERE IS MORE FOR ME / MUCH MORE IN STORE / I HAVE A WILL / I HAVE SOME LIGHT
I HAVE A SONG / I HAVE A MIC / THE TIME HAS COME / TO MAKE IT REAL / I AM NO JOKE / THIS $HI†$ FOR REAL / SO HERE WE /GO/
I AIN’T GON STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP.
FULL SONG : HI FI STREAM : LISTEN
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Oppression, Slavery, Sex-Trafficking and HIV/AIDS – Linked?
Yesterday, December 1st was World AIDS Day. “The United Nations’ (UN) International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is annually observed on December 2 to remind people that modern slavery works against human rights.” This goal of this blog post is to prove that their is a link between slavery and new HIV/AIDS infections. Ultimately, knowledge is power, so visit the additional resources at the end of this article to learn more about how you can take action and help make a difference.
“The slave trade is probably the human tragedy that affected the greatest number of people for the longest period of time in History. However, it is only an episode of slavery, which is a larger phenomenon that dates back to the earliest Antiquity.
Today, it persists under new forms of massive violations of the human rights proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations in 1948 (child labour, forced labour, prostitution…etc).”
Modern Forms of Slavery
According to a 2007 study published by the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) in conjunction with Boston’s Harvard School of Public Health and other US research centers;
“US researchers suggest that the trafficking of young girls and women as sex slaves is helping to spread HIV in South East Asia. A study on the prevalence of HIV infection in Nepalese girls and women who were trafficked to India as sex slaves and then repatriated shows that 38 per cent of them were HIV positive.”
For young women who were sex-trafficked before their 15th birthday, “the HIV infection rate was above 60 per cent. One in seven of the women and girls had been forced into prostitution when they were younger than 15.”
“HIV infection has been seen as perhaps the most critical health consequence of sex trafficking, but sex-trafficked girls and women are rarely studied; leaving the prevalence of HIV and other health issues among this highly vulnerable population little understood.”
~Jay Silverman, Associate Professor of Society, Human Development, and Health at HSPH and lead author of the study.
2007 STATISTICAL DATA
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com
“Let’s make a difference in the lives of women and girls who continue to suffer from physical, sexual and emotional violence.” Pionie Boso, Solomon Islands coordinator of the Gender Based Violence and Child Abuse Project.
World Aids Day: Quilt panels : 2007 Image source : URBAN NYC BLOG
Since the early 80′s HIV/AIDS has taken the lives of men, women, children, regardless of age, race and sexual orientation. In my teens, I worked as an HIV educator with Girls Incorporated’s, Project Prevent, in Lynn, MA. I remember watching the movie “And the Band Played On” with my team. For years, HIV/AIDS was ignored and the government hoped it would go away. We learned when they finally acknowledged it’s existence, it was seen treated as a “gay” disease. They even had another name for it, GRIDS – Gay related Immuno-deficiency syndrome.
When people of all races, genders, sexual orientation, and socio-economic background started getting sick with “GRIDS”, it was obvious that the instututionalized homophobia was unwarranted and hindered containing the disorder.
In a span of one generation, we have witnessed a couple of hundred diagnosed to “more than two million AIDS related deaths reported globally in 2008″ with “two million children under the age of 15 now living with HIV.”
What can be done to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS?
1) Get tested – Know your HIV status
2) Get your partner tested – Know their HIV status
3) If you have survived a rape attack - Know your HIV status. Report the rapist and press charges.
3) Talk to your children, nieces, nephews, sisters, brothers, cousins about safe sex and the safest of all sex – ABSTINENCE!
4) If you had or are having an affair outside of your relationship / marriage, protect yourself and your family. Know your HIV status.
5) Use a condom – They are safe and with these new ones like Durex Bare and Trojan Ecstasy, you can barely tell it’s there – No excuses.
6) Volunteer an hour of your time to an AIDS Patient, Give them a hug, Ask them to hug you, learn from them and listen to their experience.
7) LOVE AND RESPECT YOURSELF AND WHAT COMES FROM THE EARTH while keeping your future in your mind. We can appreciate our sexuality because between responsible, and caring adults it is one of the greatest gifts from God to share.
The above illustration depicts the chakra system and the large number of secondary chakras, including the complex network of nadis : Source : RickRichards.com
::NOTE – I am standing up for Alternative Medicine for Healthcare. Whether you have been diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, or not, protect your immune system. Take Organic Coconut Oil w/ Lauric Acid daily as it helps the body boost it’s immune system. Research and support Alternative and Natural Medicine. For some in medicine, disease smells like dirty money, for others disease is treated as a conditioned response to an out of wack vibration, nutricional deficiency, blocked chakra, etc. that costs little money to relieve and restore one to optimal wellness.
Namasté
ASIA LAKAY
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