It's been a while since I've felt truly moved by a web site. But, LiveHopeLove is more than just a web site. It's a testament to the lives of those living in Jamaica with AIDS.
The site shares the experiences of poet and writer, Kwame Dawes. It illustrates his experiences and conversations with people affected by AIDS, both those suffering from the disease and those supporting that struggle.
The site shares the experiences of poet and writer, Kwame Dawes. It illustrates his experiences and conversations with people affected by AIDS, both those suffering from the disease and those supporting that struggle.
I think LiveHopeLove is the purest example of a web site. It uses video, audio and text to bring the resilience of these people from across the globe into your own home. And, I would have never experienced these individual battles had it not been for the efforts of its creators.
It's no wonder the site is the 2009 People's Voice Webby Award Winner in the Art Category and an Emmy nominee.
The LiveHopeLove website is just a piece of a larger multi-media reporting project. There is also an extended essay in The Virginia Quarterly Review (Spring 2008), two short public television documentaries and a collection of poems documenting Dawes' experiences. The Pulitzer Center of Crisis Reporting funded the project.
Now, I don't normally include information like this, but I really wanted to throw out accolades to the individuals who had a hand in putting this site together.
Poetry/Special Correspondent: Kwame Dawes
Executive Producer: Jon Sawyer
Co-Producers/Videographers: Nathalie Applewhite and Steve Sapienza
Videographer: Doug Gritzmacher
Photographer: Josh Cogan
Interactive Website: bluecadet
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Thanks for posting this, here. The impact and stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS, particularly in Jamaica, is a conversation we need to have, and have often.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to call your attention to the fact that LiveHopeLove was honored with the Emmy win last Monday, September 21st. Find out more: http://pulitzercenter.org/openitem.cfm?id=1910
Also, the same people at the Pulitzer Center have now launched a new, interactive online portal focusing on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Jamaica, "The Glass Closet." http://pulitzergateway.org/the-glass-closet/
Thanks for commenting! I'm so glad to hear the site won an Emmy! That's great news! I can't wait to check out "The Glass Closet"!
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