Creator – Producer:
Peter Serko
peter.serko@gmail.com
peterserko.com

Website design, graphics, and copy: Peter Serko
Event photos: Peter Serko
Vashon High School Art Student Photos: Terry Donnelly

Vashon World AIDS Day 2019 Press Release

Partners:

2019 Events:

This Is What Activism Looks Like
The AIDS Activist Photography of Dana Schuerholz

Vashon Island Heritage Museum
Vashon Island High School Library
Librarian: Callan Foster
Activist Photography: Dana Schuerholz
ACT UP Ephemera: Stephen Floyd and Phil Dunn

The Rest of the Story: HIV and Gender Equality in sub-Saharan Africa

McMurray Middle School Library
Librarian: Julie Jaffe
Teachers: Becky Blankenship, Patty Gregorich
Presenters: Cate O’Kane, Ann Lewis

Let’s Dance: A Musical Tribute To David Bowie

Open Space for Community and Arts
Producer: David Godsey
Musicians: Rebekah Kuzma – Kevin Joyce – Chai Ste Marie – Jon Whalen – Arlette Moody – Lou Mangione – Filson Sisters – Martin Feveyear – Louisa Moody & dancers – Tony Mann – Jonathan Kuzma – Adam Creighton – Michael Monteleone – The Rev

OUT!  A Staged Reading

Vashon Island High School Theater
Producer: Peter Serko
Writer: Peter Serko
Director: Chris Boscia
Cast: Dedra Whitt Dakota, Gabriel Dawson, Kevin McMurdo, David Mielke, Cate O’Kane, and Alma Villegas

2018 Events:

“Lost To AIDS” art exhibit

Peter Serko – Producer
Kristen Dallum- Teacher
John Rees – Teacher
Artists:
Lincoln Bleck – Ava Bostock – Elijah Daubenspeck – Madison Deck – Elliot Eades – Grady Earle – Zahra Fieber – Isadora Greene – River Gregorich – Sequoia Gregorich – Lauren Henley – Malcolm Henry – Paisley Lieske – Ashley McArthur – Georgia McWatters – Ravenna Nelson – Rayne Plauche – Luna-Bella Galliano Salinas – Helen White – Mira Zike

“Lost To Found” Poets

Clara Atwell – Jordan Bezoenik – -Mitchell Boles – Glory Busic – Lars Cain – Caz Cullimore – Gabriel Flanigan – Luna-Bella Galliano Salinas – Ian Harrah – Lewis Kangay – Alexander Lee – Emily Levin – Georgia McWatters – Ruta Milewski – Dominck Nagle – Camille Nguyen –  Torsten Ormseth – Rohin Petram – Aislin Pinckney – Henry Proffit – Samuel Profit – Sean Robertson – Hank Rogers- Isabelle Spence – Hannah Spanger – Evan Stephanick – Matilda Stricherz – Connor Van Egmond

“Crazy Little Thing Called Love” Tribute To Freddie Mercury

Producer: David Godsey
Performers:
Terri Cole – Ashlyn Fletcher – Kevin Joyce – Maeve Haselton – Rebekah Kuzma– Lou Mangione – The Rev – Hannah Rice– Nadia Szara – Jon Whalen
Musicians:
Slab Findlay – Chuck Keller – Tony Mann – Ainslie MacLeod – Luke McQuillin – Doug Pine – Wesley Peterson – Dan Tyack
Sound: Dom Wolsko
Stage Manager: Paul Perretti

“Stonewall to Border Wall Forum”

Producer- Moderator: Stephen Silha
Panelists
Brian Knowles
Ann Von Briesen Lewis
Rev Paul Mitchell
Rosette Royale
Rebecca West

Staged Reading “The Normal Heart”

Sponsor: Drama Dock
Producer: Gay Detzer
Director: Charlotte Tiencken
Cast:
Gabriel Dawson – Steve Jones – Chris Boscia – Calen Winn – Cate O’Kane – Stephen Floyd – Phil Dunn – Steven Denlinger – Chaim Rosemarin – Rick Skillman

Ryan White Tribute Library Displays

Julie Jaffe – McMurray Middle School
Susan Stronach – Vashon Island High School

Other Materials and Media

ACT UP Archival Materials: Stephen Floyd and Phil Dunn

ACT UP Photography Exhibit: Dana Schuerholz

Additional Photography: Terry Donnelly and Peter Serko

Venues:

Open Space for Arts and Community
Vashon Center For The Arts
Vashon Island High School
McMurray Middle School
Voice of Vashon Radio

Organizational Participants:

Backbone Campaign
Gay City
Neighborcare
Open Space for Arts and Community
The Dove Project
Vashon Center for the Arts
Vashon Heritage Museum
Vashon Island High School QSA
Vashon Island School District
Voice of Vashon Radio

Contributors:

Emma Amiad
Anonymous
Steve Jensen
Peter Serko
Katy Jo Steward
Terry Welch