People feel better when engaged in social activity. Let’s Kick ASS Palm Springs helps long-term survivors overcome isolation by creating social opportunity. From our popular monthly potlucks, thrice-monthly coffee socials, and our movie nights, to now establishing annual events such as our June 5, Long-term Survivors Day reception and our Thanksgiving Day feast, LKAPS benefits its members through engagement.
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“This is not a nostalgia thing, all right?” says Cleve Jones of his latest HIV advocacy project. “It’s important for people to remember what happened,…
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The Palm Springs AIDS Memorial has been nearly a decade in the making, with challenges in finding the right design. News Channel 3 got an…
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Palm Springs resident David “Jax” Kelly has been appointed by the Riverside County board of supervisors to a three-year term on the Advisory Council on…
Social Calendar
- November 21, 2024
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Bowling- Palm Springs Lanes
November 21, 2024 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Palm Springs Lanes, 68051 Ramon Rd, Cathedral City, CA 92234, USA
Bowling is back! Now scheduled for the third Thursday of the month at 2:30 PM. This event costs $15.00 for 2 hours of bowling including shoes at The Palm Springs Lanes. We can pitch in for pizza and soda as well. It’s a great way to spend a couple hours together We’ll see you there.
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- November 22, 2024
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In-person LKAPS Roundtable Discussion Group
November 22, 2024 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Ken Seeley Rehab – Palm Springs, 1900 E Tahquitz Canyon Way Suite B1, Palm Springs, CA 92262, USA
The new in-person Friday Roundtable will meet every Friday at 5:30 PM at the Ken Seeley Community Room, 1900 E. Tahquitz Canyon Drive (near Sunrise).
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- November 23, 2024
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Lunch in Downtaown PS Park: LKAPS with HARP-PS and POZabilities
November 23, 2024 11:30 am – 4:30 pm The Downtown Park 134 N Museum Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92262, United States
We’ll be having lunch with LKAPS, HARP-PS, and POZabilities in The Downtown Park. Bring your own lunch and beverage. Seating is limited so bring a chair if you like.
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- November 26, 2024
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Roundtable Discussion Group
November 26, 2024 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Zoom Online
This LKAPS peer discussion group formed as the outcome of several virtual meetings held in the last couple of months. The Roundtable is intended to include and allow everyone to participate in discussions of topics both serious and fun. You can receive information about the roundtable and other LKAPS programs by signing up for our newsletter.
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- November 28, 2024
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Thanksgiving Day Potluck
November 28, 2024 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
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- November 29, 2024
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In-person LKAPS Roundtable Discussion Group
November 29, 2024 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Ken Seeley Rehab – Palm Springs, 1900 E Tahquitz Canyon Way Suite B1, Palm Springs, CA 92262, USA
The new in-person Friday Roundtable will meet every Friday at 5:30 PM at the Ken Seeley Community Room, 1900 E. Tahquitz Canyon Drive (near Sunrise).
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- November 30, 2024
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Mirth, Merriment, Mayhem
November 30, 2024 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Royal Palms Community Center 34851 Date Palm Dr, Cathedral City, CA 92234
Funshop with Jonathan Goldman and many of his improv exercises and games. No experience needed. Bring your imagination and your own water bottle. At Royal Palms Community Room again on Date Palm near 30th, CatCity. Park immediately to right after entering complex. Follow signs past gated pool to our room. Joint afternoon with CalComMen atCMG Desert Cities
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Recent Posts
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Interview for National HIV and aging Awareness Day
September 18, 2024 is National HIV and Aging Awareness Day. To honor this day, Let’s Kick ASS (AIDS Survivor Syndrome) Palm Springs, interview by Jax Kelly, of HIV memoir author Casey Charles “Undetectable” and Nicholas Snow journalist and creator of…
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Undetectable
A memoir from LKAPS member Casey Charles Undetectable is a story of love, loss, and viral loads, a memoir of long-term survival with HIV. From New York graduate student in 1989, who contracts the virus from the love of his…
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LKAPS @ Borrego Springs
Thank you to Paul, Jonathan, and the social committee for arranging our bus excursion, and to everyone who participated. Our recent trip to Borrego Springs on the LKAPS bus was fantastic. We marveled at the Salton Sea, with its -52’…