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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DECATUR, Ga. — Malcolm Reid recently marked the anniversary of his HIV diagnosis on Facebook. “Diagnosed with HIV 28 years ago, AND TODAY I THRIVE,”…
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As HIV Long-Term Survivor Awareness Day approaches (it’s on June 5 every year), I’ve been thinking about a question that most of us have been…
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Inflammation before initiation of antiretroviral therapy can have long-term consequences, including AIDS, cardiovascular disease and death.
Social Calendar
- July 28, 2024
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Potluck
July 28, 2024 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
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- July 30, 2024
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Summer Transcendental Meditation courses (Start)
July 30, 2024 9:00 am – 10:00 am
If you are interested in learning more about the course, please email Thomas Roth troth@tm.org.
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Roundtable discussion Group
July 30, 2024 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Your Place
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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- August 2, 2024
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In-person LKAPS Roundtable Discussion Group
August 2, 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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- August 4, 2024
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Coffee @ Ristretto
August 4, 2024 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Ristretto 500 S Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92264, United States
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- August 6, 2024
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Roundtable discussion Group
August 6, 2024 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Your Place
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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- August 7, 2024
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Social Committee Meeting
August 7, 2024 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm online
All are welcome to attend the group’s social committee to help brainstorm and plan new events. Please share any topics or individuals you think would be of interest in joining a zoom with us at social@LKAPS.org
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Recent Posts
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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’…
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Beating the Heat in the Desert with LKAPS.org
Members of Let’s Kick ASS Palm Springs (LKAPS) enjoyed a free bowling social on Thursday, July 20 at Palm Springs Lanes in Cathedral City. The event was part of the group’s monthly bowling social, which is normally $15 per person.…
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Amigos Coachella Valley Weekly Support Group for Bilingual Latin Men
Meets Thursdays at The LGBTQ Community Center of the Desert @ 4:30 – 6:00 PM. This social group will explore issues related to sexual and mental health, men’s sexuality, HIV prevention and treatment, and Latinidad. Contact amigoscv2022@gmail.com
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