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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Nate Duval Estrella, Artist from Groundswell Community Mural Project
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Nate Duval Estrella, an artist from Groundswell Community Mural Project, testified about the importance of nonprofit organizations in supporting mental health and providing opportunities for young artists. They highlighted their current work on a mural project raising awareness about the AIDS epidemic, particularly its impact on African American women.
- Emphasized the value of organizations like Groundswell in providing resume-building experiences for young people struggling to find jobs
- Mentioned collaboration with other young artists on a project with the Visual AIDS Women's Empowerment Group
- Shared a statistic about the disproportionate impact of HIV on African American women compared to non-Hispanic white women
Nate Duval Estrella
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My name is Natalie Duvalisrea, preferably Nate, and I'm Hope.
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I'm in helping hardest in Groundswell.
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Thank you for the opportunity to speak today about the critical role about of nonprofits play in supporting mental health and why additional funding is essential for our communities.
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As a working artist personally, I've been having like, I've been seeing how society's been, like, getting a hard time having a hard time with things such as
Naomi Neptune
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jobs.
Nate Duval Estrella
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And since it's hard to get a job nowadays as a young person, it's good to have these things such as Groundwell on my resume, and working with other artists in the same position as I am is quite nice, which means yeah.
George Kotis
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Okay.
Nate Duval Estrella
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This year I've been working on a project along with other young artists with the Visual AIDS Women's Empowerment Group to raise awareness about the ongoing epidemic of AIDS.
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Fun fact, based off of the US Department of Health and Human Services, African American females were 10 times more likely than non Hispanic white females to have a diagnosis of HIV infection in 02/2022.
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That not very unknown fact.
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I mean, not very known fact, which is why we're making a mural for those women.
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Yeah.
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Not only that, but I've been working with well, I just said it.
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I've been working with young artists, and they they're actually very sweet people.
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I was they're like they've been I'm sorry.
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I've never done this before.
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Okay.
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I'm sorry.
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Yeah.
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But