Alliance for Positive Change Voices Poetry Reading at B&N - Union Square

**PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THESE GUIDELINES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DUE TO CHANGING COVID-19 REQUIREMENTS**

Join Barnes & Noble - Union Square on Friday, April 19th at 6PM as we welcome Alliance for Positive Change's Creative Writing Workshop as they read their poems and share their stories! Since 1999, this workshop has been a safe, creative space where New Yorkers affected by HIV and other chronic conditions transform their insights and experiences into powerful poetry. The Workshop publishes an annual poetry collection called Situations, and Situations 23 will debut and be given for free to all participants at the event.

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**Due to Covid19, masks are recommended.**

To make this event safe and enjoyable for all attendees, please read the below guidelines ahead of reserving a ticket, so you know what to expect on the day. To avoid disappointment, we must stress that there will be no access to the event for non-ticketholders.

• Barnes & Noble reserves the right to make new rules and orders in its sole discretion with regard to COVID-19 at any time and any person not abiding by the Barnes & Noble directives will be refused entrance or directed to leave the premises.

TICKETING INFORMATION

General Admission - Free **LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE**: A ticket PER PERSON includes:

• Admission to the event space for Alliance for Positive Change's Poetry Reading.

Due to Covid19, masks are recommended.

Due to health and safety and space limitations, those without a ticket will not be permitted into the event space.

Please arrive by 6PM in order to secure your seat in the event space. Late arrivals may only have access to standing room.

GUIDELINES

No large bags will be permitted into the event.

Ticket holders will be admitted into the event beginning at 5:30PM the day of the event. Please have a copy of your ticket available (either printed out or on your phone) for check in.

In order to attend this event, ticket holders should:

• Have not had any contact in the last 14 days with a confirmed COVID- 19 patient.
• Not be subject to a quarantine order.
• Not traveled in the past 14 days to any state or country that New York has designated as an area requiring isolation upon returning to the state.
• At the time of the event, have not experienced in the last 72 hours any body temperature above 100 degrees Fahrenheit or any new symptoms associated with COVID-19. People with COVID-19 have had a wide range of symptoms reported – ranging from mild symptoms to severe illness. Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. People with these symptoms may have COVID-19: fever or chills; cough; shortness of breath or difficulty breathing; fatigue; muscle or body aches; headache; new loss of taste or smell; sore throat; congestion or runny nose; nausea or vomiting; and/or diarrhea..

Due to health and safety and space limitations, those without a ticket will not be permitted into the event space.

If you have any additional questions, please call the store directly at: 212-253-0810.

Please note that Eventbrite is the only authorized dealer for this event. Each person must have a ticket to enter.

Event guidelines are subject to change.

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ABOUT ALLIANCE FOR POSITIVE CHANGE:

Alliance for Positive Change is a leading multiservice organization that provides low-income New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS and other chronic conditions with access to quality health care, housing, harm reduction, coaching, and renowned peer training and job placement programs that cultivate leadership and economic mobility.

Alliance opened in 1991, at the height of the HIV crisis—a welcoming community of transformation and opportunity. Today, we deliver on the promise of positive change with services and resources that equip people to navigate systemic inequities and achieve health and well-being.

Learn about all the ways we inspire positive change at www.alliance.nyc.