Honor a cancer survivor or remember someone who has lost the fight against cancer with a minimum $25 Gift of Hope donation during the American Cancer Society’s 21st annual Daffodil Days campaign. Gift of Hope bouquets will be delivered by trained Society volunteers to juvenile and adult cancer patients currently undergoing treatment in local medical facilities in late March.

Proceeds from the sale support critical research that can make a healthy future possible for many San Diegans. Funds will also be used for local education and patient services.

Nearly 12,000 San Diegans will be diagnosed with some form of cancer in the coming year and of those more than 4,600 will die of the disease. To place your tax-deductible Gift of Hope order, call (619) 682-7474 before Friday, Feb. 27.

Positive Action (+action) has proudly unveiled its new logo to go with the project’s new name. Alanna Swenson Graphic Design designed the new logo. Formerly called “P3 at the Center (Primary Prevention with Positives),” Positive Action has planned a series of events designed to kick off its inaugural season with a strong message designed to empower the positive population and introduce +action to the GLBT and positive community in San Diego.

Funded by the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, +action focuses on the active role HIV-positive people can take in preventing the spread of the disease to others and in keeping themselves free of STDs and other health risk factors while maintaining a healthy sex philosophy. At the same time it gives the Positive community a stronger voice and a new recognition in the battle.

Looking to meet new people? Friends, activity partners or dates, it’s all possible at 5 Minute Man sponsored by the Family Health Centers of San Diego’s Gay Men’s Health Program. 5 Minute Man is a new and interactive alternative to meeting guys in San Diego and everyone’s talking about it. Events are held at the Joyce Beers Community Center (by Trader Joe’s, in Hillcrest) at 7:00 p.m. on the first Sunday of every month. This is a totally free event, and refreshments will be served.

The next 5 Minute Man will be held on Superbowl Sunday, Feb. 1. For further information or questions, please contact Bailey Mitchell at (619) 515-2424, ext. 2913.

The Networking Artist Forum will hold their first meeting of the year on Tuesday, Feb. 3 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Abbey Café, located at 127 University Ave. Zapher Dajani of The Abbey Café and Tryce Czyczynska will host the Forum. Each month features new artists and art displays. This month meet artist Nicholas DiPinto, whose works can currently be seen at The Abbey Café. The Networking Artist Forum is a free event and is open to the public. Meetings are held the first Tuesday of every month. For more information, call (619) 692-0311.

The San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus presents the largest international film festival in San Diego and one of the most popular Jewish film festivals in the country.

On Feb. 7 at 9:00 p.m. J*Pride presents a special showing of Yossi & Jagger, a film about two male Israeli soldiers who carry out a secret love affair while stationed on a remote army base on the Israeli-Lebanese border. Few directors capture the humor, sexual tension, joy, pain, and capacity for self-deception of young people in love as well as popular Israeli director, Eytan Fox. Yossi & Jagger recently received the “Best Feature Audience Award” at the Boston Jewish Film Festival. Berlin Beshert, a short film that takes a hilarious look at the misadventures of two German-Jewish sisters searching for soul mates in modern day Berlin, will also be shown.

The films play at the Madstone Hazard Center. To purchase tickets and get information on the J*Pride no-host dinner before the film, call Melanie Rubin at (858) 362-1141.

The entire community is invited to attend a reception and reading for Spoken As Truth, an anthology of “expressive thought” written by Eric Franklin Crow. Hear a truthful, tender narration of one man’s life that took nine years to write. It is an inspirational story filled with passion that will move its readers with the perspective on life that is presented within its pages.

The reading will take place at Bienestar, located at 3020 North Park Way, on Friday, Feb. 6, starting at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $15, and this includes an autographed, limited edition copy of the book. Coffee and refreshments will be available. Reserve a seat by calling (619) 281-1770.

On Saturday, Feb. 14, at 8:00 p.m., The Center will be showing the film No Secret Anymore about the life and times of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, the shocking true story of love so strong it sparked a revolution. The filmmaker (Joan E. Biren) will present her film (narrated by Kate Clinton), which will be followed by a Valentine’s mixer with bar and snacks.

The charge is $10 and the funds raised will go to support women’s programming. For more information, call Michelle Crone at (619) 501-5349.

A collection of new, award-winning, internationally celebrated films by University of California, San Diego visiting lecturer Minda Martin and assistant professor Giovanna Chesler will be screened at the Museum of Photographic Arts at 7:00 p.m. on Feb. 6 and 7. Addressing issues of sisterhood, beauty, and female subjectivity, these two Southern California filmmakers are dedicated to bringing female voices to the screen. Working in documentary and narrative styles, they experiment with the film and video form to reveal women with unique experiences and perspectives.

Among the films to be screened are; AKA Kathe, a 55-minute documentary, that is a portrait of a Mexican American family confronting the tragic loss of a mother and sister. BeauteouS: The Trilogy, is a collection of documentary, narrative and experimental portraits of three sisters and their relationships to beauty.

For more information call (858) 822-0661.

Join the Congregation Dor Hadash in a table seder to celebrate Shabbat and Tu B’Shevat on Friday, Feb. 6, at 6:30 pm. Guests will share a potluck dinner. RSVP by Feb. 4 to Dijana at (619) 284-8084.

Also join them for Ekra, a weekly workshop for personal, spiritual growth through Jewish practice, utilizing meditation, journaling and discussion. It is led by Rabbi Alexis Roberts and is free and open to all over the age of 13. Ekra meets Wednesday afternoons from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. at Congregation Dor Hadash. For more information, call (858) 268-3674.

The Center has announced that the Holistic AIDS Response Program (HARP) will be moving from its current location at Bienestar in North Park to The Center’s Health Services facility, located at 2313 El Cajon Blvd., near the corner of El Cajon and Texas St. Beginning Feb. 1, HARP will coordinate therapies such as chiropractic, acupuncture and massage for people living with HIV and AIDS in its new location.

In addition to the HARP move, The Center’s Benefits Counseling program will transition its services to other case management and peer advocacy programs across the county. In July 2003 state budget cuts forced the reconceptualizing of benefits services and the new transition plan will become effective Feb. 28, 2004. Benefits counselors will continue to see clients until that date, and will provide information about the alternatives available for consumers who have an ongoing need for benefits counseling.

For more information regarding the Benefits Counseling program transition, contact Denice Williams at (619) 260-6380, ext. 119.