Over Valentine’s Day weekend the UCLA Sex Squad produced a series of arts-activist events including a free on-campus HIV/STI testing event, an interactive arts-activist gallery, and two evenings of live performances of the 2014 Sex Squad school tour for LAUSD high schools. These activities sparked participants’ creativity and created a space for people to ask questions, be entertained and explore urgent sexual health issues. It also provided a great launch pad for our SPARK campaign! Valentine’s Day audiences contributed over $5,000! HUGE THANKS to all who have contributed.

We still have a ways to go to make our $10,000 goal! Please share our SPARK campaign with others today. If you haven’t yet—please make a contribution of any size to fully fund our tour and reach as many at-risk youth possible.

Check out photos from the Valentine’s Day weekend here:

http://artglobalhealth.org/gladyoucamephotos/ 

We’re happy to announce a special BONUS perk! If you make a contribution of $20 or more, we’ll send you a link to download 5 Original, Hilarious, Thought-Provoking and Booty-Shakin’ Songs of the UCLA Sex Squad!

Featured songs include:

A Sex Squad remake of Macklemore’s mega-hit “Thrift Shop” (featured in the video link below)

“Ponte Condon” Sex Squad's steamy hot Latin/hip-hop PSA marvel

The Sex Squad's Condom Demo Medley Remix inspired by Lorde’s “Royals”, Bill Withers’ “Lean On Me”, and Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky”!

The cheeky and hilarious original tune “The Research Project” from the Sex Squad move Bringing Safe Sexy Back http://artglobalhealth.org/amp/uclasexsquad/bssb/

And, “Unblurred Lines”—a Sex Squad response to Robin Thicke’s infamous tune, yep you guessed it--”Blurred Lines”. Because consent should be sexy, not blurry!

We’re so close! Please help us reach our goal today!

We are humbled and extremely appreciative for all your efforts to help us raise our goal.

We are thrilled to report that the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recently featured a news article on UCLA Spark crowdfunding for Public Health and the UCLA Sex Squad was featured in the coverage!  http://bit.ly/1m0rNgi 

We have 6 days left to raise $2,350.

Please tweet or post the link to this update on all your social network sites to help spread the word about our SPARK campaign.

Thank you and “Sexy Vibras” to all!!! Check out our mini-movie about the San Fernando Valley High School Sex-Ed Squad....

Reaching our goal will allow us to mentor 7 more high school sex squads this spring!

SPARK has extended our deadline by 48 Hours! We’ve raised over $8,000 from the support of friends and fans like you! We are so close,

We’re entering the final push for our campaign – can you help us grow our project to $10,000 by our campaign’s end?? Let’s do this together!

Please share UCLA Sex Squad’s campaign and support arts-activism today!

We’ve made it to the finish line!  The UCLA SPARK campaign has been a huge success, thanks in no small part to all of you, our community! Thanks to your generous donations, the UCLA Sex Squad tour is now fully funded! High school Sex-Ed Squads will be mentored! And innovative sexual health education will continue to transform lives.

We feel so much gratitude and excitement! We are deeply moved by this beautiful support.

Many thanks for sharing and contributing.

Love, the UCLA Sex Squad and UCLA Art & Global Health Center