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Please join us for an evening with Lisa Tiger
Thursday, November 6, 1997 at 7:00 p.m.
Conference Theater, Ohio Union
Please remember a food item for the American Indian Community Service Plan
'97-'98
Reception to Follow

        Let me introduce you to Ms. Lisa Tiger.  Ms. Tiger is a nationally
known AIDS educator, an artist, an adoptive parent, a feminist, a victims
advocate, and an American Indian tribal activist.  She is a member of the
Muscogee Nation, and is of Creek/Seminole/Cherokee descent.  Her family is
renowned for their art; her father was the famed Jerome Tiger, and she has
received numerous awards for her paintings.  In high school, Lisa was
Homecoming Queen, head cheerleader, voted Most Talented in her senior
class,
and competed nationally as a Class I Gymnast.  After graduation, Lisa
became
a licensed boxing judge, was named head coach of the Muskogee Boxing Club,
and began her own matting and framing business.  She and her family endured
difficult circumstances: her father was killed in an accidental shooting
when Lisa was two, and her brother was killed in a shooting incident in
1990.  
        In 1992, Lisa learned she tested positive for HIV, the virus that
leads to AIDS.  Lisa made the decision to champion the cause of AIDS
education, prevention, and research.  She became certified by the Red Cross
as an AIDS Educator, and began speaking full-time.  Lisa has spoken at high
schools, colleges and universities, clinics, and conferences throughout the
nation.  She travels to American Indian reservations and Native communities
to share her message:  that a return to traditional values will give men
and
women of all tribes the strength and determination to work together against
AIDS, poverty, violence, suicide, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, alcoholism, and
drug addiction.  Her work has shaped her personal life in a profound way:
since 1995, Lisa has assumed custody of, and plans to adopt five children
of
the Lakota Nation, four of whom are from the same family.  Becoming an
adoptive parent has provided great joy and challenges to Lisa and her
family.
        Lisa chose to use the opportunities that came with the interest in
her work to help bring change to Native communities.  In 1997 she formed
the
Lisa Tiger Fitness Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to
building healthy Native communities through traditional cultural practices.
She is also working on a culturally appropriate aerobics video to appeal to
Native communities that will promote fitness and healthy lifestyles.  Lisa
has won many awards, among them the National Organization for Women's 1994
"Woman of Courage Award", AMFAR's Award of Distinction for "Personal
Courage
and Community Leadership", and Mother's Voices "Extraordinary Voice Award".
 





Dawn Johnson
johnson.966@osu.edu
345 Ohio Union
1739 High Street
Columbus, OH 43210
614-292-7521