La Yoga Ayurveda & Health — October 2017

COMMUNITY // ABOUT TOWN

local happenings

Love Scarves

During Breast Cancer Awareness Month,

fashion designer Karolina Muyinga of KARO

fashion (Nuit Jolie) and LA photographer Peter

Baratti are collaborating on an initiative to

change the world one scarf at a time. On Octo-

ber 8, the two will team up for a photo shoot

to benefit women dealing with cancer. They

will be joined by fashion designers Patricia

Fields, Jonathan Simkhai, and Gilles Men-

del who are donating couture clothing. The

shoot will launch the Muyinga’s Love Scarves

Campaign. Love Scarves gift silk headwear to

women losing their hair during cancer treat-

ments. Beneficiaries of Love Scarves include the

Roy and Patricia Disney Cancer Center funded

by Providence St Joseph’s Hospital & Founda-

tion, UCLA, and City of Hope Cancer Center.

For more information, visit: nuitjolie.com

Affordable Care Act Open Enrollment

The 2018 Marketplace Open Enrollment for

health insurance under the current law of the

Affordable Care Act begins on November 1

and ends December 15.

With changes in healthcare looming in the

Senate, it’s important to know that you can

still sign up for Obamacare, affording you

some protection until the new bill may pass.

Trump’s American Healthcare Act changes

important protections. One is allowing insur-

ers to charge additional premiums for people

with pre-existing conditions.

Any action of the AHCA bill is likely going

to happen–hard fought and slowly. Until then

the ACA is still the law.

The official site for the Affordable Care Act

is: healthcare.gov

—Julie Hale

Awareness Film Festival

Shining a Light through Cinema

In 2017, the Awareness Film Festival cel-

ebrates eight years of showcasing media that

increases our understanding of the world. This

year, the festival spans 11 days and includes

noteworthy films, world premiere films, youth

films, art, music and music videos, wellness

activities, yoga classes, award ceremonies, and

virtual reality experiences. Free screenings of

select programs will be offered at libraries in

LA and Fresno.

Awareness is honoring James Maslow for

his work bringing awareness to human traf-

ficking as well as Lisa Vanderpump for her

work to stop the Yulin Dog Meat Festival.

We asked founder Skye Kelly what inspires

her. She said, “As a filmmaker, the only films

I wanted to make are ones that bring light to

issues and would make people consider their

own beliefs and actions in this world and their

effects. Around the same time I began making

films, I also started the nonprofit Heal One

World. My passion is to offer a variety of

wellness options to people who do not have

the resources to seek them out. We needed to

raise money and I wanted our fundraiser to

be something that was impactful in itself. This

was the genesis of The Awareness Festival.”

For more information, to volunteer, or to buy tickets,

visit: awarenessfestival.org