Joy Plaza

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Joy Plaza is a social worker and activist from Toronto, Canada. She currently holds a rarified position as a front line worker at the only supportive housing program of its kind for HIV+ women in all of North America.

President of a US based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization called the Women's Organization of Rebirth Through Healing (W.O.R.T.H.), Plaza has helped establish its foundation since it's inception in 2006. W.O.R.T.H., founded by published author Aria Maddox, is dedicated to raising international awareness around sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In March of 2008, Plaza spearheaded an artistic initiative integrating art and education as a means of raising awareness surrounding sexual violence against women and children and the work of Panzi Hospital in the Congo. The initiative, which took place on International Women's Day 2008 was W.O.R.T.H.'s First Annual Benefit. The second Annual Benefit will take place in Atlanta, Georgia in the spring of 2009.

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