To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
Activism
What does activism look like in the internet age?
Activism isn't only for people who make it their profession. Anyone who speaks up, creates, or organizes for positive change is an activist, whether that means sharing what they've learned online, supporting a cause, or building something new.
Artivism: Our Approach
What Southern Time Productions does is art activism, or artivism. Our mandate isn’t solely profit-driven. We use music, film, and storytelling to raise awareness of pressing health, social, and environmental issues, so that genuine grassroots movements can grow and people who care about our world have a safe space to take action together.
We believe lasting change comes from communities where people are healthy, well-fed, educated, financially supported, and connected, and are free to think for themselves, care for one another, and heal.
That’s why we’re building the Southern Time Community, a private social app on the Southern Time Platform where fans, Cultural Creatives, and changemakers can connect, create, learn from one another, and build a better world together.
Our Focus: Ending AIDS
Right now, Southern Time Productions, The Promise, and the Southern Time Foundation are focused on helping end AIDS, in line with UNAIDS’ goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.
Ending AIDS is something we can do now. The science is proven: U=U. An undetectable viral load means HIV is untransmittable. If everyone living with HIV had affordable, effective, consistent treatment, and everyone at risk felt safe getting tested, no one would ever need to die of AIDS again.
Yet an estimated 570,000 people died of AIDS-related illnesses worldwide last year. (UNAIDS, 2026) It doesn’t have to be this way.
T’s Story
T was diagnosed HIV-positive in 1996. For ten years, from 1999 to 2009, he didn’t believe HIV caused AIDS, and he wasn’t taking medication or seeing a doctor. In 2009, he nearly died of AIDS-related illness.
Because he lived in Canada, with universal healthcare and HIV treatment coverage, he received excellent care and was brought back from the brink. His mother, a retired nurse, was by his side every day for six months, advocating for him with his doctors. His viral load has been undetectable since 2010, and his health today is excellent. In 2020, T became a father, and his family is healthy.
Why isn’t this care available to everyone?
– Why does access to life-saving treatment depend on where you were born?
– Why are some communities still marginalized and stigmatized because of their health?
– Why is the price of medicine driven by profit, when health is a human right we all share?
DONATE NOW to support HIV organizations in Canada. Donations are forwarded to the Toronto PWA Foundation. The Southern Time Foundation is not yet a registered charity, so we can’t issue tax receipts.
Join Us
Want to be part of a community dedicated to changing our world for the better? Join the growing Southern Time Community! It will move to the Southern Time Platform’s own social app when the platform launches.
IF WE CAN END AIDS, WE CAN END ANY HEALTH, SOCIAL, OR ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN
