Shanti Project
Gregg Cassin has extensive experience in health counseling and motivational speaking, currently serving as an HIV Health Counselor at Shanti since May 2012. As the founder and facilitator of "Honoring Our Experience," Gregg leads retreats aimed at fostering community and sharing personal stories among individuals affected by HIV. Since May 1985, Gregg has been self-employed as a motivational speaker, conducting workshops for various institutions and organizations. Additionally, from July 2013 to the present, Gregg has continued to facilitate "Honoring Our Experience" retreats and previously served as a facilitator and speaker at AIDS, Medicine & Miracles until September 2012. Educational credentials include a Bachelor of Arts in Theology from Boston College, completed between 1976 and 1980.
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Shanti Project
The Shanti Project's community of Volunteers and Staff provides emotional and practical support to San Francisco's most vulnerable individuals living with life-threatening illness. Founded in 1974 by Dr. Charles Garfield at the UCSF Cancer Institute, Shanti was among the first volunteer organizations to work with terminally-ill individuals and later became one of the first community-based HIV/AIDS organizations in the world. Shanti has trained over 18,000 volunteers in the Bay Area and 600 organizations world-wide in the Shanti Model of Peer Support™; these volunteers have provided over 3 million hours of practical and emotional support to San Francisco residents with cancer or HIV/AIDS. For the 2,200+ clients we serve each year, Shanti represents the difference between zero and one – the difference between a client having to face a life-threatening illness alone or having at least one caring presence at his or her side. Shanti enhances the quality of life, health and well-being of people living with life-threatening illnesses.