Produced by Raising Voices and the People’s Picture Company Inc., the SASA! Activist Toolkit, a film and a screening guide, is designed to raise awareness, encourage support, and motivate people to take action on the interconnected issues of violence against women and HIV/AIDS. Sasa is a Kiswahili word meaning "now" and was chosen, as stated by the producers, because: "[a]s a community, we urgently need to work together to prevent the interconnected issues of violence against women and HIV/AIDS." The SASA! process and strategies are available in the related summary linked below.

The toolkit includes the following components:

• Sasa! Film - This 30-minute documentary film tells two women’s personal stories of violence and HIV/AIDS. The first story is about Mama Joyce who lives in Mwanza, Tanzania. The second story is about Josephine who lives in Kampala, Uganda.
• SASA! Screening Guide - The Guide is designed to help use the film as an educational and advocacy tool in efforts to prevent violence against women and HIV infection. The guide includes tips on how to use the film in public screenings, trainings, presentations, and advocacy sessions. It also offers in-depth discussion guides with questions to help facilitate active discussion around the film.
• Media and Advocacy materials – These include: radio programmes, listening guides, fact sheets, persuasion sheets, and postcards.
• Communication materials – These include pamphlets, posters, comic sheets, and games. The materials are designed to encourage individuals and organisations in the community to begin talking and thinking about violence and HIV/AIDS.

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Raising Voices website on May 2 2008 and email from Lori Michau on June 23 2008.