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The Daily OrangeEvents to bolster AIDS awareness
Week culminates with international remembrance day
By Sandra Plasse
Posted: 11/28/07, 1:23 AM EST Section: News
Best said it is important to be aware of one's own status to make changes in daily habits, receive medication and stop or slow the transition of HIV to AIDS.
This Friday, a remembrance vigil will be held to recognize and remember people who are struggling or affected by AIDS. Students may perform a song or speak during the informal ceremony, Best said.
On Saturday, a multi-media exhibition at the Community Folk Art Center will begin at noon. The center is located at 805 E. Genesee St.
Filmmaker Stella Washington will present an independent film called "Your Hands" about how African American women in particular are affected by HIV and AIDS. The exhibit also features a photo series called "Camp Heartland" by Katja Heinemann. Heinemann documents children at Willow River, a camp in Minnesota for children who are either infected or have family members who are infected by HIV or AIDS.
The final event this year by Project R.E.D. will be a fundraiser in Schine Student Center on Monday. Students can donate 50 cents or $1 to have their face appear in an advertisement promoting AIDS awareness. The proceeds will go to The Living Room, a local community resource center that gives nutritional advice, food and social support to more than 250 members of the HIV positive community in Central New York, according to the group's Web site.
The project is sponsored by the AAS department and co-sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs, the New York State Health Department and the Black Graduate Student Association.
Project R.E.D. will provide an opportunity for collaboration between SU students and the Syracuse community on AIDS awareness, the planners said.
Best, along with other graduate students, worked with children from the Cannon Street Community Center on a quilt to honor World AIDS Day. The quilt will be hung in Sims Hall to ensure that the AIDS epidemic is remembered throughout the year.
This Friday, a remembrance vigil will be held to recognize and remember people who are struggling or affected by AIDS. Students may perform a song or speak during the informal ceremony, Best said.
On Saturday, a multi-media exhibition at the Community Folk Art Center will begin at noon. The center is located at 805 E. Genesee St.
Filmmaker Stella Washington will present an independent film called "Your Hands" about how African American women in particular are affected by HIV and AIDS. The exhibit also features a photo series called "Camp Heartland" by Katja Heinemann. Heinemann documents children at Willow River, a camp in Minnesota for children who are either infected or have family members who are infected by HIV or AIDS.
The final event this year by Project R.E.D. will be a fundraiser in Schine Student Center on Monday. Students can donate 50 cents or $1 to have their face appear in an advertisement promoting AIDS awareness. The proceeds will go to The Living Room, a local community resource center that gives nutritional advice, food and social support to more than 250 members of the HIV positive community in Central New York, according to the group's Web site.
The project is sponsored by the AAS department and co-sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs, the New York State Health Department and the Black Graduate Student Association.
Project R.E.D. will provide an opportunity for collaboration between SU students and the Syracuse community on AIDS awareness, the planners said.
Best, along with other graduate students, worked with children from the Cannon Street Community Center on a quilt to honor World AIDS Day. The quilt will be hung in Sims Hall to ensure that the AIDS epidemic is remembered throughout the year.
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