World AIDS Week
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008World AIDS Week, November 24-28, is coming up! Come out to our events and show your support for our cause!
Things you can do to help:
*Stop by one of our tables to learn about our advocacy platform
*Go get tested for HIV! Walk-in, anonymous testing Nov. 25 6-9 pm and Dec. 1 1-5 pm, 5833 Sherbrooke
*Pick up the Dec 1 issue of the McGill Daily for a feature on male circumcision as a means of prevention
*Listen to “Health on Earth” at 8:30 PM on Tuesday Dec 2 for an interview with Dr. Kenneth Mayer (Director of Brown University AIDS Program), CKUT 90.3 FM
*Check out our art installation in the Redpath hallway Nov. 24-28
*Attend our events:

Mon November 24th
6:30-8:30, Arts Lounge
Film Screening: A Closer Walk
The stories of more than 50 women, men and young people in Uganda, South Africa, Haiti, Switzerland, India, Nepal, Ukraine, Cambodia and the US. Consider the underlying causes of AIDS and the universal need for action, compassion, and commitment to counter what has become the worst plague in human history.
Tuesday November 25
5:30-7:00, Lev Bukhman Room, 2nd floor Shatner
Being positive about positivity
Workshop: learn how to be an ally to those who are positive
Wednesday November 26th
7:00-8:00, Thompson House Restaurant
Coffee House, “Looking Forward: East African Perspectives”
Come hear from your peers:
Philip Osano (PhD candidate, geography, McGill): “Dynamics of HIV in Lake Victoria fishing communities”
William Tayeebwa (PhD candidate, communication studies, Concordia): “Civil society alternatives to global funding for HIV/AIDS”
Angela Ngaira (Graduate student, African studies, McGill): “HIV/AIDS in East African urban centers”
Stanley Riamit (Master’s candidate, anthropology, McGill): “Dynamics of HIV/AIDS in the Maasai community”
Thursday November 27th
7:00-10:00, Gert’s
Music and Movement
Come explore HIV/AIDS through art ($5 suggested donation)
Urban Groove Dance Project
Spoken word artists: Rachna Bohra and Paris Sea
Jazz ensemble
Folk-rock band Late for Dinner
Friday November 28th
12:30-1:30, Lev Bukhman room, 2nd floor Shatner
“HIV Drug Resistance: How does it work and how can we counteract these effects?”
Dr. Matthias Gotte, Associate Professor in Biochemical Virology at McGill
7:00-9:00, Redpath Museum Auditorium
Dr. Kenneth Mayer, Professor of Medicine and Community Health at Brown University, Director of Brown University AIDS Program, and the Chief of the Infectious Disease Division of Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island
*To be followed by a candlelight vigil with a performance by Soulstice