Event Info

THANK YOU SF State community for supporting Multicultural Aids Awareness Day 2008.

April 15, 2008 - SFSU César Chávez Student Center - Jack Adams Hall

10:30AM - 3PM Latex Workshop, presented by EROS
4PM & 7PM Movie Screening, presented by AS Performing Arts

April 16, 2008 - SFSU Malcolm X Plaza and Main Quad

10AM - 2PM FREE HIV Testing, EROS Latexhibition, AIDS Organizations, OSPLD Food Fair
12PM - 2PM Speakers & Cultural Performances
2:30PM - 5PM Panel of youth Living with HIV, in Richard Oakes Multicultural Center, César Chávez Student Center, T-144

Performances AYO (Soul/Folk/Reggae), Fire Pixie (Fire Dancing), Rockson Yan (Music Artist).

Community Speakers.

Contact: Melissa Dagdagan or Amanda Posadas at aidsawareness@apomz.org

Sponsored by: Alpha Phi Omega, AIDS Coordinating Committee, Associated Students, Inc., EROS, OSPLD, SFSU Student Health Center, PEACHES, CEASE, SAFE Place, Counseling & Psychological Services, Department of Biology, AS Performing Arts, EOP, Office of VP for Student Affairs, Cesar Chavez Student Center, Pizza and Pasta, [X] Press Newspaper, SF State News, and Interscope Records.

About Us

Mu Zeta Chapter, San Francisco State University’s chapter of Alpha Phi Omega will host Multi-Cultural AIDS Awareness Day on April 16th, 2008 (12PM - 2PM) at Malcolm X Plaza and the Main Quad, in front of the Caesar Chavez Student Center to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS among students. Organizations of all sizes, serving the San Francisco AIDS community, will participate in this educational and informational event.

For the last twelve years, the event has fostered grass-roots peer education efforts about HIV/AIDS. The collaboration between university administration, community-based organizations, and Alpha Phi Omega, a National Co-ed Service Fraternity, has continued the ambitious effort to link the critical global issue of HIV/AIDS with San Francisco State University students. As research and treatment for AIDS has advanced and the demographics of the disease have changed, the AIDS Awareness event educates students to be better prepared to deal with the issues of HIV/AIDS and prevention, as well as intervention.

In addition to educating student about the current development of AIDS treatments, the effects of AIDS on the multi-cultural community both on campus and abroad, the event also includes free HIV testing from the SFSU Health Center, EROS Latexhibition, and cultural performances, organized by the students partaking in peer leadership role that is, in many cases, linked with service learning.

We hope to engage students and the public about the AIDS pandemic. HIV/AIDS is a global crisis in our community. Together, we can bring AIDS awareness to the forefront of the community. Please join us on April 16th, 2008 to partake in this momentous occasion and help us celebrate 12 years of HIV/AIDS awareness.

Press

AIDS awareness day targets diverse communities

by Rachelle Gines, staff writer | April 17, 2008 1:06 PM

Bright red balloons in the shape of a large ribbon swayed in the noontime air above the main quad as SF State students received free condoms and learned about safe sex at the 12th Annual Multicultural AIDS Awareness Day.…read more

SF State Promotes AIDS Awareness

by Deana Saenz staff writer | April 18, 2007 8:32 AM

Condom displays and live entertainment attracted more students in the quad than the usual food and info tables, hoping to raise AIDS awareness.

Wednesday marked the 11th Annual Multi-Cultural AIDS Awareness Day at SF State. The event was spearheaded by National Service Fraternity Alpha Phi Omega, with help from the AIDS Coordinator Committee, the biology department and numerous Associated Students Inc. organizations. …read more

Ten Years of AIDS Awareness at SF State

by Danelle Weller, staff writer | April 25, 2006 11:41 AM

Safe sex displays made out of condoms and informatonal resources on HIV and AIDS draws in steady crowd

If a giant, floating, red AIDS ribbon made out of balloons didn?t give it away, over 100 art displays made out of safe sex materials lined the lawn and clued students in on the 10th Annual Multicultural AIDS Awareness Day at SF State. …read more