Multi-Cultural AIDS Awareness Day 2010

For Immediate Release: Monday, March 17, 2010

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San Francisco State University Celebrates the
14th Annual Multi-Cultural AIDS Awareness Day 2010

Held on campus of SF State on April 5, 2010

(San Francisco, CA) San Francisco State University will host Multi-Cultural AIDS Awareness Day on April 5th, 2010 (10AM – 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 thirteen years, the event has fostered grass-roots peer education efforts about HIV/AIDS. The collaboration between university administration, community-based organizations, and student organizations like 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 students 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, informational tabling from EROS, and cultural performances, organized by the students partaking in peer leadership role that is, in many cases, linked with service learning.

With your support, we hope to engage students and the public about the AIDS epidemic.  HIV/AIDS is a global crisis in our community. With your help, we can bring AIDS to the forefront of the community. Please join us on April 5th, 2010 to partake in this momentous occasion and help us celebrate 14 years of HIV/AIDS awareness at SF State.

For additional information, please contact Erica “Nikko” Cartano & May Bui via email at aidsawareness@apomz.org or visit our website at www.apomz.org/aidsawareness

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