Cool Event: UBC World AIDS Day Events Dec 1st-3rd

When I’m looking for inspiration to dig deep and persevere through final exam study sessions, final project intensity and long paper writing sessions, I take a break and attend awesome events.  Like the UBC World AIDS Day Events. They sound like an incredible way to kick December off. Hosted by a number of student groups at UBC in recognition of World AIDS Day, December 1st, and held from Dec 1st-3rd, these events  are meant to raise awareness and educate students, staff, faculty and the greater Vancouver community about the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

All proceeds from ribbon sales will be donated to the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

Little Travelers will be sold from November 25^th to December 3^rd.

World AIDS Day Events

Wednesday, November 25^th and Friday, November 30^th

Red Scarf Sale

Woodward Resource Centre

All Day

Tuesday, December 1^st, 2009

AIDS March*

Life Sciences Centre to Student Union Building

12:00pm

Red ribbons given out.

“HIV, AIDS, CAMR, UAEM: Capital Letters, Capital Issues”

Life Sciences Centre Lecture Hall 3

2:00-3:00pm

HIV Documentary Screening: “For Mimi, Seid, and Amelezewd”, featuring commentary by Spencer Freeman

Life Sciences Centre Lecture Hall 3

3:00-4:00pm

Guest Speaker – Dr. Mel Krajden, BCCDC

Impact of HIV on Vancouver communities

Life Sciences Centre Lecture Hall 3

4:00-5:00pm

Film night – “A Closer Walk”

Performance by UBC Acapella Group

UBC Walter Gage Residence: Fire Side Lounge

7:00pm

Wednesday, December 2^nd, 2009

Coffee house

Global Lounge, Marine Drive Residence Building #1

6:00pm

Thursday, December 3^rd, 2009

Panel Discussion

TBA

5:00- 6:30pm

Organizing groups- AIDS Community Action Network, Africa Awareness, Caribbean- African Association, Little Travelers, UBC Médecins sans Frontière, UBC Acapella, UBC Medical Students, UBC Microbiology and Immunology Students Association, UBC Red Cross, UBC World University Services Canada, UBC Universities Allied for Essential Medicines

* On Tuesday December 1^st UBC medical students plan on gathering in the Life Sciences Center at 12pm dressed in red in support of World AIDS Day. Then, led by the medical student Acapella group the Auscultations and the UBC medicine choir, the students will march to the UBC SUB while singing John Lennon’s “Imagine”. This event is planned in hopes of showing how the UBC medical school community hopes to bring awareness to World AIDS day and support the Stephen Lewis campaign, “A Dare to Remember”. During this event students will be passing out Red Ribbons in exchange for donations. The Red Ribbon is a powerful force in the fight to increase public awareness of HIV/AIDS as well as an international symbol of support towards the lobbying efforts to increase funding for AIDS services and research. All funds raised will go towards the Stephen Lewis Foundation. Please join the UBC medical school for this event.

For more information please contact: skolker@gmail.com