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Our 3rd Annual "A Gala for Change"

A traditional Kenyan dinner and art auction.
Our event will feature two guest speakers and traditional African drumming.

Student tickets -$15
General tickets - $25

For questions or RSVP please contact Sarah or Kendall @ AGalaForChange@gmail.com

Three pieces of the AIDS Memorial Quilt will be on display as a part of World AIDS Week!

The Body Maps exhibit, created by the Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange, was last displayed in public this summer at the United Nations. Trained artists worked with AIDS-affected African women to create life-size multimedia maps of how AIDS has affected their bodies physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Learn more at http://catie.ca/bodymaps/index.shtml!

The exhibit will be open from 12-4pm on weekdays and 12-2pm on weekends, December 1-12, 2008.

FACE AIDS Geneseo is collaborating with the college's theatre department to produce an original play by Geneseo grad and past FACE AIDS President Emily Hurley. The play, a monologue featuring background dance and rhythm, tells the deeply moving true story of Ugandan AIDS victim Olivia Nantongo, featured in the documentary film A Closer Walk. Emily worked with the film's director and those who knew the real Olivia to construct an incredible production to be used as a creative, personal form of AIDS activism.

The play will be performed as part of World AIDS Week, with Candace Hairston, Phara Souffrant, and Candace Walton sharing the role of Olivia. The performance is free, but donations are greatly appreciated!

Dr. Steve Dewhurst, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology and of Oncology from the University of Rochester, will be giving a talk on his research on viral vectors and vaccine development for HIV/AIDS.

Join us in kicking off World AIDS Week 2008! This event will serve as an opening reception for two very special exhibits: the AIDS Memorial Quilt Display and the AIDS Body Maps Exhibit. Students, faculty, staff and community members are encouraged to come and go as they please, exploring the exhibits, listening to a variety of speeches on the fight against HIV/AIDS, sharing their stories and thoughts, and enjoying hot cider and coffee cake.

Ms. Tricia Smith of the Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE) is coming all the way to Geneseo from Toronto, Canada, to speak about the AIDS Body Maps Exhibit being displayed on our campus. Watch an interview with Ms. Smith about body-mapping here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGdpboLCESo

This is our second year working with Rochester's AIDS Community Health Center (ACHC) on their Red Scarf Project fundraiser. ACHC collects red scarves, handcrafted and donated by local clubs and organizations, and sells them during the holiday season to raise funds for AIDS treatment and care right here in Rochester. Geneseo's chapter of FACE AIDS takes several dozen scarves to sell during events and regular tabling - the scarves are a great gift idea!

Look for us in Milne Library in the evenings and the College Union during the day. Scarves cost $5-$15.

Geneseo's chapter of FACE AIDS will be participating in local AIDS activism panel in Rochester. The panel will consist of short presentations from each member, as well as questions from a moderator and from the audience.

Panel members: Dr. William Valenti, co-founder and staff physician at ACHC; Priscilla Hardy, Outreach coordinator at ACHC, and person living with HIV; a representative from the HIV vaccine Trials Unit at UofR; and FACE AIDS Geneseo.

We will tell about our group, how it was started, our vision, an overview of our activities, and give tips for actions students can take in honor of World AIDS Day.

Come join Face AIDS on the green to remember those lost and reflect on all the good we have done this semester. Stand in solidarity with your fellow students and make a difference.