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Events mark AIDS week, Nov. 29-Dec. 1
Posted November 28, 2006; 01:07 p.m.
The Student Global AIDS Campaign is sponsoring three events Wednesday through Friday, Nov. 29-Dec. 1, in recognition of World AIDS Week 2006.
On Nov. 29, a panel discussion on the state of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in
the African American community will be held at 4:30 p.m. in 1 Robertson
Hall. Speakers will be: Melissa Harris-Lacewell, associate professor of
politics; Amanda Lugg, community advocate for the African Services
Committee, which supports the African community in New York City; and
Charles Long, New York state organizer for Housing Works, which
provides housing and other services for homeless people with AIDS and
HIV.
On Nov. 30, George Carter, director of the Foundation for Integrative
AIDS Research, will discuss issues related to AIDS prevention and
treatment access. Carter, whose organization promotes the study of
herbal and nutritional treatments for people with HIV and AIDS, will
speak at 4:30 p.m. in 302 Frist Campus Center.
On Dec. 1, a World AIDS Day vigil will be held in the University Chapel
at 1 p.m. Speaking will be João Biehl, associate professor of
anthropology and author of the forthcoming book "Will to Live: AIDS
Therapies and the Politics of Survival," and Helen Epstein, a visiting
researcher in the Center for Health and Wellbeing and author of the
upcoming book "The Invisible Cure: AIDS in Africa."
The panel discussion and lecture are co-sponsored by the Princeton AIDS
Initiative. The vigil is co-sponsored by the Office of Religious
Life.