Estrella Mountain Community College (EMCC), a Maricopa Community College will celebrate the 20th anniversary of a national effort promoting AIDS awareness, World AIDS Day, the week of December 1, 2008. The week will include a series of films as well as informational tables hosted by Planned Parenthood and the Arizona Department of Health Services. Student posters will also be on display honoring those who have AIDS or have died from AIDS, as well illustrating AIDS facts and information.
The events are free and open to the public; they are as follows:
Monday, December 1, 2008
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Informational tables, donation jars, student poster display; Montezuma Courtyard
8:00 a.m. - "RENT" Part 1, Starving artists strive with obstacles such as the AIDS epidemic, Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)
9:00 a.m. - "A Closer Walk," A film on global epidemic, CTL
10:00 a.m. - "A Closer Walk," CTL
11:00 a.m. - "RENT" Part 1, CTL
12:00 p.m. - "RENT" Part 1, CTL
1:00 p.m. - "RENT" Part 1, CTL
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Informational tables, donation jars, student poster display; Montezuma Courtyard
8:30 a.m. - "A Closer Walk," CTL
10:00 a.m. - "A Closer Walk," CTL
11:30 a.m. - "RENT" Part 1
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Informational tables, donation jars, student poster display; Montezuma Courtyard
8:00 a.m. - "RENT" Part 2, CTL
9:00 a.m. - "Shouting Silent," AIDS orphans in South Africa, CTL
10:00 a.m. - "Shouting Silent," CTL
11:00 a.m. - "RENT" Part 2, CTL
12:00 p.m. - "RENT" Part 2, CTL
1:00 p.m. - "RENT" Part 2, CTL
Thursday, December 4, 2008
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Informational tables, donation jars, student poster display; Montezuma Courtyard
8:30 a.m. - "All of Us," AIDS and African American women, CTL
10:00 a.m. - "A Closer Walk," CTL
11:30 a.m. - "RENT" Part 2, CTL
Friday, December 5, 2008
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Informational tables, donation jars, student poster display; Montezuma Courtyard
9:00 a.m. - "Women Leading Change," Women fighting AIDS globally, CTL
10:00 a.m. - "Women Leading Change," CTL
11:00 a.m. - "RENT" Part 1, CTL
12:00 p.m. - "RENT" Part 2, CTL
For more information about World AIDS Day activities at the college, please contact Dr. Olga Tsoudis, sociology faculty, at 623-935-8592; or Jeanie Pierce, music humanities instructor, at 602-793-3833.