World AIDS Day 2012 Events

Locations

All Week

HIV & AIDS Deconstructed
Monday, November 26, 2012 through Friday, December 7, 2012
Location: Cross-Cultural Center Conference Room
"HIV & AIDS Deconstructed" utilizes text from demographical data created by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Center for HIV/AIDS. The census report analyzes data from the 1970's through 2010 on how HIV & AIDS affects various groups in the United States. The artwork attempts to engage the reader/viewer about the subject matter in hopes that it will encourage self-initiated learning about HIV & AIDS. A binder of the actual reports will be on site for those who wish to see the facts in its original context.

World AIDS Day at UC San Diego display case
Monday, November 26, 2012 through Friday, December 7, 2012
Open for viewing all Price Center open hours
Location: 2nd Floor of Price Center in the green hallway between Ballroom east and west
The display case on the 2nd Floor of Price Center in the green hallway between Ballroom east and west will be filled with information regarding World AIDS Day. Stop by and check out what is happening!

Red Ribbon distribution
Monday, November 26, 2012 through Friday, November 30, 2012
Time: Varies by location
Location: Student Health Service’s Health Education Office, Cross-Cultural Center, Women’s Center, LGBT Resource Center, all six College Residence Life Offices, the Zone at the price Center, the Anti-Viral Research Center (AVRC)
Red ribbons have long been a visible symbol around the globe to raise awareness regarding HIV/AIDS. UC San Diego will be wearing red ribbons all week as we honor all of the activities happening, and the people impacted by HIV/AIDS in San Diego, our nation and around the world.

Monday

Red Ribbon Balloon Arch and Red Ribbon distribution
Monday, November 26, 2012
Time: 10am-2pm
Location: Library Walk
Pick up your red ribbon from the student with the Muir Volunteer program underneath the giant red ribbon balloon arch on Library Walk and find out about the events happening all week!

LGBTQIA General Body Meeting
Monday, November 26, 2012
Time: 7pm
Location: Cross-Cultural Center Conference Room
Join LGBTQIA for a discussion of HIV/AIDS as it connects to the LGBT community.

Tuesday

Class projects from Gender and Sexuality in the Arts - Activism in honor of World AIDS Day
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Time: 10am-1:50pm
Location: Library Walk
Join Visual Arts Professor Anya Gallaccio and Theatre and Dance Professor Eric Geiger as their class present final projects on activism in honor of World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day Awareness Week Seminar
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Time: 1pm
Location: Muir Biology Bldg - Room 1103
Nikki Speer of the International Planned Parenthood Federation will present on HIV transmission/AIDS prevention and treatment (focus on the Caribbean): The intersections between women's health, gender-based violence and access to reproductive healthcare. Discussion and free lunch will follow the seminar for all interested participants.

Wednesday

How Does HIV/AIDS Affect YOU
Wednesday 11/28
Time: 7:00pm-8:00pm
Location: Muir College Center, Middle of Muir
In honor of World AIDs Day, please join us in Middle of Muir to hear stories from people who have been affected by HIV/AIDs including stories from HIV+ young people. This is also an opportunity for those who have been affected to share their stories as we will have an open mic. Light refreshments will be served with half off drinks at Muirwoods Coffee Shop. Hosted by the World AIDs Day Committee

The ArcHIVe Project
Wednesday 11/28
Time: 12pm-1pm
Location: UC San Diego Medical Center Auditorium, 200 West Arbor Drive
Please join the Diversity Staff Association raise awareness of and promote a sense of community among those that are living with, and affected by, HIV and AIDS through a program in recognition and observance of World Aids Day. Mr. Rodney Rodriguez, Founder, The arcHIVe project, will present about World Aids Day and show video testimonials. Lunch and snacks allowed in the auditorium. Light snacks will be available to current DSA members. For more information contact David Mier at 619.543.5513.

Thursday

Class projects from Queer Perspective in Contemporary Dance
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Time: 2pm-3:20pm
Location: Library Walk
Join Theatre and Dance Professor Eric Geiger as his class present final dance performances reflecting on World AIDS Day and the impact of HIV/AIDS.

HIV Testing Bus
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Time: 9:00am – 3:00pm
Location: Library Walk
The San Diego County Office of Public Health will be providing free, anonymous HIV Rapid Testing in their Mobile Bus parked on Library Walk on Thursday, November 29, 2012, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Open to all students, faculty and staff
Testing is done on a walk-in basis, first-come, first served. If you have questions or need assistance, call a Health Educator at (858) 534-2419.

The Process The HIV Rapid Test detects HIV via oral swab; no blood sample is needed. There are two testing rooms contained within the Mobile Bus. Counseling services and further testing will be available for those with preliminary positive results. Results in 20-30 minutes.
To be accurate, individuals must wait 15 minutes after eating, drinking or chewing gum, before the oral swab is administered. Additionally, those individuals who have used an oral care product (mouthwash, toothpaste, professional dental cleaning, etc.) must wait 30 minutes to conduct the oral fluid test. In situations where food, drink, gum or oral care products were used and time is an issue, a fingerstick test is an alternative.

Getting to Zero: Knowledge. Remembrance. Prevention.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Time: 11:00am – 3:30pm
Location: Library Walk
Learn about HIV/AIDS through interactive displays and activities that explore the history of HIV/AIDS, its prevalence, and misconceptions. We will also provide the time and space for participants to reflect on HIV/AIDS and remember those that have been affected. Prevention and HIV testing information will also be available.

Survivor Photography Exhibit Artists Reception Thursday 11/29 Time: 7-8:30PM Location: Price Center Ballroom East, all are welcomed from UC San Diego.

Friday

AIDS Memorial Quilt
Friday 11/30
Time: 7:00AM-6:00PM
Location: Price Center Ballroom East
UC San Diego will showcase of sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt. The sections on display emerged from San Diego organizations and individuals as they have responded to the AIDS crisis, from the early years of the epidemic through the present day. The AIDS Memorial Quilt is the largest ongoing community arts project in the world.

Survivor Photography Exhibit
Friday 11/30
Time: 7:00AM-5:00PM
Location: Price Center Ballroom East
On display with the Quilt will be Jae Hansen’s photography exhibit, Survivors. The moving photo series showcases long-term survivors of HIV and AIDS – those who were diagnosed before 1997 are considered survivors.

HIV/AIDS Essay and Art contest winners on display
Friday 11/30
Time: 7:00AM-5:00PM
Location: Price Center Ballroom East
See the winners of UC San Diego’s World AIDS Day Essay, Poetry, & Artwork Contest, responding to the prompts:

How does the significance of HIV/AIDS or this year’s theme of Getting to Zero relate to your college philosophy at UCSD?
How does HIV/AIDS in general or this year’s theme relate to your life or to the life of UCSD students in general?
This year’s international theme for World AIDS Day is “Getting to Zero”. What does Getting to Zero mean to you? How will you help in the effort?

HIV/AIDS Wall of Remembrance
Friday 11/30
Time: 7:00AM-6:00PM
Location: Price Center Ballroom East
A Wall of Remembrance within the Price Center East Ballroom will be available for members of the community to personally reflect on the effects of HIV/AIDS on their own lives and those close to them. Similar to other walls, pictures and artifacts placed on or near the Wall of Remembrance by attendees cannot be returned.

HIV/AIDS Candlelight Meditation and Reflection Space
Friday 11/30
Time: 7:00AM-6:00PM
Location: Price Center Ballroom East/John Muir College Room
A mediation room will be available adjacent to the AIDS Memorial Quilt display.

AIDS Memorial Quilt Candle Light Vigil
Friday 11/30
Time: 7:00AM-8:00AM
Location: Price Center Ballroom East
In conjunction with the AIDS Quilt display, a morning candlelight vigil will be held beginning at 7:00 a.m. at the Price Center East Ballroom, for private reflection and remembrance.

Pianist Rene Risa at the AIDS Memorial Quilt
Friday 11/30
Time: 8:00AM-10:00AM
Location: Price Center Ballroom East
Rene Risa will provide piano accompaniment for the viewers of the Survivors showing and the AIDS Memorial Quilt.

HIV Testing Bus
Friday, November 30, 2012
Time: 9:00am – 3:00pm
Location: Library Walk
The San Diego County Office of Public Health will be providing free, anonymous HIV Rapid Testing in their Mobile Bus parked on Library Walk on Thursday, November 29, 2012, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Open to all students, faculty and staff
Testing is done on a walk-in basis, first-come, first served. If you have questions or need assistance, call a Health Educator at (858) 534-2419.

The Process The HIV Rapid Test detects HIV via oral swab; no blood sample is needed. There are two testing rooms contained within the Mobile Bus. Counseling services and further testing will be available for those with preliminary positive results. Results in 20-30 minutes.
To be accurate, individuals must wait 15 minutes after eating, drinking or chewing gum, before the oral swab is administered. Additionally, those individuals who have used an oral care product (mouthwash, toothpaste, professional dental cleaning, etc.) must wait 30 minutes to conduct the oral fluid test. In situations where food, drink, gum or oral care products were used and time is an issue, a fingerstick test is an alternative.

HIV/AIDS Service Providers Information Fair
Friday, November 30, 2012
Time: 10:00am – 2:00pm
Location: Library Walk
Learn about HIV/AIDS through interactive displays and activities that explore the history of HIV/AIDS, its prevalence, and misconceptions. We will also provide the time and space for participants to reflect on HIV/AIDS and remember those that have been affected. Prevention and HIV testing information will also be available.

Gender-Based Violence and HIV: A Global Health Concern
Friday 11/30
Time: 12:00PM-1:30PM
Location: Women’s Center
This discussion will focus on the HIV epidemic locally and globally, the differences in the epidemic for women and men by world region, how issues of gender-based violence heighten risk for HIV among women in cross-national settings, and what solutions at program and policy levels could improve the situation. The discussion will be facilitated by Dr. Anita Raj, a Professor of Public Health and Medicine at UCSD; Dr. Raj has approximately 20 years of experience conducting research and developing interventions in the areas of HIV, reproductive health and gender-based violence

A Special Carillion Performance in honor of World AIDS Day
Friday 11/30
Time: 12:00PM
Location: from the top of Geisel Library
UCSD's carillon, which sits atop the Geisel Library, first rang out on September 20th, 1989, and daily provide chimes on the hour from 7am-7pm. On the day UC San Diego displays the AIDS Memorial Quilt, University Carillonneur Scott Paulson will be playing "live" in the rooftop carillon room at 12 noon. The selections that day will be in memory of those who have passed away from AIDS.

Classical Music at the AIDS Memorial Quilt
Friday 11/30
Time: 4:00PM-5:00PM
Location: Price Center Ballroom East
A quartet of UC San Diego community members will provide a selection of classical music chosen specifically to accompany reflection at the AIDS Memorial Quilt

Closing Ceremony at the AIDS Memorial Quilt/San Diego Women’s Chorus
Friday 11/30
Time: 5:00PM-6:00PM
Location: Price Center Ballroom East
Join us for a moving closing ceremony, with a performance from the San Diego Women’s Chorus