Hi Everyone--I don't normally use my blog as a medium for advertising upcoming events, but then I thought...why not? It's school-related and for a very good cause---raising awareness on HIV/AIDS both here in Baltimore as well as from a more global perspective. The events described below are in honor of World AIDS Day and will be hosted by the International Social Work Organization. Guaranteed good times. For my fellow students, please come---show your support---learn---teach---the whole nine. For those of you who are not yet students here (note my optimism), the takeaway message for you is that there are interesting, educational events here at UMB on a regular basis. Just this past Monday, on my 12-2 break, I went to a fascinating forum hosted by another student organization on the male homeless population in Baltimore---very powerful. "Free" time is quite hard to find in graduate school, but I love how we're able to spend it in such moving, productive ways. So on that note friends, back to our events. I'll see you there. :)

On Monday, December 1st from 12:15-1:45 in Room 2E02 we will show a 30 minute
documentary “HIV Positive Voices,” about people living with HIV in Baltimore
and follow it with a discussion with a social worker from the Evelyn Jordan
HIV/AIDS clinic. We will serve lunch!

On Wednesday, December 3rd at 5:30 we’ll show the documentary “A Closer Walk.”
This documentary is 85 minutes in length and provides a global perspective on
HIV. We can have a brief discussion after the film. We will serve movie snacks.