UTSA hosts World AIDS Day events Nov. 30-Dec. 2

(Nov. 29, 2004)--The UTSA student peer-education organization FACES (Finding Awareness by Creating Educated Students) and Student Health Services host World AIDS Day events from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 30 in the University Center Retama Auditorium (2.02.02) at the 1604 Campus. World AIDS Day is Dec. 1.

See the event schedule below. All events are free and open to the public.

The theme of the Nov. 30 presentations is "Women and AIDS." Free, confidential HIV testing will be provided from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Student Health Services will have information tables, red ribbons and condoms from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 1 at the Sombrilla Plaza and the University Center on the 1604 Campus, and 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 2 at the Frio Street Building commons on the Downtown Campus.

For more information, e-mail FACES.

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UTSA World AIDS Day events -- Tuesday, Nov. 30, Retama Auditorium

11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Vendor fair: B.E.A.T. AIDS, Care Link Community Clinic, Diversity Center, Hope Action Care, Mujeres Unidas (Women United) and San Antonio AIDS Foundation

11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Free, confidential HIV testing
Student Health Services, Recreations and Wellness Center Room 1.500
Providers: Hope Action Care Community Clinic

3-4 p.m.
Survivor speaker from San Antonio AIDS Foundation: "Living with HIV/AIDS"

5-6 p.m.
Survivor speaker from San Antonio AIDS Foundation: "Living with HIV/AIDS"

6:30-8:30 p.m.
Film screening: "Philadelphia" with Tom Hanks