Posted on November 29, 2004 at 2:15 p.m.

BIRMINGHAM, AL — On December 1, UAB will mark World AIDS Day with two observances.

Wednesday, December 1, 2004
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Talks, poetry and music
UAB Mervyn Sterne Library, Henley Room

Sponsored by the UAB Black Graduate Student Association, the event will focus on HIV/AIDS as a global health problem — from halfway around the world to here at home.

Pauline Jolly, Ph.D., professor with the Department of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health at UAB, will talk about HIV/AIDS from an international perspective. Dana Ross, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine with UAB’s Division of Preventive Medicine and director of Psychology Services with UAB’s 1917 AIDS Outpatient Clinic, will discuss HIV/AIDS from a local angle.

Pamela Plummer, a public health doctoral candidate in the Department of Health Behavior, will recite a poem she wrote. La Toya Haskins Cathéy, administrative associate with UAB’s Office of Grants and Contracts, will perform a musical selection.

Wednesday, December 1, 2004
5:30 p.m.
“Celebration of Life” Candlelight Vigil and Program
Warriors of the Word Church
2700 Avenue South
Ensley, AL

Sponsored by the HIV Prevention Network, a consortium of clinics, organizations and individuals, the event will celebrate the lives of those living with HIV/AIDS and those who have died from the disease.

HIV Prevention Network partners are: AIDS Alabama; AIDS in Minorities; Alabama Vaccine Research Clinic at UAB; American Red Cross; Birmingham AIDS Outreach; Birmingham Healthcare; UAB Family Clinic at Children’s Hospital; Hopewell AME Church; Jefferson County Health Department; Girls, Inc. of Central Alabama; Metropolitan Interdenominational Church Technical Assistance Network; Making Our Moms Stronger (MOMS)/UAB School of Public Health; St. George’s Clinic; UAB Center for AIDS Research; UAB 1917 Clinic; and WOW Community Outreach.