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Students Take Action on HIV/AIDS Students from Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware joined together at Chestnut Hill College for an exciting all day program on the Human Rights issues impacted by HIV/AIDS. Students worked together to draft a youth declaration on HIV/AIDS. Keynote address was made by UN Special Envoy Dr. Demetrios Argyriades.
The Eighth Annual
United Nations Day 2004
Making a Pledge for the Future From Words to Deeds
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Students Take Action on HIV/AIDS
Where: Chestnut Hill College
Philadelphia, PA
When: Thursday, October 21, 2004
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 2:15 a.m. Focus Groups: Grades 8-12
Background: Secondary school students from the Greater Philadelphia area this year will meet at Chestnut Hill College to learn and discuss how students can Take Action on HIV/AIDS. They will be encouraged to join with their peers from around the world to help each other develop a student declaration on the topic of HIV/AIDS. Moving from "words to deeds", students will work from pre-selected focus areas prior to and during the program to develop action plans with a local, state, national, or global perspective.
Topic: Student will work from the topics below during the breakout sessions: 1. AIDS Discrimination
| 2. Educational Impact of HIV/AIDS
| 3. Women and AIDS
| 4. Orphans and AIDS
| 5. Socio-Economic Impact of AIDS
| 6. AIDS and the Media
| 7. Civil Society and HIV/AIDS
| 8. Treatment and Patient Rights
| 9. Globalization and AIDS
| 10. Democracy and AIDS
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Also: Included for selected students from each school, at no additional cost, is participation in the United Nations Student Conference on Human Rights. This conference will take place on Friday, December 3, 2003 via an all day, live, interactive, international videoconference linked with students around the world involved in similar pursuits. Students will present their work to the UN and each other and will also develop their own Youth Plan of Action for a Better World that will be presented officially to the United Nations at the end of the day. Join us!
Cost: $15 per student (Includes lunch) Global Education Motivators (GEM)
Chestnut Hill College
9601 Germantown Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19118
Tel: (215) 248-1150; Fax: (215) 248-7056
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