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More than Red Ribbons or Rainbow Flags: Response to AIDS in China

Date:
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Time:
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Event Type:
Panel Discussion
Organizer/Author:
Laurie Wagner
Email:
Location Details:
Commonwealth Club
595 Market Street, 2nd Floor


COMMONWEALTH CLUB / LGBT Member-Led Forum

HUMPHREY WOU, Program Director, AIDS Relief Fund for China
CHUNG TO, Chair and Founder, Chi Heng Foundation of Hong Kong; Member, Hong Kong Government AIDS Prevention and Care Committee
MARK CLOUTIER, Executive Director, San Francisco AIDS Foundation and Pangaea Global Aids Foundation - Moderator

As the AIDS epidemic turns 25, panelists working to combat AIDS in China will discuss the battles ahead. Chung To will discuss the situation and future of AIDS orphans in central China as well as the risk and challenges of doing aids prevention among gay men. Humphrey Wou will describe his work interviewing Chinese activist leaders and finding grantees. He has also made short films in afflicted villages, and will show one at the end of the program. Mark Cloutier will share his extensive experience through the role of moderator.

5:30 p.m., Reception | 6:00 p.m., Program | Club office, 595 Market St., 2nd Floor, San Francisco | Free for Members, $15 for Non-Members
Program Organizer: Laurie Wagner lauriehwagner [at] aol.com
Generously co-sponsored by Dominican University of California.

Added to the calendar on Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:57PM
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