SUNY Rockland Community College Students Present a Film and Lecture About the HIV/AIDS Crisis in Africa

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: November 29, 2007

CONTACT: Lisa Saunders

(845) 574-4244

SUNY Rockland Community College Students Present a Film and Lecture About the HIV/AIDS Crisis in Africa

Suffern, NY - The African Student Club of SUNY Rockland Community College is presenting a lecture and film about HIV/AIDS in Africa on Wednesday, December 5, 2 - 5 p.m. in Room 3214 of the Student Union on the main campus in Suffern. Admission is free and open to the public.

The international award-winning film, "Yesterday," which is about a mother who is diagnosed with HIV, will be shown following a talk by Dr. Rene Ekpini of the HIV/AIDS Section at UNICEF headquarters.

For more information about the event, contact Shamika Ann Mitchell, Instructor, English, and African Student Club Advisor, at 845 - 574 - 4162. For more information about the movie, visit: http://www.yesterdaythemovie.co.za/

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