Graduate School of Education
World AIDS Day
Observed at Bank Street on
November 29, 2006
World AIDS Day will be observed at Bank Street College on Wednesday November 29, 2006. This is a time when we remember those who are struggling with HIV/AIDS and those who have died. It is also a day to formally acknowledge the advocates who struggle to ensure social equity for people with HIV/AIDS, the work of educators to prevent further spread of the disease, and the achievements of scientists who have created new life-sustaining drugs. We know that HIV continues to be an enormous problem in and of itself, and learning to address it may help students address other pressing social issues.
One way that Bank Street will participate in World AIDS Day will be the information table set up in the lobby. Faculty and staff have signed up to preside over the handouts at the table; to collect contributions that will be sent to a local community AIDS agency, and to talk with children and adults who visit the table.
In their conference groups, students in the Graduate School will discuss HIV/AIDS in the world, in their own lives and in their professional circumstances. They will also practice talking with colleagues and children about this difficult social problem.
In the Bank Street School for Children, faculty will also be helping children to commemorate World AIDS Day. In the Middle School, teachers will be talking with children in their classrooms, helping the children to generate questions that they have about this topic. Some children will be visiting the lobby information desk. The Upper School will commemorate International AIDS Day on Tuesday, November 28, at the morning meeting. Nancy Mahon, formerly of God's Love We Deliver, will do a talk on the state of AIDS today.
The Bank Street Library has prepared an annotated bibliography listing books for both children and adults. Hard copies will be available at the Lobby information table on November 29. The bibliography can also be found online at the Library's Web site, and in person at the Library reference desk.
