UCSD to Honor World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day is this Thursday and La Jolla’s university, UC San Diego is having an all day event to commemorate the day.

In honor of World AIDS Day, UCSD will have a special viewing of an on campus. The quilt was founded in 1987 and is made up of blocks of fabric sewn together. There are more than 40,000 panels on the quilt, each one memorializing the life of a person lost to AIDS.

The quilt will be on display from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Price Center Ballroom East. Other activities on campus throughout the day in honor of World AIDS Day include a candlelight vigil in the morning, also at the Price Center Ballroom East, from 7-8 a.m. A special photography exhibit that showcases AIDS survivors will be on display near the quilt and various pianists will play throughout the day at the quilt exhibit.

Students and visitors can also participate in the school’s “Library Walk” on Thursday. Students, staff and faculty can receive free, anonymous rapid HIV testing at the Walk, provided by the San Diego County Office of Public Health, anytime between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Also during this time, red ribbons, condom "roses" and latex square "lilies" will be distributed and Prof. Eric Geiger of the UCSD Theatre and Dance Department and Jess Humphrey will be performing a piece specifically choreographed in honor of World AIDS Day.

There will be various other activities and reflection opportunities throughout the day spread all over campus. Click here to see a full list of the Thursday’s activities.

Want to honor World AIDS Day appropriately? Visit the UCSD campus on Thursday for some red ribbon activities and more. Activities will be happening anytime from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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