Tuesday. April 6. 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
AIDS events scheduled
AIDS project observes 10th anniversary with fund-raisers, speakers
By T.J. Johnson
fjohnson@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The Douglas County AIDS Project is commemorating its 10th anniversary with observances during AIDS Awareness Month.
Events including speakers, fundraising dinners and benefit walks are planned throughout April to commemorate the event.
"We've got a lot of events planned, more than we have ever had in April," said Alan Carr, chairman of the DCAP Events Committee. "Nearly every day we have something going on."
Carr said that the month was not a celebration, but it was a milestone and a time for reflection on what DCAP had been working on for the past decade.
"We had hoped that we wouldn't be here in 10 years, and so we're really not celebrating." Carr said. "We're recognizing that we've been here for 10 years."
Sidney Hardgrave, executive director of DCAP, said that the anniversary was a special time to look back on the growth of the organization and its services to Douglas County.
DCAP works on a two-fold mission in the community. Carr said.
It provides services for people living with HIV and AIDS and education to raise AIDS awareness.
Among the events scheduled is DCAP's annual Walk for Health, the organization's largest fundraising event. It will begin at 10 a.m. April 17 at the South Park Gazebo.
"Our run for health is kind of our anchor." Carr said.
The Panhellenic Association and Interfraternity Council at KU also will sponsor a fund-raising dinner April 14 at the social hall in St. Lawrence Catholic Center, 1631 Crescent Road.
At least two speakers are scheduled to talk about HIV/AIDS-related issues during the month.
marva Miller, an HIV positive woman, will speak at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Kansas Union. Miller formed Women on a Mission, a group designed to educate women about AIDS prevention.
"She's just a very dynamic woman," Carr said.
Jane Fowler, a journalist who once worked for The Kansas City Star, will talk about her experiences founding the group National Association on HIV Over Fifty. Fowler, who formed the group after becoming infected with HIV at age of 50, has spoken at events internationally, Carr said.
Carr and Hardgrave both said that AIDS Awareness Month was a good time to work with other groups in the community to raise awareness of AIDS and support for DCAP.
— Edited by Melody Ard
AIDS AWARENESS MONTH
April 7 — Marva Miller will speak at 7 p.m. at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union.
April 10 and 24 --- Community Quilt will be on display at the Lawrence Public Library.
April 1.4 — The Panhellenic Association and Interfairty Council spaghetti dinner with speaker Dan Renzi of MTV's Real World is from 5 to 7 p.m. at the St. Lawrence Catholic Church. Admission is $3.
Attention. Admission is $3.
April 15-24 — Red ribbons will be displayed on trees at South Park to commemorate those people who have been helped by DCAP during the past decade.
April 16 - KU Queers and Allies
pillow bag bag lunch drow show from
noon to 1 p.m. at the Kansas
Union Plaza.
April 17 — Ninth annual Walk for Health begins at 9 a.m. for registration, 10 a.m. for the walk and 11 a.m. for the celebration at the South Park Gazebo.
April 20 — DCAP annual meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the United Way Center, 2184 Ridge Court.
April 24 and 25 — AIDS awareness in the faith community.
April 25 — Remembrance services at 2 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1011 Vermont St.
April 28 — Jane Fowler will speak at 7 p.m. at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
For information about the events, call DCAP at 843-0040.
Group puts ethical code in action
By Allan Davis
Special to the Kansan
Social Work Students Concerned About Retaining Ethics seeks to educate social work students about the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics.
KU social work students are practicing the code of their future profession through a student organization that works for social justice in Lawrence.
"The basic purpose of it is to be a voice for social justice and the social work code of ethics," said Melinda Carden, Lenexa senior and co-facilitator of the group.
Members of the group are particl
patting in the Center for Community Outreach's Into the Streets Week, which began yesterday and continues until April 11.
"Into the Streets Week is a week of community service opportunities designed to get a diverse group of students involved in our community," said Christina Harms, Wichita sophomore and Into the Streets Week project coordinator. "The mission of this week is not only to make a positive impact on our community for this one week but to inspire students to do service in the future as well."
Social workers' code of ethics encourages them to be socially and politically active.
"In October, we had a political forum," Carden said. "We had state legislators come and speak about issues that were important to social workers, like foster care reform, tax cuts that were aimed at low-income individuals, social work licensor — different issues that pertain to social workers — and then we also talked about a social worker's responsibility to be politically active."
The social welfare student group will hold its final meeting this semester at 7 p.m. April 19 at the Kansas Union. The meeting will hold a discussion about the future of social work and the welcoming of new leaders for the group.
Edited by Kelli Raybem
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