The Student Union Advisory Board along with Aggies Against AIDS held A&T's own World AIDS Day on December 1.
World AIDS Day is an annual event that is held to raise awareness of the HIV virus and to support those who are living with it. Many students showed up to get tested, mostly female, because they wanted to know where they stood. Some even had to be turned away because of the time restrictions.
I decided to get tested for HIV/AIDS because I also felt it was important for me to know my status. Everyone should know where they stand because the spread of the virus is so high among African-Americans and symptoms can be dormant for extended periods of time.
World AIDS Day 2009
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