AIDS~Progress Report # 1

Action Campaign Project Topic:

·      AIDS

Team Members:

·      Brett Dworski

·      Ivan Escamilia

·      Keri Marshall

Meeting time:

·      Mondays @ 4pm @ The Wells Library

Goal:

·      To Raise awareness of Aids around the world

·      To get supporting sources/organizations

·      To gain volunteers to be involved in the fight and promote safe sex and AIDS awareness

·      To Provide information on organizations that provide aid and information on how to prevent AIDS spreading and how to live with it

Assigned tasks:

·      Brett Dworski:

  -Provides the history

  -Provide information on Greg Lougaris

·      Aldar Escamilia Mijes:

  - Provide answers from a modern viewpoint and information on the Western vs. Non-western views on AIDS

  - Provide information on Ryan White

·      Keri Marshall:

  -Provide information on organizations for treatment

           ~  Cost?

           ~  Where?

           ~How many?

           ~Goals?

  - Provide another case victim dealing with aids (possibly a guest?)

·      Group:

  -Find resources

  -Organizing the information

  -Updating our Progress Reports

  -Set/ build up our campaign

  -Present

Developing Plans:

·      Provide History on AIDS

  -Such as:

         ~  What is it?

         ~ Where did it come from?

         ~How did people first react to it?

         ~Were people discriminated for it?

·      Find resources

  -Such as

        ~Use media resources

            -Films/documentaries on AIDS victims (Lougaris and White)

            -Web bases

        ~Use Newspaper articles (National and International)

        ~Use Novels or Academic Articles (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

·      How do Western and Non-western countries differ on their views of AIDS and its effects?

  -   Do countries blame the West for “creating” AIDS as a power holder?

  -  How far does discrimination go beyond the States?

  -Varying modern viewpoints on the social norm towards AIDS

·      Questions:

  -  How to treat it?

  -  How to provide more opportunities to inform the public about Aids/ How to raise more awareness?

  -How to prevent spreading?

·      Campaign Presentation Ideas:

  - Provide visuals

       ~ Such as:

           -Posters

           -Powerpoints

           -Clips from documentaries/films

  -Provide factual evidence

        ~ Such as:

           -Cases with AIDS

           -quotes/experiences from victims

  -Pass out condoms as part of promoting safe sex