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...granting these specialized organizations plum Yard space, Harvard would effectively privilege these organizations over the hundreds of student groups that achieve equally laudable goals every day. I sometimes wonder which organization has a bigger impact on improving race relations at Harvard: the Foundation, or the Harvard Aids Coalition (HAC). On one hand, the Foundation gives out about 130 grants every year, of varying size, for events like an intercollegiate conference for Latino students. On the other, HAC brings together 50-plus students of all colors to work for the same cause. The Foundation celebrates difference. The HAC and similar organizations...
...highlight reel from the “The Face of AIDS” documentary and the featurette “Global Youth Fighting HIV/AIDS” were screened last night in Harvard Hall to mark the donation. Over 140 students, faculty, and community members filled the room. HAC co-sponsored the event along with the Foundation, Harvard College International Development Organization (HIDO), and HIGH. Hildebrand suggested that students work with Harvard to develop a curriculum based on the footage. Such a collaboration would encourage student involvement with AIDS activism, Hildebrand said. Farmer also encouraged students to become involved...
...wrap up its week-long salute to Global AIDS day, the Harvard AIDS Coalition (HAC) hosted a screening of the film, “And the Band Played On,” and a talk by one of the first experts to discover the AIDS viral agent. Don Francis, whose research at the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in the early 1980s led to the identification of the AIDS virus, spoke of the history of AIDS and described the tensions at the CDC when gay men were dying of an unknown epidemic. He lamented in particular...
Matthew F. Basilico ’08, a Social Studies concentrator in Mather House, is president of the Harvard AIDS Coalition (HAC). Sarah A. Moran ’07, a Social Studies concentrator in Quincy House, is vice-president of HAC. Luke M. Messac ’08, a Social Studies concentrator in Mather House, is treasurer of HAC...
...pair students with faculty members who share their interests. “We realized that there were so many resources at the medical school with respect to HIV, but it was hard for students to access them,” Chen said.Several members of the Harvard AIDS Coalition (HAC) also attended.“We’re trying to broaden our coalition and make a joint partnership with the School of Public Health and the Medical School,” said Sarah A. Moran ’07, vice president of HAC.But Laura S. Powers...