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Sex & AIDS Conference
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PROGRAM FINDINGS FROM
BREAKOUT SESSION 1
- Prouds
- Proud that we are educated
- Proud to know that I have friends who have had HIV and I know about it and can help
- Proud that people want to learn about the effects of HIV and how it impacts our lives
- Regrets
- Regret that parents don’t know much about HIV
- Regret that I didn’t educate myself sooner
- Regret that HIV/AIDS didn’t come up during the mind mapping exercise
- Regret that I make assumptions when I hear someone has AIDS (wondering if that person is homosexual
- Actions
- Everyone is aware of HIV’s existence
- HIV will be overcome
- We learn to accept and be comfortable with HIV infected people
PROGRAM FINDINGS FROM
BREAKOUT SESSION 2
- Prouds
- Proud that I started working at Calcutta House
- Proud to maintain friendships regardless of their HIV status and being able to love them unconditionally
- Proud that we can become buddies to infected people through the Action Aids Program
- Not having AIDS
- Being open-minded and making sure we know about AIDS
- Regrets
- Regret that I postponed things I could’ve done with my HIV infected friend and now it’s too late
- Regret that sometimes families abandon their children with AIDS
- Regret that we still have biases against people with AIDS
- Regret that we lapse into a sense that it won’t affect me
- That we can’t help people
- Being afraid to be involved – emotional attachments
- Being afraid
- Feeling invincible
- Actions
- A cure
- Other kids can learn as much as we did today and go through what we went through
- More kids from affluent communities come to these programs
- Treating people with respect
- Increasing awareness
- Raising funds
