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women need. "This is a needed
place provided for women to' net¬
work and to share [events] in our
lives right now, such as domestic
violence, and women and AIDS."
The gathering of women also
has a political side. Mayor Karen
Humphrey will be there and the
subject of ethics in the work place
will be addressed as well.
. "There are codes of ethics that
work for men and not for women,"
said Kirkorian.     ^--^
It's no coincidence that it is
being held so close to the election.
"We made it 10 days until the
election deliberately," Kirkorian
said. 4
Linda Vang, who teaches
women's Studies atCSUFas well,
believes the gathering is just what
women need.
"I think it's an important way
to empower women. We need to
do more of these gatherings and
more often," she said.
But don't get the wrong im¬
pression, it's not exclusively for
women.
Kirkorian said, "It's not just for
women.
The discussions are for
women's empowerment but it's
for men open to women's issues as
well.
"It's not a batUe between the
two, but it's a balance where both
women and men are represented,"
she said.
For the first-evei\event Kirko¬
rian has estimated that about 1,000
people will attend from several
several areas including Visalia,
Merced, and Han ford
She also said this won't be the
last gathering. "We already have
people planning for the next year.
It's just ballooned to many groups."
As for this year, she claims it
will be a success.
"If one person can benefit from
this event it will be a phenomenal
success."
She said to both women and
men alike, "come and be a part of
this wonderful event*
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Wednesday,
October 28,1992
12:30 - 5:30pm
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CentralValley AIDS Team forms
Black AIDS Advisory Committee
By Rosaiba Beltran
Staff Writer
A newfocus group, the Black
AIDSs>Aflvisory Committee, has
been formed so that the Central
Valley AIDS Team can gather
information and a direction as to
the best possible way to educate
and reduce the risk of HIV infec¬
tion among Fresno County's Afri¬
can American population. Hope¬
fully, through the services that
B AAC is providing, a way will be
found to ensure that people who
are already infected with HIV are
receiving the services and support
that they need.
BAAC is a group made up of
people from the African Ameri¬
can population or of the people
serving the African Americans of
Fresno County. $*
According to one of CVAT's
educators, Rebecca Shannon,
BAAC has already met three to
four times to provide input on who
needs to be reached, what the most
effective way to reach those indi¬
viduals would be, and any other
information that will help BAAC
get the message of the perils of
HIV out.
They've also been discussing
possible ways to recruit volun¬
teers so that they can get as many
people as possible to provide AIDS
education within their own com¬
munities.
"Hopefully we will generate
enough volunteers to help get the
message out," Shannon said.
Emma Herndon, a 44-year-old
who works for the Internal Reve¬
nue Service, recognizes and has
used BAAC influence lo effec¬
tively get that message across. The
church she belongs to, St. Pauls
CME Church, helped sponsor an
AIDS awareness workshop along
with CVAT's BAAC on Oct 10.
Hemdon said that she
was disappointed
with the turnout of
people, but she felt
that people were pro¬
vided with vital in¬
formation about HIV.
Herndon had a
cousin who died of
AIDS, and she said the reason so
many people still are not well-
informed about the virus arid why
most don'i bother to educate them¬
selves about the disease is because
of the influences of religion, tradi¬
tions and family. Also, people tend
to go into denial when they are
confronted with an unwanted situ¬
ation, and the fear of the unknown
prevents them from taking appro¬
priate action.
Shannon said the reason why
the risks, consequences and cir¬
cumstances of AIDS are different
for the Afro-American is because
there are still a lot of people who
are not informed well enough to be
able to protect themselves appro¬
priately.There are people who feel
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that they are at risk, but they are
reluctant to educate themselves on
the subject because of the social,
stigma within their community.
For those that do get educated,
recognize die risks, and realize
that they arc in a high risk cate¬
gory, uiey don't get medical atten¬
tion until'the disease is so far ad¬
vanced mat they arc not able to get
the medicine that wi 11 prolong their
i lives.
Shannon feels the
necessity for volun¬
teering is very impor¬
tant in its mission to
get the message out
to their people be¬
cause the more people
they have going to the
communities, the more ground
they'll be covering in a shorter
amount of time and more lives will
be saved just in time.
Currently BAAC is working
with the health department to co-
sponsor a conference or commu¬
nity forum to will be held in Feb¬
ruary 1*993. This conference will
be focusing on the African Ameri¬
can population and how it is being
affected by HIV. Although the
focus will be on African Ameri¬
cans, the conference is open to
anyone who is interested in at¬
tending.
' The next BAAC meeting will
be held from 11:45 a.m. to^l:00
pjn. or Nov. 12 at CVAThead-
quarters, 625 N. Palm.
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followed Felix and Martinez after
they ran from The Bucket and
pointed out which way the two had
fled to UPD Officer Lupe Shrum.
Shram arrested-Martinez and
brought him back to The Bucket
for identification by Talwar, as
student Marco Antonio Figucroa
administered first aid on Talwar's
bead.
Talwar said he thanks all those
that helped him, especially
Figueroa, who belongs to the
Epsilon §igma Rho fraternity.
"I hope they don't close it
[Noche Latino] up because of this
incident. I was having fun," Tal¬
war said. "There's always a few
bad people who ruin everything
and I don't want them to close it
because of this incident."
According to Shrum, the UPD
report will not be available until
late this afternoon.
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