Social Ch@nge

A teenaged friend asked me what you were supposed to do on World AIDS day (today). I don’t think there’s a set list, but here were some ideas:

You could watch this.

You could play this.

You could go here, and look up a question you were scared to ask: (I started you off on a less scary one)

You could throw a party. You could ask all your friends for five bucks at the party and then give it to Head & Hands.

Or you could go to their party (this Montreal Gazette article calls it “innovative” and “edgy”)

You could go to a drop-in clinic in your area. You could get tested. If that freaks you out, you could call here: 514-481-0277.

And if you were too freaked out to talk to the person at Head & Hands about this stuff right away, you could say “Hey, I just threw a party and all my friends gave me five bucks to give to you.” and they would be thrilled, and ask you to drop by so they could thank you. And if you felt like asking some questions once you got there, I’m sure they’d be cool with that.

You could volunteer to be a peer educator at the Sense Project.

If you aren’t quite ready to train to be a peer educator, you could remark conversationally to a friend “Hey, I was thinking, doesn’t it seem to you that AIDS is inextricably intertwined with social justice problems such as poverty, women’s rights, education and globalization?” and they could ask if they could borrow your copy of Race Against Time and then you could lend it to them.

You could wear a red ribbon. If someone asked you why you were wearing it, you could tell them that Dec 1 is World AIDS Day.