HIGH IMPACT THEMED PROGRAMMING 1,450 Students 375 Faculty and Staff 2013-14 IMPACT Faced with their own mortality an improbable group of young people, many of them HIV-positive young men, broke the mold as radical warriors taking on Washington and the medical establishment. HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE is the story of two coalitions—ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group)—whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Despite having no scientific training, these self-made activists infiltrated the pharmaceutical industry and helped identify promising new drugs, moving them from experimental trials to patients in record time. With unfettered access to a treasure trove of never-before-seen archival footage from the 1980s and ‘90s, filmmaker David France puts the viewer smack in the middle of the controversial actions, the heated meetings, the heartbreaking failures, and the exultant breakthroughs of heroes in the making. December 2 7 p.m. • Curris Center Theater The showing is sponsored by: • Gender and Diversity Studies • LGBT Programming • MSU Alliance • President’s Commission on Diversity and Inclusion FREE ADMISSION FOR MORE INFO Jody Cofer Randall, 809-5040 Dr. Josh Adair, 809-4540 Equal education and employment opportunities M/F/D, AA employer RacerRed EVENTS AIDS Walk DECEMBER 2 6:15 P.M. • Begins at Lovett Auditorium • Ends at the Curris Center • Dress Warmly • Hot chocolate available at the end Wednesday, April 9, 2014 8 p.m. – Barkley Room, Curris Center – Free admission – Q&A to follow presentation – Light refreshments will be served T his program will focus on homophobia and other forms of discrimination in the media. It will examine how books, movies, TV shows, and other forms of media reinforce and perpetuate negative stereotypes and attitudes about LGBT people and other underrepresented communities. The media can engage in discrimination intentionally or unintentionally. Examples will be given of how the media can discriminate. There will be a panel discussion featuring local representatives from the fields of journalism and public relations led by Joe Hedges, lecturer in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications, following the presentation. CONTACTS Robert Scott, Out Racer participant [email protected] Jody Cofer Randall, LGBT program coordinator [email protected] Equal education and employment opportunities M/F/D, AA employer LGBT Programmingpresents 2 nd Annual Conversation and Dessert featured Jeff Graham on Domestic HIV/AIDS RacerRed • HIV/AIDS Awareness Walk • “How to Survive a Plague” film showing in partnership with Gender and Diversity Studies • Red Tie Affair Out Racer Project by D. Andrew Porter Graphic Side of Gender Out Racer Project by Tyler Davis Media Matters for Fairness Out Racer Project by Robert Scott EMPOWERING LGBT-SPECIFIC STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS Homocon: A Conservative Gay’s View from the Trenches of the Culture Wars with Jimmy LaSalvia Out Racer Project by Alec Brock MSU Alliance • Homecoming Parade and Tent City • Glamour and Fame Drag Shows • Partnership with MSU Health Service for “Man Up Monday!” Campaign • Presentation of the Jane Etheridge Ally of the Year Award to Dr. Leon Bodevin • Dozens of other educational and social programs throughout 2013-14 SNAPSHOT