{"id":27749,"date":"2013-12-02T04:33:53","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T09:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=27749"},"modified":"2013-11-26T15:12:04","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T20:12:04","slug":"aids-awareness-gala-to-take-place-dec-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/12_02_2013\/aids-awareness-gala-to-take-place-dec-6","title":{"rendered":"AIDS Awareness Gala to take place Dec. 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The African Peoples Association and the Center for International Studies and Programs will hold the fourth annual AIDS Awareness Gala Friday, Dec. 6, in the Student Union Auditorium.<\/p>\n<p>Doors will open at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The event with a formal dress code \u2014 black, red and white \u2014 will feature singing, dance and poetry by UT students, along with speakers who will discuss the effects of the AIDS virus and ways to reduce the spread of the infection.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $8 for members of the African Peoples Association, $10 in advance at the \u201cAsk Rocky\u201d desk in the Student Union, and $15 at the door.<\/p>\n<p>A portion of the ticket sales will be donated to the Ryan White Program at The University of Toledo Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe African Peoples Association continues its tradition of hosting the AIDS Awareness Gala to promote awareness of the virus and safer sex practices among the students and surrounding community,\u201d said Victor Aberdeen Jr., UT junior majoring in communication and English, and president of the association.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the gala, contact Aberdeen at victor.aberdeen@rockets.utoledo.edu or 614.707.8302.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/AIDS-poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/AIDS-poster.jpg\" alt=\"AIDS poster\" width=\"576\" height=\"864\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/AIDS-poster.jpg 576w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/AIDS-poster-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Formal dress code \u2014 black, red and white \u2014 is required for the IDS Awareness Gala, which will be held Friday, Dec. 6, in the Student Union Auditorium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}