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MEDIA CONTACT: Susan Hagen susan.hagen@rochester.edu
585.276.4061
October 31, 2012
DATE, TIME, AND PLACE: Friday, Nov. 2, 9 to 10:40 a.m. and 1 to 2:40 p.m., in the Hawkins-Carlson Room of Rush Rhees Library on the University of Rochester's River Campus.
WHAT: Local experts in mental health and African-American communities will explore how mental illness influences the spread of HIV and AIDS among people of color.
SPEAKERS:
9 to 10:40 a.m.
"Understanding and Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Illness in the African-American Community"
Moderator: Joanna Olmsted, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences
1 to 2:40 p.m.
"Double Duty: HIV/AIDS and Mental Illness—Additional Challenges for the African-American Community"
Moderator: Ted Brown, historian of medicine, public health, and health policy at the University of Rochester
SPONSOR: The University's Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African American Studies along with the Department of Psychiatry and the Faculty Diversity Office. The symposium is part of the series, Revisiting Social Justice in Black America: HIV/AIDS, Mental Illness and Race Representation, and is made possible through funding from the University's Humanities Project.
ADMISSION: Free and open to the public.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Kate Fitzpatrick at 585.276.5744 or fdi@mail.rochester.edu.
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
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