For decades, School of Social Work graduate Kat Griffith has been an advocate bringing light to the intersection between HIV and women in abusive relationships.
Alum shines light on where abuse and HIV collide
Tag: AIDS
Alumna makes a difference for individuals with disabilities in East Africa
Through her ministry work in East Africa, Erin Powell ’04 is dedicated to improving the conditions for individuals with disabilities. Just a few years into her career as a special education teacher, she left the suburbs of Chicago to serve the remote and developing regions of East Africa.
The danger of complacency about AIDS
The play Angels in America: Part Two – Perestroika just finished its run at Illinois State University. The epic play, which celebrates the 20th anniversary of its Broadway debut this November, explores the devastation the AIDS virus inflicted on the gay community in the 1980s. Yet director and MFA graduate student David Ian Lee says Perestroika is something much more
Mohammed Bilal works to disempower AIDS
Musician and poet Mohammed Bilal will bring his inspirational message to Illinois State with the spoken word performance Love Life: The Disempowerment of AIDS at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct 15, in the Circus Room of the Bone Student Center.
