clairaworlds asked:

Hi Amtrak! Since you're talking about AIDS and stuff (thank you for doing that btw, it's important to rember our history, especially when it's so frequently glossed over) I wanted to share some good news!

My collage dose HIV/AIDS awareness events. Or at least, there's a prevalent group that dose events for students and the community. They're called advocates for youth. The main event I attended (the others happened during classes) was about medical mistrust among black women and girls, with a spusific focous on HIV and other STDs. We talked about the history of sex ed and how it relates to women and minoritys (we deffently brought up the AIDS crisis more than once, and made sure to cover LGBTQ issues).

We've also had some sex ed discussions hosted on campus, some with a spusific focous on LGBTQ students.

It sucks that we didn't get something like this before college, my collage is probably the exception, not the rule, and the general population still knows less than they should. But I wanted to share at least one instance of AIDS awareness that's trying to help people learn more, and remember our history.

That’s great, it is so important to talk about these things and discuss them