Global AIDS Expert to Speak Thursday
Contact: Paul Grosswiler, 907-5596; George Manlove, 581-3756
ORONO — Author and international authority on HIV-AIDS Susan Hunter will give a public talk, “Hadithi, Hadithi: Telling the Story of AIDS in Africa,” Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bangor at 120 Park St. The lecture is free.
Hunter is largely credited with bringing the plight of AIDS orphans to the attention of the United Nations. From upstate New York, she an independent consultant to world health organizations, including UNAIDS, UNICEF and USAID, and author of five books on HIV-AIDS. Her books include “Black Death,” selected by the London Times online as one of the top five books ever written on HIV-AIDS.
Her appearance is made possible by a USAID-University of Maine program, which is currently hosting nine visiting Tanzanian news reporters learning about Western news gathering and reporting. They’re spending the majority of their time on the UMaine campus, but also are visiting newsrooms around the state, and will visit Washington, D.C. before returning home. Associate professor of journalism Paul Grosswiler and assistant professor Mike Socolow of the Department of Communication and Journalism are leading the group.
The program, in its second year, is funded by USAID (United States Agency for International Development). Covering HIV-AIDS issues is a component of the program this year.
Hunter will spend two days — Thursday and Friday — talking with the visiting journalists about reporting on HIV-AIDS.
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Editors’ note: Please contact Paul Grosswiler or George Manlove to arrange interviews with Susan Hunter.