Webcast
If you missed 2006's event, or would just like to refresh your memory, you can now listen to audio webcasts of the featured speakers. (Windows Media Audio)
"AIDS + Africa: The Unfolding Crisis"
26th MAYDAY!
Peace Conference
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
On Wednesday, April 19, 2006, Â鶹ÊÓƵ hosted its 26th annual MAYDAY! Peace Conference on the college campus. The conference is devoted each year to a different topic relating to human rights and social justice; the theme for 2006 was "AIDS in Africa: The Unfolding Crisis."
The daylong conference featured presentations from eminent scientist Dr. Robert Gallo, director of the Institute of Human Virology at the , Baltimore, who is credited with identifying HIV as the infectious agent responsible for AIDS, and professor Marjorie Mbilinyi, a social activist from the , Tanzania, who writes and speaks on women's concerns, education, AIDS, and politics.
An afternoon forum also took place, with presenters from the , a in Swaziland, South Africa, and the Office of Senator Mark Dayton.