Beverly Hills High School and Team UTAC join to raise awareness on Worlds AIDS Day, December 1
Santa Monica, Calif. - On Sunday, November 30 at 6 p.m., Cyclist and AIDS Activist Brian Hodes will begin a 24-hour bicycle ride to raise awareness around prejudice and stigma associated with AIDS and HIV. The event will take place at Beverly Hills High School with the help of the faculty and student body.
“The students and the faculty of Beverly Hills High School have embraced this beyond my wildest expectations,” said Hodes. “From the moment I pitched the idea to Principal Guidetti, they ran with it. I’m happy to say tolerance is alive and well at Beverly Hills High.”
Hodes’ daughter, Sophia is a senior at BH High who along with the 2,500 plus student body will participate in the World AIDS day event on Monday, December 1st. Students will hear from people living with HIV at a special Monday assembly and panels from the original AIDS quilt will be on display. The Service Learning Class is promoting the event, hanging posters on campus, creating red AIDS ribbon pins, and recruiting students to walk 28 laps around the track along side the cyclists to commemorate the 28 years of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
