Friendship Students Explore The Reasons Behind The Epidemic and What Can Be Done

large-colemansclass.jpgThis fall Ms. Yolonda Coleman’s communications class joined FNN to further investigate the HIV Epidemic in DC. They interviewed expert Melissa Sherer and went to the UN Foundation to telephone South African students whose lives had been impacted by the epidemic. Listen to their commentaries as they explore the reasons behind the epidemic and what can be done. 1-anikaj.jpg Anika Johnson on AIDS and abstinence.

LARGEAIDSKwMel.jpg Kwame Brown interviews AIDS expert Melissa Sherer at the UN Foundation.

2-kwame.jpg Kwame Brown on AIDS in DC and South Africa

3-donisha.jpg Donisha Smith interviewed teens from South Africa to discover the impact AIDS has on their lives.

nekkies See the slideshow the teens from South Africa sent. To find out more about the teens in South Africa who are part of a program called Mad About Art visit their website at http://www.madaboutart.org

4-keith.jpg Keith Morgan reports on Metro Teen AIDS, a DC organization trying to help youth.

5-delmario.jpg Delmario Henry investigates tuberculosis which could easily become an epidemic in DC.

AIDS in DC, audio, slideshowFNNStaff