(Washington, DC) - The District of Columbia State Board of Education and the Office of the State Superintendent of Education is hosting the second of eight HIV/AIDS Awareness and Education Workshops in Ward Five.

The event will take place on Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 6:30 pm at the Northeastern Presbyterian Church Auditorium, located at 2112 Varnum Street, NE. Parents and teen students who live in Ward Five are invited and encouraged to participate in this highly informative session with experts and stakeholders within the District of Columbia on the subject of Education and Awareness of HIV AIDS.

The workshop will include presentations from the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, the Department of Health, HAHSTA, Community and nonprofit organizations that are committed to the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic among the youth in the District of Columbia.

DC State Board of Education Ward Five Representative Mark Jones will be the host for the evening and ANC Commissioner Shirley Rivens Smith (5A09) will be facilitating the workshop.

The workshop is one in a series of eight workshops sponsored by the National Association of State Boards of Education, in partnership with the DC State Board of Education and the Office of the State Superintendent of Education.

For additional information on the upcoming workshops in your ward, contact the Office of the DC State Board of Education at (202) 741-0888.