The District of Columbia State Board of Education and the Office of the State Superintendent of Education is hosting a HIV/AIDS Awareness and Education Workshops in Ward Six.

The event will take place on Thursday, April 28, 2011 at Eastern Senior High School at 6 pm, located at 1700 East Capitol Street, NE.  Parents and Teen students who live in Ward Six 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, and 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 Six Representative Monica Warren-Jones will be the host for the evening. The workshop is one in a series of 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.