Courtesy of UCR Today
Courtesy of UCR Today

TruEvolution, a Riverside organization dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues and HIV-AIDS prevention and elimination, will host an event on April 23 from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The event, entitled AIDS Advocacy Night, will work to educate the public and dispel myths about LGBT people, HIV and AIDS.

AIDS Advocacy Night will be the first annual event to be held by the organization. There will be numerous artistic performances by theater group BlacMail Productions, dance group Reach L.A. and spoken word poet Kat Magill, with music provided by DJ Kidd.

According to Robbie Manjarrez, a publicist for TruEvolution, ”AIDS Advocacy Night will work to destigmatize the views the general public has of people living with HIV/AIDS. There will be a strong emphasis on the narratives of people of color living with HIV/AIDS as well as how their experience differs.”