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Research Projects and OutreachAfrican AIDS Initiative InternationalDirector: Elleni G. WestThe African AIDS Initiative International (AAII)is a non-governmental organization dedicated topromoting HIV/AIDS awareness in Africa byscaling up nation-wide HIV/AIDS prevention effortsand improving the lives of persons infected withor affected by HIV/AIDS. To this end, the AAIIuses education, outreach, testing, counseling, andsupport services to control the spread of thedisease and foster behavioral change. It also seeksto promote the integration of the growingnumber of AIDS orphans into their communities,and to reduce the stigma attached to the disease.To find out more about the initiative, pleaseemail ethio@fas.harvard.edu.African American Lives, Genealogy and GeneticsCurriculum ProjectDirector: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.This curriculum project is based on the popularfour-part PBS series, African American Lives.Hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., it exploresAmerican history through the personal stories ofhighly accomplished African Americans usinggenealogy and DNA analysis. The documentaryfeatures Whoopi Goldberg, Bishop T. D. Jakes,Dr. Mae Jemison, Quincy Jones, Dr. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Chris Tucker, and Oprah Winfrey.This project will equip teachers and students withthe tools to discover their own family trees andgenetic ancestry. The teaching materials willincorporate the resources, technology, and strategiesused in both series, including genealogy, oralhistory research, family stories, and DNA analysis.The Hutchins Family Library