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Kate Shindle, Miss America 1998 and Today Show correspondent, moderates this town-hall style meeting at George Washington University where college students, educators, policy makers, and celebrities discuss the HIV/AIDS epidemic on its 20th anniversary. Discussion focuses on the current state of the epidemic, how far there is to go to eradicate the virus, and how young people can fight against AIDS.
Panelists include: Scott Evertz, Director, Office of National AIDS Policy; Scott Wolf, actor and George Washington alum; Kim Webster, actress from The West Wing; Ricky Webster, age 11, HIV positive brother of Kim Webster; Ben Banks, HIV-positive college student; Joel Goldman, HIV-positive spokesperson for Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS
Foundation and director of the Caring for Kids 101 program; Florence Ngobeni, AIDS counselor from Johannesburg, South Africa who is HIV-positive and lost a child to AIDS; Alan Goldstein, professor and chair of the biochemistry and molecular biology department, George Washington University; and Richard Koup, chief of the immunology laboratory, Vaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Health.

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