"World AIDS Day 2011" EVERYDAY IS WORLD HIV DAY! Living With HIV IS Not Dying of AIDS;



On World AIDS Day, December 1, We the People; Commemorate those we have lost, as well as All those Infected and/or AFFECTED!Over the years, World AIDS Day has become a global phenomenon that has prompted massive media coverage, raised awareness, encouraged people to get involved and amplified the voices of those living with HIV. But how can we get people to care about HIV/AIDS after Dec. 1?

EVERYDAY IS WORLD HIV DAY! Living With HIV IS Not Dying of AIDS;
Many people living with HIV in America today face a unique set of structural and lifestyle challenges, including, but not limited to: poverty, hunger, under- or unemployment, illiteracy, racism, discrimination, immigration issues, homelessness, stigma, previous or current incarceration, sexual or domestic violence, homophobia, substance use, criminalization, addiction, and childcare and mental health issues. Much of what we have learned about fighting HIV has to be reconsidered in light of who is contracting the virus today and why...

"World AIDS Day @ the World PEACE Bell" is currently scheduled for 6 pm and was intended to be an outdoor/undercover event leading up to the outdoor lights coming on which would be colored Red, like they did @ The Rock Hall in Cleveland last year. As details have yet to be finalized, there is an Opportunity to use the Welcome Center as an Advocacy-Education-Support-Outreach-Prevention Center starting at say, NOON!"

Turn the Holidays a Complimentary RED & WEAR the RIBBON!