DC World AIDS Day 2007: December 1st

December 1st is World AIDS Day. Established by the World Health Organization in 1988, World AIDS Day serves to focus global attention on the devastating impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

World AIDS Day Events

Wednesday November 28th – HIV Town Hall. 6:30 PM at the Armour J. Blackburn Center’s East Ballroom at Howard University (HU). The Blackburn Center is
located at: 2397 Sixth St., N.W., Washington, DC 20059. This event is sponsored by Us Helping Us People Into Living, Inc (UHU), and the Vaccine Research Center (VRC).

Thursday November 29th – Red Hot Night. Kimpton Hotels hosts a World AIDS Day fundraiser at Urbana Restaurant & Wine Bar at Hotel Palomar, 2121 P St., NW, at 6:00 pm. $10.00 cover includes two drink tickets and hors d'ouevres. All proceeds will benefit Whitman-Walker Clinic. For more info, click here

Thursday November 29th –Children's National Medical Center Health Fair. The The HIV Services Department at Children's National Medical Center (CNMC) will commemorate World AIDS Day in the hospital on November 29th. Children's National Medical Center will hold a service provider fair in the atrium of the hospital to share information on ways to keep young people healthy. The fair will run from 10 AM to 1 PM. For more info, click here

Friday November 30th – Rally and Protest at the White House. Friday Nov. 30th, at 1:00pm at Lafayette Square in front of the White House. Read about last year's action here. For more information on this event, click here.

Friday November 30th – WWC Candlelight Vigil. Whitman-Walker's annual candlelight vigil will be Friday, Nov. 30, at 5:30 pm at Dupont Circle.

Friday November 30th – Free HIV Testing. Free HIV testing will be available on Friday, Nov. 30, at the Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center, 1701 14th St., NW, from 8:30 am - 5:00 pm; at the Max Robinson Center, 2301 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE, from 9:30 am - 4:00 pm; and at Whitman-Walker Clinic of Northern Virginia, 5232 Lee Highway in Arlington, from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm.

Friday November 30th - Concert for Life 7:30, Friday, November 30 at the Kenmore Auditorium, 200 S. Carlin Springs Drive, Arington, VA 22204. For more info on this event, click here.

Saturday, December 1st - 2nd Annual 'Everyone's Birthday Friends for a Cause in partnership with Us Helping Us presents a 2007 World AIDS Day benefit featuring 'The Godmother' Lil' Mo and American Idol's Frenchie Davis. For more info on this event, click here.

Saturday, December 1st - MCC NOVA World AIDS Day Event The Metropolitan Community Church of Northern Virginia (MCC-NOVA) is working with Northern Virginia AIDS Ministry (NOVAM), area MCC congregations, Little River UCC, and many others to host a community health fair on the theme of Body, Mind, and Spirit. For more info on this event, click here.

Sunday, December 2nd - Our Lady Queen of Peace World AID Day Event Our Lady Queen of Peace AIDS Ministry & DC Catholic AIDS Network invite you to "STOP AIDS: Keep the Promise – Leadership”, a World AIDS Day Program. The event takes place Sunday, December 2, 2007 at At 4:00 PM at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, 3800 Ely Place, SE. Fo more details: click here.

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Observance of this day provides an opportunity for governments, national AIDS programs, churches, community organizations and individuals to demonstrate the importance of the fight against HIV/AIDS.

With an estimated 38.6 million people worldwide living with HIV at the end of 2005, and more than 25 million people having died of AIDS since 1981, December 1st serves to remind everyone that action makes a difference in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Americans should be reminded that HIV/AIDS does not discriminate. With an estimated 1,039,000 to 1,185,000 HIV- positive individuals living in the U.S., and approximately 40,000 new infections occurring every year, the U.S., like other nations around the world is deeply affected by HIV/AIDS.