Whitman-Walker World AIDS Day Candlelight Vigil

Whitman-Walker Clinic will observe World AIDS Day with a new location for its annual candlelight vigil at Bethlehem Baptist Church at 2458 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE, beginning at 5:30 pm on Monday, Dec. 1. Family and Medical Counseling Services will join Whitman-Walker as a partner in this year’s vigil.

“Anacostia is an epicenter for the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the District of Columbia with HIV rates that rival sub-Saharan Africa,” said Donald Blanchon, chief executive officer of Whitman-Walker Clinic. “We hope that holding the vigil there will draw attention to the severity of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Anacostia and inspire members of the community to get involved in the fight against the disease. We encourage the entire community to join us on Dec. 1 to honor those we have lost to this epidemic, to remember those who continue to live with the disease, and to commit to bring about a future free of HIV/AIDS.”

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