On Friday, June 26, five-to-ten local HIV prevention organizations that provide mobile and remote HIV counseling, testing and referral services (CTRS) will come together to offer free testing at locations throughout the city on Friday and Saturday.Free tests will be given from12-5 in the Old Convention Center Site (City Center Parking Lot), and at least six vans will be present on Friday to offer HIV testing and counseling services.
The Friday event will be located downtown at the old Convention Center site - along the Art Walk, near the intersection of H and 10th streets, NW. Then on Saturday, June 27, there will be at least one mobile unit offering CTRS located in each of the District's eight wards. Additionally, each of the participating organizations will provide CTRS at their home locations to maximize the geographic coverage that day.
Organizations participating on Friday, June 26 include: Carl Vogel Center, The DC Center, Community Education Group, PreventionWorks!, Unity HealthCare, Us Helping Us, Women's Collective, and Whitman-Walker Clinic. Many additional organizations will be participating on Saturday, June 27 (see chart below).
Carl Vogel Center
1012 14th Street NW, 20005
DC Caribbean Festival (Georgia & Kansas Aves. @ TEP Entertainment) 10AM-5PM
La Clinica del Pueblo, Inc.
2815 15th Street NW, 2009
Diversity Park (Columbia Rd & Euclid St.) 10AM - 4PM (near Columbia Heights Metro)
PreventionWorks!
2501 Benning Road NE, 20002
Onsite @ 2501 Benning Road NE 10AM-4PM
Project Orion, Andromeda Transcultural Health
1400 Decatur Street NW, 20011
DC Caribbean Festival (Georgia Ave & Otis St.) 10AM-3PM
SMYAL-Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League
410 7th Street SE, 20003
Metro Teen AIDS @ Greenleaf Rec. Center 11AM-5PM (SW at the Waterfront Metro).
Transgender Health Empowerment (T.H.E.)
1414 North Capitol Street NW, 20002
Onsite @1414 North Capitol Street NW 12-4PM
Us Helping Us, People Into Living
3636 Georgia Avenue NW, 20010
3636 Georgia Avenue NW
Whitman-Walker Clinic
1701 14th Street NW, 20009
Artomatic (55 M Street, SE) 12PM-6PM (Navy Yard Metro) P Street Beach (23rd & P) 12-3PM DuPont Circle (20th & Mass) 3-6PM
Family & Medical Counsel. Service, Inc.
2041 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 20020
Onsite @ 2041 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, All Day
Unity HealthCare
3720 MLK Jr. Avenue SE, 20032
Onsite @ 3720 MLK Jr. Avenue SE, All Day
Community Education Group
3233 Penn. Ave. SE
Washington, DC 20020
With PreventionWorks! 2501 Benning Road NE
Mary's Center
2333 Ontario Road NW, 20009
Diversity Park ( Columbia Rd & Euclid St .) 10AM - 4PM (near Columbia Hgts Metro)
The Women's Collective
1277 Brentwood Rd, NE, 20017
Neighborhood testing (1277 Brentwood Rd, NE ) 10AM-6PM
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