It's that time of year again. World AIDS Day is December 1st. DC is brimming with events to honor the occasion. No time for fancy introductions. Take out your calendars and let's get right to it.
Wednesday, November 30th
Washington Hospital Center Diabetes and HIV: discussion on how Diabetes can affect HIV wellness and care. Free HIV Testing 2–4 pm. NRH Auditorium. Also, Kidney Disease and HIV: discussion on how kidney disease can affect HIV wellness and care. Free HIV Testing 6 – 8:30 pm. True Auditorium. For more information, contact Mark Baker at (202) 877-6719.
CASA de Maryland, La Clínica del Pueblo HIV Testing, Prizes, and Games
8 am – 3 pm CASA de Maryland. 734 University Blvd. East Silver Spring, MD.
The DC Center presents The Infection Monologues, “stories about the way we now live…” co-sponsored by The DC Center HIV Working Group and Us Helping Us 8 pm at the Thurgood Marshall Center 1816 12th Street NW. Suggested donation $5. For more information, contact Brant Miller, brant@thedccenter.org
Whitman-Walker Health presents “Red Hot Night in the Nation’s Capital” at Urbana Restaurant & Wine Bar. Hosted by Kimpton Hotels to benefit Whitman-Walker, 2121 P St., NW, 6:00-8:00 pm. $10 Donation at door. Also, Whitman-Walker Health will observe World AIDS Day with its annual candlelight vigil at Dupont Circle beginning at 6:00 pm on. Moblie Unit will be available for testing during the vigil.
Sasha Bruce Youthwork will host “Red Light Special” a pleasure-focused, Safer Sex Education Party 745 8th Street SE 7:00-9:30pm. This event is for women 18-24 years old only.
December 1st
Registration opens for the International AIDS Conference to be held in DC July 22-27, 2012. For more information or to register, click here.
La Clínica del Pueblo (LCDP) and Empodérate Youth Center. HIV Testing at LCDP (2831 15th Street NW) and Mpodérate (3055 Mount Pleasant Street NW) 9 am – 4 pm. Also, a presentation: HIV Treatment Updates3:30 – 4:30 pm LCDP, 2831 15th Street NW, third floor. Dialogues on HIV/AIDS: Presented by Catalina Sol/CPO LCDP 4:45 – 5:15 pm and the Service of Remembrance 5:15 – 6:00 pm. Both will be held at LCDP, 2831 15th Street NW, first floor. Candlelight vigil and walk from La Clínica del Pueblo’s main site to Empodérate Youth Center6 – 7 pm. For more information, contact Manuel J. Diaz-Ramirez, (202) 507-4801 mdiazramirez@lcdp.org.
National Council of Negro Women will host a DC City Council Awareness Health Fair in honor of World AIDS Day exhibiting, distributing HIV/AIDS Information and Prevention Messages. 11:00 am - 2:00 pm in the atrium of the John A. Wilson Bldg., 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington DC. For more information, contact Ms. Phronie Jackson pjackson@ncnw.org
DC Fights Back will host a rally to house the 900+ people on the AIDS housing waiting list. 12 noon. Washington DC Field Office Housing and Urban Development. 820 First Street NE (Courtyard). For more information, contact DC Fights Back dcfbadvocacy@gmail.com
Howard University and National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA) present second International Conference on HIV Stigma. 8 am – 4 pm at Howard University Blackburn Center 2400 6th Street NW. For more information, click here.
Children's National Medical Center presents a panel discussion about the HIV epidemic over the past decade in the hospital and in the community, followed by a vigil. 9-10 am. Main auditorium, Hospital, 111 Michigan Ave. NW.
The Women’s Collective, National Council of Negro Women, National Medical Association will host a flashlight Vigil 5–6 pm Lower Senate Park , corner of C Street and Delaware Ave, NE (across the street from Union Station). For more information contact Tinselyn Simms-Hall, tinselyn@womenscollective.org ( 202) 483-7003
AIDS 2012 Host Committee and UNAIDS will host a World AIDS Day Commemoration: From Local to Global: Finding Common Cause in the AIDS Responsewith musical performance by Uganda’s Hope for Africa Children’s Choir. The moderator will be Dr. Helene Gayle, President and CEO of Care with remarks from local and global leaders.6:30 – 8:30 pm Union Station. For more information contact Dana Rabkin at (202) 223-7614.
Black Leadership Commission on AIDS of DC and Vicinity will host an Ecumenical Worship Service 7 pm at Nineteenth Street Baptist Church4606 16th St, NW. For more information: (202) 541-1031.
Latin American Youth Center, Food and Friends, La Clínica del Pueblo, Children’s National Medical Center, The Women’s Collective, Metro Teen AIDS, Latin American Youth Center, SMYAL and DC Concerned Providers presents a screening of “The Other City” documentary 4 – 5:45 pm 1419 Columbia Road NW, Washington, DC 20009. For more information, call (202) 319-2225.Also, “The Battle” performance7:30-9 pm at the Warehouse Theater. 1021 7th Street, NW.
Metro Teen AIDS, The Women’s Collective, WKYS, SMYAL presents the second annual Golden Ticket: The Party for Prevention. Ages 13 – 24 only. 5–8 pm at K Street Lounge 1301 K Street, NW (close to McPherson Square Metro) For more information, please visit www.realtalkdc.orgor text “GOLDEN TICKET” to 61827.
Saturday, December 3
Churches on the Frontline (The Community Church of Washington, DC, Bethel Christian Church-DC, City of Refuge-DC, Covenant Baptist UCC and Inner Light Ministries) will host the second annual World AIDS Day Prayer Breakfast Howard University School of Divinity 9-11 am1400 Shepherd Street, NE. For more information contact Deacon Tawana Jones tjones@ccwdc.org (202) 709-0886 or Dwayne L. Smith linroy62@yahoo.com (202) 906-9425.
Us Helping Us, People Into Living, Inc. will host its Annual Awards Reception, A Passion For Living. 6 - 9 pm, at the Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth Street, SW, Washington, DC, 20024. Tickets are $125 and can be purchased online. For more information, click here.
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