World AIDS Day Observances in Manhattan – 2009 – Universal Access & Human Rights.

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December 1st is a major observance of World AIDS Day when we remember those who have died from AIDS. It is an opportunity for individuals and group from across the world to come together to remember,and demonstrate worldwide support to, people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS. It is the one day in the year where issues surrounding HIV and AIDS can take center stage.

The Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA) strongly encourages faith-based communities to make the most of World AIDS Day 2009 by engaging in some form of workshop, event, or advocacy focused on HIV and AIDS.

The global theme for 2009 and 2010 World AIDS Day is «Universal Access and Human rights» chosen by the World AIDS Campaign, a network of civil society groups active in the response to HIV and AIDS, including EAA.

The theme encourages us to deepen understanding, develop partnerships and challenge discriminatory laws, and practices that stand in the way of access for all to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support. When human rights are not respected, people living with HIV and AIDS are vulnerable to stigma and discrimination, illness, economic insecurity, and reduced access to treatment.

Over the past years there have been some encouraging advances in the global response to HIV and AIDS We have seen increased commitment around the world to respond to HIV and AIDS in national and local initiatives, in churches and religious organizations and in civil society.


Below is a listing of World AIDS Day Observances throughout NYC. I encourage you to join with the community in leadership and solidarity and help promote universal access, human dignity and respect and protect the human rights of people living with or affected by HIV

Let’s remember our brothers and sisters throughout the world who are affected by HIV and AIDS. Please contact the programs directly, if you have any questions about the events. The list will be updated and distributed weekly. Have a safe and peaceful Thanksgiving!

WORLD AIDS DAY OBSERVANCES 2009

Manhattan

Saturday, November 28th

“National Action Network’s Commemoration of World AIDS Day 2009” at House of Justice Auditorium, 106 W. 145th Street. Saturday, November 28th, 9:00 am – 11 am. Join N.A.N. Members, public officials, faith-based and community based organizations, and advocates from the HIV/AIDS community. . Tune in live on WLIB 1190 AM
or the internet @ http://www.nationalactionnetwork.net. For more information contact Joe Sellman at 646-302-8959

Sunday, November 29th

• “Remembrance Advent 2009 and Pre-World AIDS Days 2009 Service”, Sunday, November 29th, 12 Noon – 2:00 p.m., Riverside Church in the City of New York,
  490 Riverside Drive, New York.  Sponsored by AIDS Service Center New York City, For more information contact Oliver Martin at 212-561-1787. ##
  

Monday, November 30th

• “Here I Am” – A portrait of one East Harlem resident living with AIDS: Short documentary screening and discussion at Mount Sinai School of Medicine,
  Annenberg 12th floor, Auditorium 12-01, 1468 Madison Ave at E. 100th Street. Monday, November 30th, 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.,
  For more information contact Jessica Acuna @Jessica.acuna@mssm.edu <mailto:Jessica.acuna@mssm.edu> ##
  
  Tuesday, December 1st
  
  “Iris House’s World AIDS Day Celebration”, at Iris House, 2348 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. Between 137th & 138th Street. Tuesday, December 1st
  10 a.m. – 3:00 pm. Come in for a short memorial program, learn more about the theme and get tested. For more information, call 646-548-0100
  “Do You Know What Today Is?”IF NOT .. Find Out at These Locations. At multiple locations:  1) 125th Street in front of the State Office Building
  on Adam Clayton Powell Blvd., 2)  116th Street and 3rd Avenue; 3) 42nd Street – 7th Avenue at Times Square; 4) 14th Street at Union Square Park, and
  5) City Hall Park.  Tuesday, December 1st, 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. It’s Time to Remember Sponsored by over 50 different agencies.
  For more information call 212-828-6141 ##
  “Take The Lead….Stop AIDS – Keep The Promise”, WAD MEMORIAL at The New York Public Library – Harlem Branch, 9 West 124th Street between 5th and Lenox Avenues, Tuesday, December 1st, 4:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. For more information call 212-749-3656 ext 3106 ##
  “Candlelight Vigil”, at The New York Restoration Project Community Garden, 103rd Street and Park Avenue. Tuesday, December 1st, 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., , Sponsored by Mount Sinai Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs For more information please contact Jessica Acuna (Jessica.acuna@mssm.edu <mailto:Jessica.acuna@mssm.edu> ) ##
  World AIDS Day 2009 Bienestar Center Event, Union Settlement Association, 237 E 104th Street between 2nd and 3rd Ave. Tuesday, Dec 1st , 5 p.m.-9 p.m,. For more information contact Rebecca Torres, 212-828-6151    ##
  “Interfaith service in commemoration of World AIDS Day (in Spanish)” at United Methodist Church of the Village, 7th Ave, corner of 13th Street in Manhattan, Tuesday, December 1st 5:30 pm. Sponsored by Latino Commission on AIDS. Para información llame al 212-675-3288
  Servicio Memorial Latino Del SIDA: Comunidades de Fe Latinas Responden. La Iglesia del Village, Una Iglesia Metodista Unida Progresista,
  201 W de la Calle 13 (Esquina con la 7a Ave.) 1 de Diciembre 5:30 PM Vigilia, 6:00 PM Servicio Interreligioso.
  Tren 1,2,3 hasta la estación 14th Street. Linea informativa sobre el SIDA en el Estado de Nueva York 1-800-233-7432 ##
  “Viva el Barrio!” Community Party. At Julia de Burgos Cultural Center, Lexington Avenue and 106th Street, Tuesday, December 1st, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. A night of live music, speakers, and free food. For more information please contact Jessica Acuna (Jessica.acuna@mssm.edu <mailto:Jessica.acuna@mssm.edu> ) ##
  “Out of the Darkness”, Candlelight Vigil, at Trinity Lutheran Church of Manhattan, 164 West 100th Street (at Amsterdam Avenue, Tuesday, December 1st , 6 p.m., Candlelight Vigil  begins, followed by procession to Broadway UCC Church 2504 Broadway at 93rd Street; 6:30 pm reading of the names; 7:00 pm WAD Gathering. For more information call 212-367-1016 or e-mail krishnas@gmhc.org <mailto:krishnas@gmhc.org> ##
  

• Memorial Services & Celebration of Life, at Rivers of Living Waters Family Worship Center, 1854 Amsterdam Ave (Corner of 152nd  Street – St. Luke A.M.E. Church). Tuesday, December 1st, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. Refreshments will be served from 6-7 and Service begins at 7 p.m. For more information contact Margaret Reneau at 212-961-4283 ##
  

• “Stand With Us – Walk With Us -World AIDS Day 2009”, Episcopal Response to AIDS at Christ & Saint Stephen’s Church, 120 West 69th Street, Tuesday,  December 1st, 6:30 p.m. . Special Holy Eucharist and reception. ERA’s grants for 2010 will be announced.  Everyone is invited to submit the names of those they would especially like us to pray for at the website: http://www.erany.org <http://www.erany.org> ##
  

Wedensday, December 2nd

• “Cafecito Discussion with Leaders in HIV/AIDS Advocacy Education, and Care in NYC” at East Harlem Café on Lexington Avenue and 104th Street. Wednesday, December 2nd, 6:00 p.m., For more information please contact Jessica Acuna (Jessica.acuna@mssm.edu <mailto:Jessica.acuna@mssm.edu> ) ##
  

Thursday, December 3rd

• “HIV and the City, the Current Challenges of Practice, Prevention and Policy in NYC”, A panel discussion for students at Mount Sinai School of Medicine Annenberg Building,, 1468 Madison Avenue at E.100th St. Thursday, December 3rd 7:00 p.m. For more information please contact Jessica Acuna (Jessica.acuna@mssm.edu <mailto:Jessica.acuna@mssm.edu> ) ##
  

Friday, December 4th

• “Universal Access and Human Rights: Focus on Adolescents and Their Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support as a Critical Part of Human Rights – World AIDS Day event”, at Jacob Javits Federal Building, 26 Federal Plaza, 6th Floor Conference Center, Friday, December 4th, 9:00 a.m. – 1 p.m., Sponsored by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Region II. RSVP by Friday, November 27th.  For more information or to RSVP  call 212-264-2560 ##
  “A Celebration of Life” – A special Tribute to Honor All our Client on World AIDS Day, at Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, 281 Park Avenue South, Manhattan, Between 22nd and 21st Street, Friday, December 4th, 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. #6 Train to 23rd Street. For more details call Michelle 347-203-3476 or Steve 718-751-5878 ##
  “Unfinished Business” Grand Street Settlement, 80 Pitt Street, New York, NY, Friday, December 4th, $3 entry fee, 5 p.m. – 11 p.m.. For more information call 212-674-1740 ##
  
  “When My Reality Conflicts with My Theology!, A Continuing Open Discussion”, at Second Providence Baptist Church, 11-16 West 116th Street, (Community Health and Awareness Ministry). Saturday, December 5th, 9:30 am – 2:00 pm.  HIV, AIDS, Domestic Violence, Men, Women, Stigma, Fault, Blame, Race, He Loves Me!, Those People! For more information contact Rev. Londro B. Wilson at 718-434-9350 or Rev. Lidia Leudo at 917 553-8686. ##
  

Saturday, December 5th

Wednesday, December 9th

• “World AIDS Day 2009 Festivities – Removing Barriers, Addressing Stigma”, at the historic National Black Theatre, 2031-33 Fifth Ave between 125th and 126th. Wednesday, December 9th, 5:00 pm – 9 pm. Featuring special musical performances by ARC Choir and Rapper Doug E. Fresh. For more information or to RSVP (by November 27th) contact Mr. Escott Solomon at 212-423-2741 or via e-mail at Escott.Solomon@ngsc.org <mailto:Escott.Solomon@ngsc.org> ##
  

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Light for Rights: World AIDS Day 2009

November 23, 2009— An international campaign to spotlight World AIDS Day, December 1, has been organized by a partnership among amfAR, UNAIDS, the World AIDS Campaign, and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The Light for Rights campaign urges all of us to “keep the light on HIV and human rights,” and involves the dimming of public lights, followed by their return to full brightness.

In New York City’s Washington Square Park, dignitaries and speakers including UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, amfAR Chairman Kenneth Cole, actress and UNAIDS goodwill ambassador Naomi Watts, and other special guests will watch as the floodlights illuminating the Washington Square Arch are extinguished and then restored. As part of the event, the marquee lights of major Broadway theaters will also be dimmed.

amfAR and its partner organizations have created a special World AIDS Day website (www.lightforrights.org) that provides facts about HIV/AIDS, descriptions of Light for Rights activities can be organized in other locations, social networking ideas, and templates for op-eds and letters to the editor.

Since HIV/AIDS was first reported almost three decades ago, the virus has decimated populations around the globe and results in approximately 2 million deaths each year.

In 2008, the last year for which figures are available, 2.7 million people were newly infected with HIV, 40 percent of whom were young people between the ages of 15 and 24. The number of new infections continues to outpace the number of people receiving treatment.

World AIDS Day 2009 New York City. December 1, 2009 Events

Bronx, NY

Remembrance, Honor and Hope Ceremony
11AM to 3PM
Monsignor Del Valle Square at So. Blvd.  163rd St.
(alternate rain space: 953 Southern Blvd., Suite 201)
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Brooklyn, NY

World AIDS Day Interfaith service
(St Augustine Church, 116 6th Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn) (7pm)
Join others who are taking a spiritual and physical journey through AIDS.
There will be music by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Manhattan,
and on display will be a collection of paintings titled, «Preparation Series».

World AIDS Day Event
Coney Island Cathedral, 2816 Mermaid Ave, in Brooklyn. Dec. 1st, 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.,
Sponsored by Amethyst Women’s Project and
National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS of NYC.
For more information contact Nicole or Eric at 718-333-2067

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Watchful Eye Testing, Outreach and Prevention Initiative

In collaboration with Caribbean Women’s Health Association

Commemorates World AIDS Day 2009

“Universal Access and Human Rights”
Honoring
Tracy Mack
Natashua Rice
Pastor Christina Walker
NYC Councilman Al Vann
OnTuesday, December 1, 2009
At Brooklyn Borough Hall 209 Joralemon Street 12 noon
Performances by

The Housing Works Choir & “The Queen of Gospel Pop” Kristina Halloway
For further info please call—347-533-4300 www.ourwatchfuleye.org

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Join Gay Men of African Descent for a tasty and informative breakfast on World AIDS Day Tuesday, December 1st where representatives from Project ACHIEVE and ACRIA will present updates on the state of HIV vaccine research.

10AM to 12PM

Columbus Gaskins
Testing Coordinator
Gay Men of African Descent, Inc
44 Court Street, Suite 10
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Please RSVP at 718-222-6300 Ext 117

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Manhattan, NY

December 1, 2009Do You Know What Today Is? If Not………..
Find Out At These Locations!!

125th Street in front of the State OfficeBuilding on Adam Clayton Powell Blvd.
116th Street and 3rd Avenue 42nd Street 7th Avenue at TimesSquare
14th Street at Union Square Park
City Hall Park Tuesday December 1, 2009 12:00pm to 4:00pmItx02bc;s
Time To Remember….. For More Information Call(212) 828-6141
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OUT OF THE DARKNESS
Candlelight Vigil Begins at 6:00 pmTrinity Lutheran Church of Manhattan

164 West 100th Street – (at Amsterdam Avenue)
Candlelight Procession to Broadway UCC Church2504 Broadway (at 93rd Street)
Time of Reflection and Reading of Names of Those We Have Lost to AIDS Begins at 6:30 pm

World AIDS Day Gathering Begins at 7:00 pm
Wheelchair accessible and ASL interpreted.Refreshments served following the gathering.
For more information, call (212) 367-1016 or write to krishnas@gmhc.org

Co-Sponsors:  American Run for the End of AIDS,
Broadway United Church of Christ, Gay Men’s Health Crisis,
International AIDS Prevention Initiative, Keith Haring Foundation,
LIFEbeat:  Music Industry Fights AIDS,
Trinity Lutheran Church

To download event flyers go to
http://www.haevents.org

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City Hall Park — 24 Hour Reading of Names of those we have lost in the Struggle
For a 24-hour period beginning on December 1, 2009, activists, volunteers
and those living with HIV and AIDS will read names continually at City Hall
in lower Manhattan to memorialize loved ones, to raise awareness about the twin crises
of HIV/AIDS and homelessness, and remind the world that AIDS is not over.

Come by City Hall Park on December 1, any time day or night, to join in reading the names
of those you have lost to HIV/AIDS.
Go to http://www.Housingworks.org/worldaidsday for more information
and to submit a name of a loved one to memorialize.
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TAKE THE LEAD…. STOP AIDS – KEEP THE PROMISE
4:00 pm – 7:30 pm

National WORLD AIDS DAY event at the New York Public Library – Harlem Branch.
New York Public Library – Harlem Branch
9 West 24th Street
New York, New York 10027
To download event flyers go to
http://www.haevents.org

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«Interfaith service in commemoration of World AIDS Day (in Spanish)»
United Methodist Church of the Village, 7th Ave, corner of 13th Street in Manhattan,
5:30 pm. Sponsored by the Latino Commission on AIDS.Para información llame al 212-675-3288

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1 de Diciembre Dia Mundial del SIDA
La Iglesia del Village,Una Iglesia Metodista Unida Progresistal
201 W de la Calle 13 (Esquina con la 7a Ave.), New York, NY
5:30 PM Vigilia, 6:00 PM Servicio Interreligioso

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“LIVE POSTIVE!” organized by Mount Sinai
HERE I AM
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
World AIDS Week Presents
Short documentary screening & discussion
Sponsored by: The Department of Medicine, the Center for Multicultural Affairs, the Gold Foundation for Humanism in Medicine, Student
Council, Mount Sinai Alumni Association & AMSA
Monday November 30 2009
6:30-8 PM
Annenberg 12th floor, Auditorium 12-01
FREE FOOD & DRINK FROM PIOPIO!
Watch out for more World AIDS week events beginning November 30
A portrait of one East Harlem resident living with AIDS

On World AIDS Day, December 1st, there will be a Candlelight Vigil in the Community Garden on E. 103rd and Park Avenue where there will be music, spoken word, and acknowledgements of those impacted by HIV/AIDS in East Harlem. Immediately after the vigil is the annual Viva El Barrio community celebration at Julia de Burgos Cultural Center where there be music, dance performances, food, and good times!

On December 2 in the East Harlem Café (E.104th and Lex) there will be a provocative dialogue on HIV/AIDS education in NYC Public Schools, so please come by for a good cup of café and good conversation!

The last event is on December 3 where the medical students have organized a panel discussion to expose and build the capacity of their medical student peers about the state of HIV/AIDS in NYC.

SPONSORED BY: New York Restoration Project, American Medical Student Association,
and the Mount Sinai Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs

For more information please contact: Jessica Acuna (Jessica.acuna@mssm.edu)

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The Riverside Church invites you to be with us on
Sunday, November 29, 2009

The Riverside Church in the City of New York
490 Riverside Drive, New York City

Sunday Morning Worship
Every Sunday at 10:45 am in the Nave

We gather each week to sing and pray, and hear the Word proclaimed

Pre-World AIDS DAY Community Service Tables
12:00 noon – 2:00 pm

Community Service Tables with:

AIDS Service Center New York City
Casa Esperanza House of Hope
Global Ministry
NYC Faith in Action for HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Education Coalition
The Riverside Church Global HIV/AIDS Ministry
S.M.A.R.T. University
United Church of Christ HIV/AIDS Network
World Vision

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Convent Avenue Baptist Church

Invite you

Tangy’s Song! Is a compelling 20-minute documentary film that moves from fear to faith as one young HIV positive African-American woman shares more than just her amazing story but her song!

December 4, 2009

Convent Avenue Baptist Church

420 Convent Ave and 145^th Street

New York, New York 10031

Rev. Dr. Jesse T. William, Jr., Senior Pastor

Lower Sanctuary

6:00-8:00 PM

A discussion of the film will follow with Tangy Major

Light Dinner will be provided.

Confidential HIV Testing will be provided onsite from 6:00-7:30 PM

(Take the A, B, C, D trains to 145^th Station walk up the hill one block)

RSVP to HHaidsministry@aol.com by Nov 30, 2009

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QUEENS, NY

«STOP AIDS, KEEP THE PROMISE:  UNIVERSAL ACCESS  HUMAN RIGHTS»
9:30 am – 5:00 pm

94-20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd.
Jamaica, NY 11451
*** Free and Confidential HIV/AIDS Testing  STD/STI will be provided by ACQC’s Education
Co-Factors Departments in Health Services Center in RM 1F01, 1st Floor ***
For directions and all information contact Robert Steptoe or Melissa Robertson
@ Queens HIV CARE Network, 718.739.2525
Or, contact Sharon Hawkins, Manager of Health Services Center,
Room 1F01, at York College – 718-262-2050

To download event flyers go to
http://nycfia.org/id34.html

Mexicanos Unidos: VOCES MEXICANAS en el Dia Mundial del SIDA. 2008

VOCES MEXICANAS en el Día Mundial del SIDA

 

Al celebrar un aniversario mas del Día Mundial del SIDA, Mexicanos Unidos reafirma su compromiso de seguir trabajando en la prevención del VIH/SIDA en nuestra comunidad Mexicana/Latina.

Vean nuestro programa especial por el Dia Mundial del SIDA: VOCES MEXICANAS en el Dia Mundial del SIDA. Lunes, 1 de Diciembre. 9am, 2:30pm y 7pm. canal 57 (por cable en Manhattan) o por Internet en www.mexicanosunidos.org/1diciembre.html

La población mexicana continúa creciendo rapidamente en Nueva York. Esta gran ciudad que nos ha abierto las puertas y nos ha brindado oportunidades que no teniamos en nuestro lugar de origen en México. Ademas de todas las cosas positivas que ofrece Nueva York, tambien hay peligros de los cuales necesitamos cuidarnos.

Miles de personas continuan adquiriendo el virus que causa el SIDA. Necesitamos seguir hablando sobre el tema. Los padres necesitan hablar con sus hijos sobre lo importante de protejerse, si es que van a tener relaciones sexuales. Los adolescentes, jovenes, mujeres, homosexuales, medios de comunicación, religiosos, inteletuales, artistas… todos necesitamos involucrarnos en la lucha contra esta epidemia que esta matando a nuestros hermanos y hermanas. ¡UNIDOS PODEMOS!

Mexicanos Unidos

Ve este video en alta resolucion en: http://www.mexicanosunidos.org/1diciembre.html

Mexicanos Unidos: Trabajando en la prevención del VIH-SIDA en nuestra comunidad.

Bienvenidas y bienvenidos al blog de Mexicanos Unidos. Somos una organizacion formada por voluntarios. Trabajamos en la prevencion del VIH-SIDA. Tenemos dos sitios de internet: www.MexicanosUnidos.org Trabajamos en todos los condados de Nueva York: Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Manhattan y Staten Island.

Mexicanos Unidos is a not-for-profit volunteer organization, serving the Mexican and Latino/a community in New York City. Our mission is to promote HIV/AIDS prevention. Mexicanos Unidos uses art, the Mexican culture and traditions and other forms to promote the prevention of HIV/AIDS.

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VOCES MEXICANAS en el Dia Mundial del SIDA (1 de Diciembre) 2008