There's so much that can be done to prevent HIV, raise HIV awareness, and lessen the stigma and discrimination associated with HIV. World AIDS Day is the perfect time to find out what it's like to live an HIV-positive life. Browse through this collection of ideas of what you can do on and around World AIDS Day.
Attend an Event | Get Interactive on TheBody.com | Hang Posters | Take a Stand | Tell the Government What You Think
From Chicago to Charlotte to Chad and everywhere in between, World AIDS Day is filled with many ways to show your support, educate yourself and raise awareness.
- Can the U.S. Positive Women's Network (PWN) Count On You?
Women living with HIV demand to be counted. Can we Count On You to uphold HIV+ women's rights? Take Action by signing PWN's petition now; submitting your own photo to PWN's photo booth; and watching and sharing videos of HIV+ women leaders speaking up!
From U.S. Positive Women's Network
- World AIDS Campaign Style Guide (PDF)
This style guide was created to ensure the success and consistency of the use of the graphics, posters, logos and texts provided by the World AIDS Campaign.
From World AIDS Campaign
- ADAP Beyond the Numbers: Advocacy Toolkit (PDF)
To assist seasoned and novice advocates in their efforts around the nation's AIDS Drug Assistance Programs, the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) has released an advocacy toolkit, which walks readers step by step through the development of an advocacy campaign. From identifying the root problem and potential solutions, to reaching out to legislators and the press, this toolkit provides plain-language tips to ensuring a successful campaign.
From National Minority AIDS Council
- Join AIDS.gov's Facing AIDS Project
World AIDS Day is an opportunity for us to work together to help reduce stigma around HIV and promote HIV testing. It takes just three easy steps to become part of this nationwide campaign.
From AIDS.gov
- 5 Ways to Be Greater Than AIDS
This campaign geared toward African Americans encourages folks to be involved and become the agent of change in their communities. From testing, peer advocacy and getting tested, learn how you can overcome HIV.
From Greater Than AIDS
- Act Against AIDS
Act Against AIDS is a multi-year, multi-faceted communication campaign that is being planned and released in phases. Each phase, with its own unique objectives and target audiences, will utilize mass media to deliver important HIV prevention messages in a manner designed to be compelling, credible and relevant.
From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Light for Rights
This campaign focuses on HIV and human rights by encouraging people to dim the lights on key landmarks to remember the devastating effect HIV has had on us all, and turn the lights back on to illuminate the fundamental rights we all share.
From World AIDS Campaign
- Join the Campaign to End AIDS
The Campaign to End AIDS (C2EA) is a diverse, exciting coalition of people living with HIV, their advocates and their loved ones. They are demanding that our leaders exert the political will to stop the epidemic, in the U.S. and abroad, once and for all. Please join them!
- Get Involved: The Black AIDS Institute
The Black AIDS Institute urges everyone to get personally involved not just for themselves, but for their community.
From Black AIDS Institute
- Talking With Your Children About HIV: HIV Awareness for Children
From The Well Project
- Become an AIDS Activist
From ACT UP New York
- Locate or Help Others Find Convenient U.S. HIV Testing Sites
Send a text message with your ZIP code to "KNOWIT" (566948) or visit www.hivtest.org.
- Start Your Own Peer Education Program (PDF)
From Advocates for Youth
- Donate Your Unused HIV Meds
From TheBody.com
- The 411 on Getting Tested for HIV
Know what to expect before you go.
From AIDS InfoNet
- Volunteer at an HIV/AIDS Organization
From TheBody.com
- Memorialize a Loved One Who Died From HIV/AIDS
From TheBody.com
- What We Can Do: Motivate and Educate! Sample Activities for HIV/AIDS Awareness
From American Association for World Health
- What We Can Do to Prepare for World AIDS Day 2011
From American Association for World Health
Many local and national elected officials in the U.S. are unaware of the pressing issues that the HIV community faces and that their constituents care about HIV/AIDS. Here's how to tell them.
