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This is just a partial list of the many World AIDS Day activities around the world and across the United States. Check your local HIV/AIDS organization for additional events. Click here for a list of international HIV/AIDS organizations. Click here for a list of U.S. HIV/AIDS organizations.
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Across the Country
- FACE AIDS: Student World AIDS Day Events
Events to raise awareness of HIV are being held at campuses across the country.
- World AIDS Day 2008: LIFEbeat Events
LIFEbeat, the music industry's response to the AIDS epidemic, will hold free events at Virgin Megastores in Arizona, California, Colorado and Texas and concerts in New York City.
- Next Aid: World AIDS Day Events
Join a dance party in Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York City, Denver, Omaha, Phoenix, San Francisco, Syracuse and Washington D.C. to raise money for African children orphaned by AIDS.
In addition to the state-by-state list below, you can find additional U.S. World AIDS Day events here.
Alabama
Alaska
California
- World AIDS Day Rally at University of California, Davis (Dec. 1)
Hear a lecture by HIV-positive activist Dennis Fleming on Memorial Union Patio.
- World AIDS Day at the National AIDS Memorial (San Francisco, Dec. 1)
Participate in the National AIDS Memorial's 15th annual observance of World AIDS Day, and hear two members of a family affected by HIV share their experiences.
- AIDS in the World: A Light at the End of a Long, Dark Tunnel? (San Francisco, Dec. 1)
A lecture by HIV expert Dr. Warner Greene and a performance by the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony.
- World AIDS Day Candlelight Vigil (Santa Ana, Dec. 6)
A remembrance service organized by the AIDS Services Foundation of Orange County.
- 48 Hours To Action: UCLA's World AIDS Day (Los Angeles, Nov. 30 - Dec. 1)
Following a procession and rally, the University of California-Los Angeles will hold workshops for students on how to get involved in the fight against HIV and show performances and visual works by artist activists.
Read more about the World AIDS Day art showcase here.
- Hollywood Remembers (Los Angeles, Nov. 30)
A free show in Hollywood including choral works, video presentations and impersonators will honor Hollywood artists and entertainers who died of AIDS and the people who continue to fight AIDS today.
- World AIDS Day Bike Ride (Los Angeles, Nov. 30 - Dec. 1)
Take a bike ride through Los Angeles and then attend a 24-hour event at Beverly Hills High School.
- California Lutheran University's World AIDS Day (Thousand Oaks, Dec. 2)
A panel of HIV-positive speakers will share their stories and answer questions. A reception will follow.
Florida
- The 1st Annual Joel Lawrence Foundation AIDS Walk (Deland, Nov. 29)
Join a walk to benefit groups that assist children with HIV and provide HIV outreach services in the community.
- Prayer & Healing - Together We Can Lead (Fort Lauderdale, Nov. 30)
Attend a service in honor of World AIDS Day at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church.
- "Through the Eyes of Love," a World AIDS Day Art Exhibition (Fort Lauderdale and Miami, Nov. 26 - Dec. 14)
View a free showing of artworks made in response to the AIDS crisis at American Legion Post 29 in Miami and The Galleria in Fort Lauderdale.
- Manasota World AIDS Day (Sarasota, Nov. 22)
World AIDS Day at the New College of Florida will include an AIDS walk, a health and wellness expo and talks on HIV.
- Saint Augustine's World AIDS Day Leadership Service (Dec. 1)
Flagler College will host a health fair, guest speakers, free HIV testing and a candlelight procession.
- Tampa Bay's World AIDS Day Event (Dec. 5)
Come to an all-day World AIDS Day event featuring refreshments, free HIV testing, educational programs and information about opportunities to participate in research on HIV.
- Indian River County's World AIDS Day (Vero Beach, Dec. 1)
Free HIV testing and education at the Vero Beach Heritage Center.
Georgia
- Girls Night Out (Augusta, Dec. 3)
A forum for mothers, daughters, sisters, friends and strangers to discuss HIV, ask questions and be educated at Macedonia Baptist Church.
- Red Ribbon Ball (Augusta, Dec. 5)
Join the annual fundraiser for HIV services at St. Stephen's Ministry and hear live music, enjoy food and participate in a silent auction. Tickets are $25.
- "Spoken Word": Hear The Positive Truth (Augusta, Dec. 4)
Performances of poetry, spoken word and short stories related to living with HIV at the Sultry Sounds Cafe.
- World AIDS Day Chapel Service at Paine College (Augusta, Dec. 3)
- World AIDS Day Information Booth (Augusta, Dec. 5)
Visit Augusta Commons, where information about HIV will be distributed and cookies and cards will be sold.
- "Imagine a Day Without Art" World AIDS Day Events (Dalton, Dec. 1)
Join the Northwest Georgia AIDS Task Force's World AIDS Day events for a panel discussion, an art exhibit, performances, a memorial service and a candlelight vigil at Dalton State College.
Guam
Hawaii
- World AIDS Day Events on Hawaii, Oahu, Kauai and Maui Islands (Nov. 18 - Dec. 7)
You're invited to a participate in a variety of events throughout Hawaii, including a "Living Positive in Hawaii " photo exhibit, concerts, a display of the AIDS memorial quilt and a state-wide contest for middle- and high-school students.
Idaho
- World AIDS Day at Calypso's Coffee (Coeur d'Alene, Dec. 1)
Come to Calypso's Coffee for an evening of coffee, live music and special guests to honor those affected by HIV/AIDS.
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
- Free HIV Testing in Southeast Iowa (Fort Madison and Keokuk, Dec. 1)
Get a free HIV test in honor of World AIDS Day at Planned Parenthood of Southeast Iowa's two locations.
Kentucky
Louisiana
- World AIDS Day Walk (Lafayette, Nov. 29)
Following the walk in Heymann Park, stick around for a public, community event featuring food and entertainment.
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
- Facing the AIDS Challenge at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst, Dec. 1 - 5)
Join the University of Massachusetts for a week of AIDS awareness events and activism, including display of a portion of the AIDS Memorial Quilt.
- Massachusetts World AIDS Day (Boston, Dec. 1 - 8)
Participate in events throughout Boston, including a discussion of HIV/AIDS in the black church, a concert, a training session and a free event with a keynote address by Massachusetts Senator John Kerry.
- Gospel Music Concert in Honor of World AIDS Day (Dorchester, Nov. 30)
Hear a concert by the Boston Children's Choir and New Life Restoration Church Choir to benefit the Boston Living Center, a resource center for people with HIV. Tickets are $10.
- "Stop AIDS: Keep the Promise" Professional Education Day (Pittsfield, Dec. 1)
Social service providers who work with people with HIV are invited to a World AIDS Day training session on HIV treatment and social interventions. The program fee is $65.
Michigan
Missouri
- Kansas City World AIDS Day (Nov. 20 - Dec. 2)
Attend a fundraiser receptions (with tickets starting at $125) or a free leadership service at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church.
- CabarAIDS: AIDS Aid (Dec. 5 - 6)
Come to the Blue Note for a show promising "prizes, profanity, filth, fun and awareness" and the dance part that will follow. Tickets for the show, which will benefit Trail to a Cure, are $20, or $15 for students.
Nebraska
- Hastings College World AIDS Day Week (Dec. 3 - 4)
You're invited to join Hastings College's Peer HIV Education Organization for a special World AIDS Day chapel service and, the following day, a speech by a person living with HIV and a candlelight vigil with reading, music and an open mic.
Nevada
- World AIDS Day Soiree (Las Vegas, Dec. 1)
Enjoy an educational evening at The Palms including dinner, a silent auction, guest speakers and live jazz. Tickets are $30.
New Jersey
- The 3rd Annual World AIDS Day Extravaganza (Newark, Dec. 1)
Come to a free event at Newark Symphony Hall designed to educate and empower the community by teaching about HIV prevention, offering access to HIV testing and sharing the stories of people with HIV.
New Mexico
New York
New York City
- World AIDS Day at Riverside Church (New York City, Nov. 30)
Mark the night before World AIDS Day by attending a free event featuring speeches by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and other prominent leaders, entertainment, a candlelight remembrance ceremony and a reception.
- 14th Annual "Reading of the Names" Vigil NYC (New York City, Dec. 1)
- My Hero Gala: A World AIDS Day Fundraiser (New York, Dec. 1)
Join Aid for AIDS for a silent auction, dinner and awards ceremony to fund services for people living with HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean region and HIV-positive immigrants in New York City. Tickets start at $500.
- BET Rap It-UP/Black AIDS Short Film Showcase and After-Party (Dec. 1 - 2)
See four films that look at the African American AIDS epidemic, participate in a question-and-answer session with an HIV prevention expert and attend an after-party. Tickets for the film showcase start at $25, and tickets for the benefit concert and after-party to follow are $45. You can find more information about this event here.
- Positively Heroic: A World AIDS Day Event/Fundraiser (Dec. 1)
Come to a party in Chelsea in honor of World AIDS Day. A $20 donation to GMHC is suggested.
- TRILOGY: A One-Man-Show on the Beginning of the AIDS Epidemic (Nov. 21 and Dec. 1)
See d v brooks perform his three-part set of monologues on his life in the midst of the AIDS epidemic at The Welcome Center of Harlem. Tickets are $10.00, or $4.00 for people with AIDS.
- Community Health and Awareness Breakfast (Dec. 6)
Share a light breakfast and lunch and talk about what you are doing about HIV.
- World AIDS Day at the William F. Ryan Community Health Center (Dec. 3)
Bring a friend to get tested for HIV and both you are your friend will win a gift. Enjoy the live music, poetry readings and food.
- Chefs for a Cure (Nov. 30 - Dec. 1)
Over 20 restaurants will donate between 10 and 15 percent of their sales to amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research.
More events in New York City will be posted here.
Outside of New York City
- World AIDS Day Fair (Old Beth Page, Dec. 5)
Visit the Nassua-Suffolk HIV Care Network's free World AIDS Day Fair.
North Carolina
Ohio
- A Talk by the Author of My Pet Virus (Cleveland, Dec. 2)
Hear a talk at the Wyndham Hotel by the author of a memoir about growing up as an HIV-positive hemophiliac.
- World AIDS Day Conference (Worthington, Dec. 3)
Nurses, social workers and case managers are invited to a conference featuring sessions on HIV treatment and prevention.
Oklahoma
- World AIDS Day Tulsa (Dec. 1)
Attend an evening service at Unity Church featuring speeches on leadership, empowerment and the delivery of HIV services.
Oregon
- University of Oregon's Women's Center Commemoration (Eugene, Dec. 5)
Reflect on the global epidemic, promote awareness about transmission and prevention and celebrate the lives of people taken by AIDS at Erb Memorial Union Ballroom.
- World AIDS Day Prayer Service (Portland, Dec. 1)
Join the progressive, gay-friendly Metropolitan Community Church for a brief, mid-day commemoration of World AIDS Day.
Rhode Island
- Red Ribbon Dinner and Move To Stop AIDS (Providence, Nov. 30 - Dec. 1)
Join AIDS Project Rhode Island for a benefit dinner, awards ceremony and silent auction with dancing and a performance by the Gay Men's Chorus at the Providence Marriott Hotel. Tickets start at $60. The following day, participate in a five-hour dance-a-thon at Loom Studio.
South Carolina
Tennessee
- World AIDS Day International Film Series and ONE Voice (Nashville, Nov. 20 - Dec.1)
Check out an array of films, plays and music that focus on issues related to HIV throughout the world. These events, hosted by the Watkins School of Art, Design & Film and Meharry Medical College, are open to the public and will be followed by discussions on this year's theme of leadership.
Texas
- One Candle Finds the Way (Dallas, Dec. 5)
This luncheon benefit at the Hilton Anatole Hotel will feature the Women's Chorus of Dallas, a speech by the mother of the famed AIDS activist Ryan White and other speakers. Reservations can be made before December 1; tickets are $30 per plate.
- World AIDS Day Houston (Houston, Dec. 1 - 6)
View a listing of events to be held in Houston, most of which are free and open to the public, including a citywide candlelight vigil and a World AIDS Day information fair.
Washington
- Kitsap County World AIDS Day (Bremerton, Dec. 1)
Join the Kitsap County HIV/AIDS Foundation for this program of music, speakers and a candlelight vigil at the Norm Dicks Government Center.
- World AIDS Day Luncheon 2008: Stronger Together (Seattle, Dec. 4)
Several Seattle area groups have collaborated to host their fifth annual World AIDS Day Luncheon at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center, featuring music, performances and talks from seasoned AIDS activists. Registration is required, but the event is free and open to the public.
- Justice Project Team's World AIDS Day Celebration (Tacoma, Nov. 29 - 30)
Run a marathon, host a backyard event, clean up neighborhoods or reach out to folks in their communities in support of a home for AIDS orphans in South Africa.
Washington, D.C.
Australia
- Events in New South Wales
- Red Ribbon Day (New South Wales, Nov. 28 - Dec. 1)
Volunteer to sell red ribbons at work or on the street to commemorate World AIDS Day and support the gay health group AIDS Council of New South Wales.
- Sydney World AIDS Day Concert (Nov. 30)
Attend a benefit concert at the Star City Casino's Star Theatre in tribute to Australian musician Peter Allen, who died of AIDS in 1992. Tickets range from 60 to 70 Australian dollars.
Austria
Belgium
- Gaywatch Pool Party (Brussels, Nov. 21 - 22)
Put on your smartest swimsuit for the watery dance floor at Océade Water Park. Tickets are 22 Euros and up. All proceeds go to Brussels Gay Sports' 13th Swim For Life.
Cameroon
- World AIDS Day Rally and Exhibition (Yaounde, Dec. 1 - 5)
Students at more than 20 primary and secondary schools will rally for World AIDS Day at Congress Hall Yaounde, where there will be a free exhibition open to the public.
Canada
- "Voices of Hope/Voix D'Espoir" (Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Nov. 28 - Dec. 1)
Three HIV/AIDS treatment organizations are staging choral and orchestral concerts commemorating the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day at the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul in Montreal, the Metropolitan United Church of Toronto and the Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver. The concert organizers suggest attendees donate $20.
- Art and Activism for World AIDS Day (Vancouver, Nov. 27 - 30)
AIDS and arts groups in Vancouver have put together a roster of events that explore the relationship between HIV and artistic expression.
You can find more Canadian World AIDS Day events here.
Croatia
- "Think Positive" Rock Concert (Zagreb, Dec. 1 - 2)
Rock out at the fourth annual rock concert organized by the Croatian Association for HIV at Tvornica.
You can find more Croatian World AIDS Day events here.
Dominican Republic
You can find more Dominican World AIDS Day events here.
Egypt
You can find more Egyptian World AIDS Day events here.
Ghana
- World AIDS Day at Wa Technical Institute (Wa, Nov. 26)
Students at Wa Technical Institute will demonstrate their concern for people with HIV by holding a spelling bee, art contest and essay contest, reading poems and singing and dancing.
India
- World AIDS Day India (Nov. 10 - Dec. 1)
Indians can find rallies, road shows, competitions and other educational events in honor of World AIDS Day across the country.
- World AIDS Day Andhra Pradesh (Dec. 1)
Attend a massive rally in Ramayampet and participate in World AIDS Day cultural events planned in 25 villages in the area.
You can find more Indian World AIDS Day events here.
Kenya
You can find more Kenyan World AIDS Day events here.
Malta
- Red Party for Teens (Sliema, Nov. 30)
At Surfside Restaurant, Girl Guides will host an AIDS awareness event for young people.
Mexico
You can find more Mexican World AIDS Day events here.
Nigeria
- Eighth Great HOPE Walk (Lagos, Nov. 29)
To illustrate the world's coming victory against AIDS, HOPE Worldwide Nigeria will hold a tug-of-war contest at the National Stadium and then raise funds for its efforts with a 10k benefit walk.
You can find more Nigerian World AIDS Day events here.
Pakistan
- An AIDS Awareness Campaign by Tricycle (Karachi, Dec. 1)
For the second year in a row, the Infection Control Society of Pakistan will send a tricycle with an enormous AIDS ribbon on a tour of the city.
You can find more Pakistani World AIDS Day events here.
Singapore
- Love Amplified: A World AIDS Day Concert (Singapore City, Nov. 29)
See Singaporean pop stars at an AIDS awareness concert. Tickets are 28 Singapore dollars, but free tickets are being given out to people who take a HIV knowledge test.
South Africa
- World AIDS Day (Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town, Nov. 30)
Join the Human Sciences Resource Council Speeches for lectures on the state of AIDS in South Africa and what needs to be done.
- A World AIDS Work Stoppage (Nationwide, Dec. 1)
At noon, ask your colleagues, students, family or friends to set aside what they are doing for 15 minutes to reflect on the impact of HIV on South Africa and the world.
You can find more South African World AIDS Day events here.
United Kingdom
You can find more British World AIDS Day events here.
Uganda
- Youth Empowering Initiative's World AIDS Day Observance (Kasese, Nov. 25 - Dec. 5)
World AIDS Day activities for young people are planned throughout the week, culminating with a soccer match and a speech by the official representative of people living with HIV in the region.
You can find more Ugandan World AIDS Day events here.
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