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World AIDS Day 2003 |
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World AIDS Day EventsA Small Selection of the Thousands of Events Going on Across the U.S.November 26, 2003
NationalWhat: KNOW HIV/AIDS Campaign to Support World AIDS Day (Viacom's cable networks will air nearly 20 HIV/AIDS-related specials and news updates.)
CaliforniaBerkeleyWhat: Food benefit: "Think Globally, Eat Locally!!" (25 percent of all proceeds will benefit HealthGAP and ACT UP East Bay.)
OaklandWhat: Advance Community Screening of the new documentary film "Pills, Profits & Protest: Voices of Global AIDS Activists" ($8 admission benefits film collective, HealthGAP & ACT UP East Bay.)
What: Political demonstration demanding full funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs, more funding for global AIDS, access to generic medications for developing countries, science-based prevention policies and cancelling the debts of developing countries. (Featured speakers: Barbara Lee, Nate Miley, Maudelle Shirek, John Iversen, Nunu Kidane and Gerald Lenoir.)
New YorkNew York CityWhat: Religious speakers featuring Gregory Maskwa
What: Free rapid HIV testing (All details are completely confidential, with results in 30 minutes.)
What: Special Preview Screening of Nickelodeon's and The N's Specials on Young People and HIV/AIDS (UNICEF, in partnership with the Kaiser Family Foundation, Nickelodeon and the teen network, The N, will screen excerpts from two new specials on youth and HIV/AIDS, "Nick News: The Courage to Live: Kids, South Africa and AIDS," and "A Walk In Your Shoes: Living With HIV/AIDS," before an audience of 200 young people from the New York area.)
What: Memory Box Project Benefit (An evening of art and awareness to benefit the Memory Box Project, a community outreach program of the University of Cape Town, South Africa.)
What: Free screening of "Damaged Goods," an HIV/AIDS documentary PurchaseWhat: Artist Derek Jackson speaks
MassachusettsBostonFor more information, read this event listing from AIDS Action Committee of MassachusettsProvincetownWhat: Candlelight Procession
TennesseeMemphisFor more information, read this event listing from Friends for Life
Washington, D.C.What: Free screening of "Damaged Goods," an HIV/AIDS documentary | ||