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World AIDS Day Events

A Small Selection of the Thousands of Events Going on Across the U.S.

November 26, 2003



National

What: KNOW HIV/AIDS Campaign to Support World AIDS Day (Viacom's cable networks will air nearly 20 HIV/AIDS-related specials and news updates.)
When: Dec. 1
Where: On your television
For More Information: visit www.kff.org/entpartnerships/KNOW-WAD-2003.cfm


California

Berkeley

What: Food benefit: "Think Globally, Eat Locally!!" (25 percent of all proceeds will benefit HealthGAP and ACT UP East Bay.)
When: Dec. 2, 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m and 5 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Where: Unicorn Pan Asian Cuisine, 2533 Telegraph
For More Information: call 510-841-4339 or visit www.unicorndining.com; to make reservations (strongly recommended), call 510-841-8098

Oakland

What: 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.)
When: Nov. 30, 3 p.m.
Where: Parkway Theater, 1834 Park Blvd.
For More Information: call 510-841-4339 or visit www.pillsprofitsprotest.org

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.)
When: Dec. 1, 12 p.m.
Where: Oakland Federal Building, 1301 Clay St.
For More Information: call the Priority Africa Network at 510-527-4099


New York

New York City

What: Religious speakers featuring Gregory Maskwa
When: Nov. 30, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: St. Francis Xavier Church

What: Free rapid HIV testing (All details are completely confidential, with results in 30 minutes.)
When: Dec. 1-6, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: NYU Center for AIDS Research
For More Information: call 212-263-3570 or visit www.hivinfosource.org

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.)
When: Dec. 1, 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Where: The Hitchcock/Rockefeller Auditorium, YWCA of the City of New York, 610 Lexington Avenue (at the corner of 53rd St.)
For More Information: call Rob Graham at 650-854-9400 (space is limited!) or e-mail rgraham@kff.org

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.)
When: Dec. 2, 6.30 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Where: Clockwork-Apple Gallery, 32 Gansevoort Street (at Hudson Street)
For More Information: visit www.memory-box.org

What: Free screening of "Damaged Goods," an HIV/AIDS documentary
Presented by Gay Mens' Health Crisis
When: Dec. 4, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Where: 119 West 24th St. (between 6th and 7th Avenues), Room 405, 4th Floor
For More Information: call 212-357-1013 or e-mail krishnas@gmhc.org

Purchase

What: Artist Derek Jackson speaks
When: Dec. 2, 4:30 p.m.
Where: Neuberger Museum of Art (admission is free), Purchase College, State University of New York, 735 Anderson Hill Road
For More Information: call 914-251-6112 or visit www.neuberger.org


Massachusetts

Boston

For more information, read this event listing from AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts

Provincetown

What: Candlelight Procession
When: Departing at 4 p.m.
Where: The Provincetown Schoolhouse Center parking lot, 494 Commercial St. Walking procession follows down Commercial Street and ends at the Bas Relief Park. All are invited afterward for refreshments at the ASGCC Provincetown office, 96/98 Bradford St.
For More Information: call 508-487-9445


Tennessee

Memphis

For more information, read this event listing from Friends for Life


Washington, D.C.

What: Free screening of "Damaged Goods," an HIV/AIDS documentary
Presented by District of Columbia Department of Health HIV/AIDS Administration
When: 7:00 p.m. (exact screening time to be announced)
Where: Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Tribute 10
For More Information: call 202-724-8782


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