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Attend an Event | Plan an Event | Tell the U.S. Government What You Think | Take a Stand, Wherever You Are | Hang Posters
Plan an Event
John is only 12. But he was born with AIDS. Both his parents have AIDS but he's not living with them. Instead he's in foster care. To hear a little about his story and the stories of other children affected by HIV/AIDS, click here.
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Why You Should Participate in World AIDS Day Events
From World AIDS Campaign
Ways to Prepare for World AIDS Day
How to figure out what kind of World AIDS Day activity suits you and your community
From American Association for World Health
How to Get Involved in World AIDS Day
Guides to taking action in seven languages
From World AIDS Campaign
Innovative Activities Other Groups Have Held!
Steal these ideas, or find inspiration from them and come up with your own World AIDS Day event
From American Association for World Health
Get the Media's Attention
A step-by-step guide to getting media coverage of your World AIDS Day event, available in English, French, Russian and German
From World AIDS Campaign
What Unions Can Do (PDF)
Suggestions from the International Transport Workers' Federation
What Faith-Based Organizations Can Do
A guide to celebrating World AIDS Day from the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance
A Youth Leadership Kit
How young people can take leadership on World AIDS Day 2007
From Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS
Plan a Peace Tiles Workshops
Exchange artwork with people from another part of the world in honor of World AIDS Day
From Global Peace Tiles Project
Tell the U.S. Government What You Think
 Precious Jackson, Director of the Women's Program at the Center for Health Justice, West Hollywood, Calif.
"My message would be: Know your HIV status and know your partner's HIV
status and be willing to go get tested together. If they are not
willing to go get tested together, that's a red flag to move along."
To listen to Precious Jackson, click here (0.7 min., 284KB MP3).
For more thoughts on World AIDS Day, click here.
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Register to Vote
If you live in the United States, this Web page will walk you through the registration process. Once you're ready to vote, look below for ways to tell politicians what's on your mind
From Declare Yourself
Hold Politicians Accountable
U.S. politicians have a chance to alleviate the global epidemic. Learn about the bills they are considering and how to ask your representatives to make the right choices
From Global AIDS Alliance
Chat With the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator
Ambassador Mark R. Dybul will take questions from the public through an online forum on Nov. 30 at 2 p.m.
Read the online chat Ambassador Dybul held on World AIDS Day 2006 here
Urge Congress to Fix Bush's AIDS Plan
From Stop Global AIDS Campaign
Tell President Bush to Improve Children's Access to HIV Treatment
From Stop Global AIDS Campaign
Ask Presidential Candidates to Promise to Fight HIV/AIDS and Poverty
From The ONE Campaign
Take a Stand, Wherever You Are
Donate Your Unused HIV Meds
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World AIDS Day Logo
From the U.S. Office of Minority Health Resource Center
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Add a Virtual Red Ribbon on Your Web Site
From National AIDS Trust
Volunteer at an AIDS Organization
Memorialize a Loved One Who Died From HIV/AIDS
From The Body
Talk With Kids About HIV (PDF)
Tips on how to do it
From U.S. National Parent Teacher Association
Start Your Own Peer Education Program (PDF)
From Advocates for Youth
Wear a Red Ribbon
A brief story about how the AIDS awareness ribbon came to be
From BBC News
Demand Universal Access to HIV Treatment
Sign the AIDS Vote 2008 petition, which asks politicians to improve HIV prevention and guarantee treatment to everyone with HIV
Read AIDS Vote's 2008 Platform (PDF)
Post a Video Postcard
Demand better health care for people with HIV by posting a video on YouTube!
From Physicians for Human Rights
Click here to see the postcards other people have submitted
To watch Physicians for Human Rights call for submissions, click here
 Sign the Stop AIDS Leadership Pledge
Pledge to do one small thing to end the epidemic: promise to speak to family or friends about the epidemic; join a rally; write a letter demanding universal access to HIV treatment; volunteer; or donate to an AIDS charity (pledge forms available in several languages)
From World AIDS Campaign
Leading AIDS Groups Turn Up the Heat on '08 Presidential Candidates
GMHC's Report on the 2008 Presidential Candiates and HIV/AIDS (PDF) |
