World AIDS Day is December 1st.
Worldwide the estimated number of people living with HIV is over 33 million. An estimated one million Americans are living with HIV.
To learn more about World AIDS Day 2008 in San Francisco and around the world please visit the following links. Please also scroll down for a special announcement about the event planned at the National AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park on December 1st.
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
AIDS 101 - Learning the basics about HIV and AIDS
HIV and AIDS treatment protocols
HIV Testing
HIV/AIDS Hotline - search more than 1,200 organizations providing HIV & STD services in California
AIDS Health Project, UCSF San Francisco
Positive Resource Center SF
Shanti - San Francisco
World AIDS Campaign
The State of AIDS in Africa
AIDS.gov - the U. S. Government AIDS website
National Library of Medicine - HIV/AIDS data and info
American Academy of HIV Medicine
World AIDS Day
Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
HIV Medicine Association
Pan American Health Organization (WHO - United Nations)
UN AIDS - Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS
World Health Organization (WHO) AIDS Section
San Francisco City Clinic - HIV/AIDS Advice
San Francisco Dept. of Public Health - HIV/AIDS Programs and Research in San Francisco
San Francisco City Clinic - Confidential Free HIV Testing in San Francisco
UCSF Aids Research Institute
Glide Free Health Care, San Francisco
HIV Insight - an information service from UCSF
Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center
City College of San Francisco - HIV Study and Research Resource Guide
City College of San Francisco - Biology 15: Biology of HIV
National AIDS Memorial Grove - Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
World AIDS Day in San Francisco:
The 15th Annual National AIDS Day Observance at the National AIDS Memorial Grove located in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
When: Monday, December 1, 2008 - Program starts at 12 Noon
Where: AIDS Memorial Grove, Golden Gate Park. (click here for map and directions)
The 15th annual World AIDS Day remembrance ceremony will be held on Monday, December 1st from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the National AIDS Memorial Grove in the Golden Gate Park. This year’s event marks the 27th year in the fight against AIDS and commemorating all those whose lives have been touched by the virus. The theme, Coming of Age with AIDS, focuses that
people of all ages are affected by HIV/AIDS, and the greatest risk for infection is amongst 18 to 26 year olds.
This year’s guest speakers are members of the Stirling Family, four of five whom are HIV- ositive. The Stirlings will speak about their family’s struggle with HIV-AIDS, their “coming out” and how these realities have changed their lives, including their adoption of an Ethiopian orphan who was also HIV positive. The family has been featured on Good Morning America and in the cover story of POZ Magazine this past January.
With respect to the Stirlings, Gina Gatta, 2008 World AIDS Day co-chair and NAMG board member said, “The Stirlings’ story is that of Ryan White’s challenges times four. Their story is powerful and inspiring for anyone facing challenging health care issues.”
In addition to Gina, co-chairs this year include Thom Weyand, NAMG board member, and 13 year-old Annie Wilson, the first teenager to ever co-chair the Memorial’s World AIDS Day.
This program will commence with a moment of coming together, led by Reverend Jim Litulski, pastor of the New Spirit Church in Berkley, followed by a musical interlude performed by the Hamlin School Choir. The observance will include a brief period at the end of the ceremony when visitors will be invited to move to the Circle of Friends, where the recently engraved names of those honored in the Circle will be read aloud.
The National AIDS Memorial is a seven-acre dell in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, a living tribute to all those whose lives have been touched by AIDS and where people gather to heal, hope and remember. Passage of the National AIDS Memorial Grove Act in 1996 bestowed national significance upon the memorial, which began as a grassroots effort by local residents searching for a positive way to express grief in a community devastated by AIDS.
The Grove is the only federally designated AIDS Memorial in the United States.
For more information about the Grove Award and World AIDS Day at the National AIDS Memorial, please call or visit AIDSMemorialGrove.org
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