Light For Rights events are happening in cities and towns all over the world and will bring thousands of people together on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2009, to honor those we have lost to AIDS and to highlight the fundamental rights we all share. See below for an updated list of scheduled events, and learn how you can get involved and organize your own Light For Rights event.
Light For Rights New York City Event
Washington Square Park, NYC, US
12/01 • 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Map)
The New York City Light for Rights event will feature United Nations Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon, amfAR chairman Kenneth Cole, UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador Naomi Watts,
actress Susan Sarandon, New York City Speaker of the City Council Christine C.
Quinn, UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director Paul DeLay, and Broadway stars Lillian
White and Cheyenne Jackson. Lights on the Washington Square Park Memorial Arch
will go off at 6:15 and will be turned back on by 6:20. Other participating venues
turning off their lights in New York City include all Broadway theaters, Madison
Square Garden, Lincoln Center, the Chrysler Building, and the Brooklyn Bridge.
World AIDS Day Service of Remembrance
Metro Baptist Church, NYC, US
12/01 • 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (Map)
You are invited to share in this ecumenical gathering of remembrance on World
AIDS Day. Sponsored by the Metropolitan Community and the Metro Baptist Churches
in New York City. Event hosted…
World AIDS Day March & Rally
Boston, Massachusetts
12/01 • 5:00 p.m.
New Era: Movement in Motion is seeking to end the HIV/AIDS
crisis, in communities of color, in direct response to the 2005 State of
Emergency declared by Boston's City Council. New Era hopes to dismantle
stigma by building meaningful dialogue; harness the strength of our
spiritualities/faith in order to break the silence and stigma; as well
as utilize our creativity, skills and talents to disseminate accurate,
relevant, and culturally appropriate HIV/AIDS resources. We are friends
and families of the infected. We are organizers, artist, the faithful,
youth, adult, and LGBTQ. We are the affected. We are committed to
breaking the silence and addressing the disproportionate rates of
HIV/AIDS infection amongst our communities. New Era is a movement to
infect public health systems with love & social justice values; as well
as affect the community's ability to build and sustain a collective
grassroots response.
Benson AIDS Concert
St Marks in the Bowery, 131 E 10th Street, New York, US (Map)
12/06 • 3pm -5p.m.
Gilles Denizot New York Recital / World AIDS Day Concert
Get Talking: A World AIDS Day Event
People Lounge, 163 Allen Street, New York, US (Map)
12/01 7pm-9pm
Join us for Get Talking: A World AIDS Day Event at People Lounge on Tues,
Dec. 1!
World AIDS Day - Montreal
Parc de l\'Espoir, Montréal, Quebec
12/01 • 5:30pm
Join us on Tuesday, Dec 1 for World AIDS Day for ILLUMINATION at Parc
de l\'espoir (Panet & Ste. Catherine) at 5:30 pm and then walk in a candlelight
vigil to St. James United Church (just east of The Bay) for the BELIEVE concert
at 7 pm. Together we do make a difference!
Joignez-vous à nous le mardi 1 décembre pour la Journée
Mondial du sida. Illumination à Parc de l'Espoir (rue Ste-Catherine est
et Rue Panet) à 17h30 et marchons ensembles ver L'Église St James
United (Ste-Catherine ouest [est de La Baie])pour le concert 'Believe' à 19h.
Ensembles ça marche !
World AIDS Day
Coney Island Cathedral, 2816 Mermaid Ave, Brooklyn, NY, US
12/01 • 4:00 p.m. (Map)
World AIDS Day is December 1 and we would like to invite you to our event
that will be taking place at Coney Island Cathedral located at 2816 mermaid Ave.
We will have free food, Raffles and…
Voices of Strength and Hope
Marble Collegiate Church, NYC, US (Map)
11/30-12/01 • 6pm
There will be a Service of Remembrance for World AIDS Day on Monday, November
30, at 6:00 p.m.; Marble Collegiate Church, 1 West 29th Street.
World AIDS Day Candlelight Walk & Healing Service
Daytona Beach, Florida, Our Lady of Lourdes Church (Map)
12/01 • 7pm-9pm
Outdoor Walk - 6:00 PM, Indoor Interfaith Healing Service 7:00 PM.
Waking Up to HIV: A Community Gathering
United Medical Center, Washington DC, US
12/01 • 5pm-7pm
Join us for the 1st Annual World AIDS Day Commemoration at United Medical
Center (formerly Greater Southeast Hospital.)
Yuma World AIDS Day, 2009
Yuma, Arizona, Arizona Western College (Map)
12/01 12pm-9pm
Please join us for a day of celebration and remembrance at AWC's wonderful
C3 Facility…
Conmemoración del Día Mundial de la lucha contra el
SIDA
Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Centro de Convenciones
12/01-12/02
All-day
En el marco del XI Congreso Nacional de SIDA, se llevará a cabo
en la capital del estado de Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutierrez, la conmemoración
oficial organizada por la Secretaría de Salud, el CENSID…
“Light for Rights events are happening all over the world.”
Organize your own event to raise awareness abut AIDS and Human Rights in your
community.
Learn how in our event guide.
MOTHERHOOD DENIED
VSSP - Via Toselli 1, Turin, Itlay (Map)
12/01 7pm-9pm
Every minute a woman dies from complications related to childbirth, pregnancy,
or unsafe abortion. Nearly all – 99 percent – of these deaths occur
in developing countries.
HIV/AIDS: ACCESS TO TREATMENT?
Athens, Greece, HELLENIC AMERICAN UNION (Map)
11/23 12pm-6pm
THE EVENT IS A DISCUSSION ON ACCESS TO TREATMENT FOR HIV/AIDS ORGANIZED
BY FOUR NGOs : DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS, DOCTORS OF THE WORLD, ACT UP HELLAS,
HelMSI…
SPEAK OUT AND CARE
London, UK, Southwark Cathedral (Map)
11/28 2pm-4m
The African HIV Policy Network, LEAT, Zimbabwean Women's Network and Southwark
Cathedral invite you to attend Speak out and Care: A World AIDS Day commemoration.
Red Carnival 2009 from PT Foundation
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
Sungei Wang Plaza (Map)
11/28-11/29 All-day
A 2 day street carnival to celebrate World AIDS Day 2009 with community
groups, celebrities and performers.
Stop the Counter
Yerevan, Armenia (Map)
12/01 4pm-7pm
Public Information and Need of Knowledge, Armenian Student
Forum, Real World - Real People, Positive People Armenian Network
non-governmental organizations are organizing "Stop the Counter" action
dedicated to World AIDS Day aiming to raise society\'s awareness and
consciousness about the spread of HIV and stigma & discrimination
against people living with HIV.
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Make your contribution! Stop the counter of HIV infecting.
ISMKI (Indonesian Medical Student Executive Boards' Association)
celebrate World AIDS Day
Surabaya, Indonesia,
Wijaya Kusuma Univ (Map)
11/29-12/02 All-day
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Know Your Status-
Sakoh, Dharamshala, District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India, Campus of IRBN,
Police Department
10/25 10am-4:30pm
The "National Family Health Survey 3 (2005-06)" reported that,
only 6% of rural women and 16% urban women in Himachal Pradesh knew the location
of the nearest Govt HIV Testing facil…
THE GRAND SLUMFEST III
Nairobi, Kenya,
Pangani Grounds (Map)
12/01
8:00am-6:00pm
This Event will be a one day campaign in Commemoration of the World Aids
Day. It takes place in Both Nairobi and Eldoret and it is organized by the
Medical Students Association of Kenya (MSAK…
World Aids Campaign, City Walk by Medical Students Association of
Kenya (MSAKE)
Eldoret, Kenya
12/01 9:30am-4:30pm
This Event will be a one day campaign in Commemoration of the World Aids
Day. It takes place in Both Nairobi and Eldoret and it is organized by the
Medical Students Association of Kenya (MSAK…
United We Stand a Chance
Canberra, Australia,
Venue
12/10 • All-day
“United we stand a chance” – help make a difference to
the lives of those suffering from the plight of AIDS by buying a calendar.
(But not just any calendar!). Not only does this calendar feat…