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World AIDS Day is a time to reflect on the past, remember those we have lost to the disease, honor those with us, and look forward to the future. It is a time to promote awareness in support of prevention, care and services, and advocacy. This year, the HIV/AIDS Community in Cleveland created an unprecedented World AIDS Day event -- Cleveland Rocks! World AIDS Day 2010 was the culmination of a week long of events. Here is a brief week in review:
Cleveland City Council Resolution in Honor of World AIDS Day
Monday November 29, 2010
Volunteers, clients and staff of The AIDS Taskforce of Greater Clevland, along with Ohio Advocates youth members handed each Cleveland City Council person a hand-made clay red ribbon in honor of World AIDS Day as they entered the Council Chamber. Three City Council sponsors of the Resolution invited all of us to the front of the Chambers for recognition and to present the Resolution. You can read more about this by drs0043's post: Lights Out In Cleveland
World AIDS Day Awareness Flash Mob
Tuesday November 30, 2010
In an effort to build up media awareness around the continued need for prevention and services for individuals with HIV/AIDS and to promote the Cleveland Rocks World AIDS Day event, we staged a flash mob at Cleveland Tower City Center. Here's a video of the event:
Here is a photojournalist piece produced by our Local Fox 8 News channel that features Ohio Advocates Lawrence! This piece aired several times throughout the week.
City Club of Cleveland
Gregorio Millett, Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of National AIDS Policy
Thursday December 2, 2010
We had the honor of hearing Greg Millett discuss the developments of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and meeting with him. You can hear the podcast here and listen to his answer to Ohio Adovcate Lawrence about the future of youth living with HIV.
...until there's a cure.
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