Fun video of AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s Condom Nation big rig tour’s stop in Providence, Rhode Island. The big rig is on a 6-month mission to visit 25 states and distribute 10 million condoms along with offering free HIV testing in many locations.
Learn more at www.condom-nation.org and on Twitter: @condomnation
We bring you a message from social activist and critically acclaimed actor Blair Underwood, encouraging advocates and community members from the across the United States and around the world to join the “Keep the Promise” March on Washington this July 22.
If you’ve already made travel plans to be in Washington and participate in the “Keep the Promise” March in Washington on July 22nd, let us know on our Facebook page. Are your friends coming too? Create a team of 35 on the Keep the Promise community site to get a banner featuring your team name for the March.
Join us on July 22nd at 2pm at the Washington Monument grounds.
Together we can and will win the fight against AIDS.
For more information, please visit: www.keepthepromise2012.org
Have YOU Taken Action Yet? Don’t let Hershey’s get away with it!
Boycott Hershey’s: A Week of Action
Join us for a worldwide week of action to raise awareness about the Hershey’s Boycott. With protests in New York City, Pennsylvania, Mexico City, and New Delhi, India this week, is the time to raise your voice against Hershey’s HIV discrimination.
This boycott is the result of growing outrage over a Hershey Co. funded-school, Milton Hershey School, for denying admission to a 13-year-old boy due to his HIV-positive status. Citing the boy as a direct threat to the “health and safety” of other students, AIDS activists around the world are outraged with this decision and are boycotting all Hershey products until the company does the right thing and denounces its discrimination.
AN ACTION A DAY…
Sign the Petition
- Sign the No Kisses for Hershey Petition on Change.org and share it with your Facebook friends.
- Change your profile picture to the “Boycott Hershey’s” image, which you can download here.
- Update your status to say that you are boycotting Hershey’s and share the campaign page. (www.endHIVstigma.org)
- Tweet the message: It’s shocking that #AIDS discrimination against a child still happens. Sign the petition: http://chn.ge/GEA5DD #BoycottHershey
- Tweet again using the hashtag #BoycottHershey and link to http://chn.ge/GEA5DD
Tumblr / Instagram / Pinterest
- Reblog or post this image: http://bit.ly/H9xekV & use hashtags #AIDS and #BoycottHershey
Ongoing
- Boycott all Hershey’s products (See a full list of products here.)
More than 500 people lined up before 4:00 am today in at Croix des mission, Haiti for AHF’s free HIV testing event - the largest we have ever held in Haiti.
According to AHF staff on the ground, 356 people were tested. 20 people testing HIV-positive and are being linked immediately to lifesaving care through the free AHF Healthcare Center in Haiti.
Hundreds of hygiene kits were also passed out free to those who needed things like soap, toothpaste and other basic necessities because they don’t have access to them. What an amazing day of making a difference! Congratulations to the AHF team that made it happen - we are so proud of you!
Today is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day in the U.S. There are a lot of myths surrounding what actually fuels the epidemic among African Americans. Our friends athttp://www.thebody.com/ have compiled a great piece with responses from HIV advocates from around the country answering why African Americans account for only 14 percent of the U.S. population but make up almost half of all newly diagnosed HIV cases each year.
More than 3,600 young people have signed up to update their HIV status through the “Update Your Status” campaign run by our friends atDo Something. If you live in the U.S. and are 25 or under, you can join the movement by signing on, getting tested and passing the message along to your friends. Refer 5 of your friends and you could win a $500 scholarship! Best of all, you’ll have done something great for your health and the health of your community. Go to: http://www.dosomething.org/status
Check out this interview with Derrick Burts, a former adult film performer who contracted HIV on set. We at AHF salute him for his bravery in sharing his story, as well as for his efforts to help other performers by speaking about his experience and advocating for condom use. http://aumag.org/wordpress/?p=3122
By Christina McEwen
On the eve of World AIDS Day and as part of its ongoing campaign to require the use of condoms in porn films, AIDS Healthcare Foundation hosted a press conference today at the City of Los Angeles/San Fernando Neighborhood City Hall to announce we have gathered sufficient signatures—over 64,000 registered voters—needed to qualify a City of Los Angeles ballot initiative. The ballot initiative campaign is called FAIR (For Adult Industry Responsibility).
Pictured above (From Left to Right): Brian Chase, AHF’s General Counsel; Derrick Burts, former adult film performer who contracted HIV while working in the industry; Michael Weinstein, President of AIDS Healthcare Foundation; and, Darren James, former adult film performer who contracted HIV while working in the industry.
For more info, please visit: http://www.aidshealth.org/archives/2961/
