Musician and humanitarian Wyclef Jean has joined the “Keep the Promise” AIDS March on Washington as the headliner on July 22nd in Washington D.C.
The March will take place on the opening day of the International AIDS Conference - in the U.S. for the first time in 20 years.
Join us! Entrance is FREE. See Wyclef perform and lend your support to the worldwide fight to end AIDS.
If you can’t be there in person, you can sign on to support the March. More info at www.keepthepromise2012.org.
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!
This video is from a protest today at the Hershey Candy Store in Times Square, New York.
A Hershey-funded boarding school in Pennsylvania rejected a 13-year-old boy for admission because he’s HIV-positive. You have to go all the way back to the 1980s to find AIDS discrimination like that. People are outraged.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the largest global AIDS organization, is calling for a BOYCOTT of all Hershey candy. We are asking people not to buy any Hershey candy until the company speaks out against AIDS discrimination at the Milton Hershey School and facilitates the boy’s enrollment at the school. Send a message to Hershey that AIDS discrimination is NOT acceptable.
Sign the petition at: http://www.change.org/petitions/no-kisses-for-hershey-end-hiv-stigma
By Lori Yeghiayan Friedman
AIDS Healthcare Foundation recently brought its expert brand of HIV/AIDS services to the people of the deep South when one of its AHF “Magic Johnson” mobile testing units arrived on the steps of the Capitol in Jackson, Mississippi.
The services showcased by AHF were just a preview of coming attractions. Within the year, AHF will open an AHF Healthcare Center, as well as an AHF Pharmacy and HIV testing facility in Jackson. In addition, the group—the largest global AIDS organization—will operate a mobile unit, serving Jackson and the surrounding areas, in order to provide services to hard to reach populations.
More info on this story at www.aidshealth.org.
Condom delivery! Today in Los Angeles, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) moved about 250,000 “Love”-branded condoms to prepare for a big announcement this Monday, February 13th - which is International Condom Day. How are planning you commemorate International Condom Day? (Learn more about AHF’s “Love”-branded condoms at www.lovecondoms.org). Stay tuned for our condom announcement!
Photo of the Day: This AHF billboard advertising free HIV testing, treatment and condoms has gone up in several locations around Durban, South Africa recently - just in time for International Condom Day, February 13th. Please re-blog if you love this real-life couple’s attitude as much as we do!
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.
