World AIDS Day 2024

• https://illinoiseagle.com/event/world-aids-day-24-bloomington/
• Date:
  Sunday, December 1, 2024
  7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
• Location:
  The Bistro
  316 N Main St.
  Bloomington, Illinois 61701

Join Central Illinois FRIENDS and our amazing partners from Positive Health Solutions, Delta Sigma Theta’s Bloomington Alumni Chapter, The Links Central Illinois, and Prairie Pride Coalition for a candlelight vigil commemorating World AIDS Day. Let us come together in community to honor those who have lost their fight against HIV, uplift those living with HIV, and re-affirm our commitment to creating a world free of HIV. We have gathered a group of amazing speakers who will share stories of how HIV has a affected their lives, along with refreshments sponsored by the Delta Alumni and Links.

• https://www.eventbrite.com/e/world-aids-day-event-mobile-unit-ribbon-cutting-tickets-1058873522209
• Date:
  Sunday, December 1, 2024
  11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
• Location:
  Universal Family Connection
  1350 West 103rd Street
  Chicago, IL 60643

Welcome to the World AIDS Day Event & Mobile Unit Ribbon Cutting! Join us at Universal Family Connection for a day of awareness and support. This in-person event will feature educational sessions, free testing, and a ribbon-cutting ceremony for our new mobile unit. Let's come together to show our solidarity and commitment to fighting HIV/AIDS. Don't miss this opportunity to make a difference in our community. See you there!*HIV Testing*Resource Distribution*Brunch*Entertainment*Raffle*Giveaways

• https://www.eventbrite.com/e/world-aids-day-2024-tickets-1007866093617
• Date:
  Sunday, December 1, 2024
  2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Location:
  Greenbelt Cultural Center
  1215 North Green Bay Road
  North Chicago, IL 60064

World AIDS Day is a special day to support people who are living with HIV, offer an opportunity to honor those we have lost, and find new ways to work together as a community to end the global struggle of HIV-related stigma.

Join us in offering services to our community while learning ways to stay healthy!

• https://www.ticketfalcon.com/e/geaac-world-aids-day/
• Date:
  Sunday, December 1, 2024
  2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Location:
  Proviso Math and Science Academy
  8601 Roosevelt rd.
  Forest Park, IL 60130

World AIDS Day serves as an important reminder that we must remain steadfast in our commitment to prevent new HIV infections and provide essential services to all people living with HIV. This year, we commemorate the 36th World AIDS Day with the theme, “Collective Action: Sustain and Accelerate HIV Progress.” Our program will include presenters who will focus on the progress that has been made over the last forty years thanks to scientific advancements and research. We will also include community focused breakout sessions that engage and educate attendees through topics such as: Real Talk About Safe Sex; Maternal Health; Reducing the Stigma of Being HIV positive, and an interactive session that challenges the myths versus the facts about HIV/AIDS. A host of resource providers will be in attendance to share information and distribute free products. One of our goals is to have free onsite testing available. Through our World AIDS Day event, we want to highlight that HIV/AIDS is still a public health threat, but it can be prevented and there are aggressive treatments that allow those who are infected to live longer safely. By providing this community event, we are helping to accelerate the discussion about HIV/AIDS, challenge the stigma, share the medical advances and possibly change the course of the HIV pandemic through education.

• https://www.eventbrite.com/e/world-aids-day-black-women-hiv-a-critical-conversation-tickets-1076613412699
• Date:
  Sunday, December 1, 2024
  2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Location:
  Gallery Guichard
  436 East 47th Street
  Chicago, IL 60653

Join Lighthouse Foundation for our 4th Annual World AID Day Commemoration on 12/1 at Gallery Guichard in Bronzeville. Every year, we unite our community to honor lives lost, celebrate our resilience, and raise awareness about the ongoing impact of HIV/AIDS. This year’s event features afternoon tea, critical conversations, and a panel conversation with local leaders that will explore the ongoing impact of HIV/AIDS in our community, focusing on the experiences of Black women. Be part of a day dedicated to reflection, education, and connection as we support one another in the journey toward health and equity.

• Date:
  Sunday, December 1, 2024
  3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Location:
  710 W Percy Baker Jr. Ave
  Peoria, IL

Candlelight vigil honoring those lost in the fight against HIV

• https://projectvida.org/event/strut-2024/
• Date:
  Sunday, December 1, 2024
  5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
• Location:
  Joe’s on Weed St.
  940 W Weed St
  Chicago, 60642

Join us at the Annual World AIDs Day Fashion Show STRUT for its 15th year anniversary.

• https://imss.org/program/a-day-without-art-red-reminds-me-film-screening/
• Date:
  Sunday, December 1, 2024
  6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
• Location:
  International Museum of Surgical Science
  1524 North Lake Shore Drive
  Chicago, IL 60610

The International Museum of Surgical Science is proud to partner with VisualAIDS for Day With(out) Art 2024 by presenting Red Reminds Me…, a program of seven videos reflecting the emotional spectrum of living with HIV today. The program features new work by Gian Cruz, Milko Delgado, Imani Harrington, David Oscar Harvey, Mariana Iacono and Juan De La Mar, Nixie, and Vasilios Papapitsios, A day of mourning and action that uses art to respond to the ongoing HIV and AIDS crisis, Day With(out) Art encourages museums, universities, museums, and art institutions to present related programming on or around December 1, World AIDS Day. Because AIDS is not over! During the screening, we will be joined by members of Hope For the Day, Health Services & Resources Administration (HSRA), and Chicago House who will be providing resources and answering questions in the Hall of Murals. Chicago House will also be proving free rapid HIV and other STI screenings.

• https://www.ssc.edu/event/world-aids-day-2024/
• Date:
  Monday, December 2, 2024
  6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• Location:
  Great Hall of Study (4th Floor Main Campus)
  15800 S. State St.
  South Holland, IL 60473

Students are invited to visit the SSC Wellness Kiosk, a dedicated space in the Great Hall of Study on the 4th floor of the Main Campus, offering a range of resources and support to help the campus community stay safe.

• Date:
  Tuesday, December 3, 2024
  10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Location:
  Crossroads Adult Transitional Center
  Chicago, IL

We are pleased to invite you to our WORLD AIDS WEEK CELEBRATIONS sponsored by the Office of Health Services Peer Educator Program in collaboration with the Illinois Department of Public Health. As you recall, we celebrated with Rae Lewis Thornton on last year at both Lincoln and Logan. This year we will have our celebration at Crossroads Adult Transitional Center on the Westside of Chicago, on Tuesday, 12/3/2024, 10-12:30pm. We will feature a funny comedian, Brandon "Andy Feds" Cox Sanford who is both a comedian and HIV Advocate. He was infected with the virus through vertical transmission. We will also feature the inspiring words of Christopher Wade, a formally incarcerated individual who is now an HIV Consultant, Advocate and Speaker on both the local and national stage. There will be HIV screening available onsite for any that are interested arranged and managed completely by Transforming Re-entry Services. There will also be sharing of poetry and artwork by the IIC at the ATC. We would love to invite you to once again share a few words as we open up our World AIDS Day celebration at Crossroads. The Director of IDOC has also been invited. We are working through our media chief in hopes to get local news coverage and positive press around this special event and to highlight this amazing collaboration between IDOC and IDPH. Please feel free to engage any media administrator at IDPH if desired. We will connect them with Naomi Puzello (IDOC). We want to especially thank Michael Gaines who walks in lock step with us all the way and has been an incredible resource for our community. Please see the attached flyer for the In-person event.

There will also be a virtual event on 12/5/2024, Noon - 1:30pm. The virtual event is so that our other Peer Educators throughout the state can also participate. We will have other speakers at this second event (see 2nd flyer for 12/5). Let us know if you would have any availability to join us and provide greetings.

• https://events.harpercollege.edu/event/rock-the-ribbon-for-world-aids-day
• Date:
  Tuesday, December 3, 2024
  10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
• Location:
  Building Z Avante Concourse
  1200 West Algonquin Road
  Palatine, IL 60067

Join Harper Wellness and other campus and community organizations on Tuesday, December 3 from 10:30am - 1:30 to learn about various HIV/STI resources and information available to you.