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Tomorrow- December 1st, 2008- is World AIDS Day.

Lots of great events are going on around the twin cities. There are things happening all week, check out the Department of Health's site to find out more. Some of my favorites are:

Global Films on HIV/AIDS – St. Paul

Sponsored by Neighborhood House
Monday, December 1, 2008
4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
at
Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building
179 Robie Street East
St. Paul, MN 55107

Mark your calendar for a series of film showings on the topic of HIV/AIDS on World AIDS Day, December 1st. Local organizations will have an opportunity to showcase some of their educational films/videos/DVDs that they use on HIV/AIDS. More details forthcoming. For more information, contact Sandy Agustin, Neighborhood House, (651) 789-2567, or by e-mail at: sagustin@neighb.org.

Our Wicked, Wicked Ways! – Minneapolis

Sponsored by the Minnesota AIDS Project
Monday, December 1, 2008
9:00 p.m.
at
The BOLT Underground
501 Washington Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55415

A one night only cabaret performance benefiting the Minnesota AIDS Project and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will take place World AIDS Day. Don’t miss this 90-minute “wickedly entertaining” evening of songs performed by members of the Broadway National Touring Company of Wicked. The cast will also auction a number of items, including a special opportunity for a “walk on” during one of the remaining performances of the show. Tickets are $15.00 in advance or $20.00 at the door. Advance purchase at www.mnaidsproject.org or call the Wicked Hotline at (612) 373-2407.

Allan Spear Forum: Mark Senak – Attorney/Healthcare Policy Expert - Minneapolis

Sponsored by the Minnesota AIDS Project (MAP)
Monday, December 1, 2008
7:00 p.m.
at
University of Minnesota Law School
Lockhart Auditorium
229 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN

This forum is free and open to the public and will feature author Mark Senak who works at the international communications firm of Fleishman-Hillard. Senak brings extensive experience in HIV policy with 14 years combined service with AIDS Project Los Angeles and prior to that with the Gay Men’s Health Crisis in New York, the two largest HIV service providers in the nation. While there, Senak worked on campaigns that included advocacy as well as public health, in encouraging people to be tested and treated for HIV, having to target multiple and varied audiences as well as dealing with legal issues surrounding the emergence of HIV. For more information, call MAP at (612) 373-9162 or visit MAP’s web site at: www.mnaidsproject.org.

About World AIDS Day-
It is estimated that 33 million people in the world are living with HIV/AIDS, at least two million of who are children.
25 million people have died from AIDS since 1981, 2 million of them last year.
In Africa alone, there are 11.6 million children orphaned by AIDS.

These numbers are huge and incredibly hard to process, I know. This is Blessing. She is one of the two million children living with HIV. We will only win this if we all work together. Come join the fight. Save a life.