Rev. Sinkford Taking Action on World AIDS Day 2007
World AIDS Day
World AIDS Day, December 1, is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. The concept of a World AIDS Day originated at the 1988 World Summit of Ministers of Health on Programmes for AIDS Prevention. Since then, it has been taken up by governments, international organizations and charities around the world. UNAIDS chose the annual themes until 2005, when this responsibility was turned over to World AIDS Campaign. They chose Stop AIDS: Keep the Promise as the main theme for World AIDS Day observances through 2010, with more specific sub-taglines chosen annually.
Resources
UU-UNO World AIDS Day Worship Packet—an excellent resource for planning a World AIDS Day service
The latest HIV/AIDS statistics from UNAIDS
Action
Send a message to your representatives using our website
Host a letter-writing table, visit your representatives, write a letter to the editor; get tips on all of these actions and more in the leaders library.
More specific actions to come as the date approaches...
UUA History
HIV/AIDS related Actions of Immediate Witness
UUA Action on World AIDS Day 2007
UUA Action on World AIDS Day 2006
For more information contact la_international @ uua.org.
Last updated on Monday, June 2, 2008.
