World AIDS Day Events THIS WEEK

MON NOV 27 – ACT UP General Meeting + Poster Party

• WHAT: Help plan Wednesday’s protest and make posters for it!
• WHEN: Mon, Nov 27 from 7-9PM
• WHERE: LGBT Center on 13th St.
• DIRECTIONS: A,C,E,1,2,3 to 14th St.

WED NOV 29 – World AIDS Day Protest – We Are Dying (Still)

• WHAT: Join ACT UP in this protest leading up to World AIDS Day! Currently 72 countries criminalize HIV. If we are to end the epidemic, we must push legislation to decriminalize the disease and stop stigma-inducing language. We’ll be highlighting cases in which people were incarcerated for being HIV+.
• WHEN: Wed, Nov 29 from 6-8PM
• WHERE: Times Square between 46th and 47th St.
• FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/140054113419137/
• DIRECTIONS: 1,2,3,N,R,Q,W to 42nd St.Times Square

THUR NOV 30 – Screening of the Documentary Nothing Without Us: The Women Who Will End AIDS

• WHAT: Free film screening followed by panel discussion featuring director Harriet Hirshorn and others.
• WHEN: Thurs, Nov 30 from 6:30-8:30PM
• WHERE: Mount Sinai West Hospital 1000 10th Ave, 2nd Floor, Conference Room B
• FB Link: https://www.facebook.com/NothingWithoutUsFilm/
• DIRECTIONS: Take the 1,2,A,B,C,D to 59th St Columbus Circle

FRI DEC 1 – World AIDS Day with Activists, Politicians and Community Leaders

• WHAT: New York community leaders, activists, artists, elected officials, and medical providers will gather at Kings Theatre for the fourth annual World AIDS Day commemoration. Performances will include FogoAzul NYC, an all-female Brazilian drumline band. As in past years, the event is co-hosted by the End AIDS NY 2020 coalition (comprised of over 60 community-based organizations), the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and the NYS Department of Health.
• WHEN: Fri, Dec 1 from 11AM-1PM
• WHERE: Kings Theater at 1027 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn
• FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/361090257665193/
• DIRECTIONS: 2/5 or Q trains to Beverly Rd. stations. For those with mobility issues, free shuttles will be available from 2/5 & Q Beverly Rd. stations to the theatre and back.

FRI DEC 1 – Out of the Darkness

• WHAT: Annual Candlelight Vigil followed by march to St. Johns Church at 81 Christopher St.
• WHEN: Fri, Dec 1 from 6-8:30PM
• WHERE: NYC AIDS Memorial, 76 Greenwich Ave
• FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/813445562177055/
• DIRECTIONS: Take the 1,2,3,A,C,E to 14th St.