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 RED RIBBON BAGELS
When you purchase a red ribbon bagel at Boston-area Bruegger's bakeries on World AIDS Day, Bruegger's will donate $0.50 to AAC. Additionally, Bruegger's staff will donate their tips from that day to AAC. Thanks, Bruegger's, for supporting AAC's critical work.
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About our World AIDS Day Event Listing
Each year, AIDS Action Committee collects information on World AIDS Day events taking place around Massachusetts. Some events are recurring, some are new.
If you have information about a Massachusetts-based World AIDS Day event taking place this year, please click here for instructions on submitting the event to AAC.
For press inquiries regarding World AIDS Day, contact Paul Twitchell, Director of Marketing and Communications, at (617) 450-1215.
Events with an AIDS Action logo next to them are sponsored or co-sponsored by the agency.
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World AIDS Day Events
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 AIDS Action World AIDS Day Restaurant Campaign
Boston restaurants are raising awareness and much-needed funds in honor of World AIDS Day. Ask your server about the World AIDS Day special drink or dish. The list of participating restaurants will be updated as new restaurants join our campaign. Participating restaurants include: Myers + Chang, OM Restaurant, Aquitaine Boston, Gaslight Brasserie du Coin, Metropolis Cafe, Union Bar and Grille, Slivertone Bar and Grill and Trina's Starlite Lounge. Special thanks to Solea Restaurant and Terramia Ristorante who contributed to AAC in honor of World AIDS Day. Click here for more details on the specific offers.
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Medicine Wheel 18th Annual Public Art Installation
Date/Time: 11/23-11/30 from 9am-5pm, closed Thanksgiving Day
12/1 - open for 24 hours
*Vigil and 24 hour access begins on Monday, 11/30 at 10pm.
Location: Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02118
Medicine Wheel is the largest recurring site-specific public art event in Boston with an 18-year history and an annual 24-hour vigil of prayer, dance, song and ritual attended by thousands of individuals and artists. The installation is a Cyclorama Residency at the Boston Center for the Arts. Medicine Wheel also works in collaboration with AIDS Action Committee of Boston, MA.
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Open House: AIDS Foundation of Western Massachusetts
Date/Time: 12/1 from 6pm-8pm
Location: 1186 Main Street, Springfield, MA 01103
Drop by their office any time during those 2 hours. Activities include snacks, film, open mic, giveaways, educational materials, the creation of a memory book (bring a photo or poem or note about someone lost to AIDS), and more. A candlelight vigil will be held in front of the office. Visit AFWM online at http://www.aidsfoundationwm.org/.
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World AIDS Day Breakfast
Date/Time: 12/1 from 8am-12pm
Location: White's of Westport, 66 State Road, Westport, MA 02790
Click here to view the invite in full.
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Presenting Late to Care & Changing the Dynamics Conference
Date/Time: 12/1 from 8am-4pm
Location: UMASS Boston, 100 William T Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125
Click here to view the invite in full.
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Right to Health
Date/Time: 12/1 from 9am-3:30pm
Location: Berkshire Hills Country Club, 500 Benedict Road, Pittsfield, MA 02101
For more information email Suzette Naylor, Education Specialist at the Berkshire Area Health Education Center.
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World AIDS Day 2009: Universal Access and Human Rights
Date/Time: 12/1 from 5pm-8pm
Location: Worcester YWCA, 1 Salem Square, Worcester, MA 01608
AIDS Project Worcester will be hosting an event in honor of World AIDS Day on December 1, 2009. The event will include a guest speaker, HIV 101 workshop, live entertainment, FREE anonymous HIV counseling and testing, and dinner. This event is free and all are welcome to attend.
For more information please contact: Cheryl Carter at 508-755-3773 x17 or ccarter@aidsprojectworcester.org
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Harbor to the Bay Check Presentation
Date/Time: 12/1 at 6:30pm
Location: Club Cafe, 209 Columbus Avenue, Boston MA 02116
The organizers of Harbor to the Bay, an AIDS benefit bike ride from Boston to Provincetown, will present this year's checks to beneficiary organizations, including AIDS Action Committee. Organizers look forward to recognizing the amazing contributions made to this year’s event. Click here for more information and to RSVP.
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Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise.
Date/Time: 12/1 from 6pm-8:30pm
Location: Starts at Lynn City Hall, 3 City Hall Square, Lynn, MA 01901; ends at St. Stephens Church, 74 South Common Street, Lynn, MA 01902
Candlelight walk in downtown Lynn. Gather at 6pm. The walk will start at 6:30pm. Services at St. Stephen’s Church will follow at 7pm, concluding around 8:30pm. Refreshments provided. Sponsored by Project Cope, Inc.; Girls, Inc.; CAB Health and Recovery Services, Inc.; Lynn Community Health Center; HES Gay and Bi Men's Health Program; St. Stephen's Episcopal Church; and Lynn Classical High School.
For more information contact Project COPE at 781-581-9270.
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Free, Walk-in, Rapid HIV Testing and Services at the MALE Center
Date/Time: 12/1 from 12pm-8pm
Location: AAC's MALE Center, 571 Columbus Ave., Boston, MA 02118
The MALE Center offers free, confidential, rapid HIV testing. Rapid testing involves a small finger stick and results are ready during your visit, which generally takes about an hour.
For more information about rapid HIV testing at the MALE Center, or to talk to a prevention specialist, call 617-450-1987.
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Free, Walk-In, HIV Testing and Services at Harbor Health Services, Inc.
Date/Time: 12/1 from 5:30pm-8:30pm
Locations: See below
On World AIDS Day, Harbor Health Services will have free, anonymous, walk-in HIV counseling and testing available at two of our sites. If individuals come in to get tested at either site they will enter in a raffle for a $50 gift certificate to Best Buy! The drawing for the raffle will take place on December 2nd!
Neponset Health Center
398 Neponset Ave, Dorchester, MA 02122
Geiger Gibson Community Health Center
250 Mount Vernon Street, Dorchester, MA 02125
Call Courtney for additional information at 617-282-3200 ext 269.
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Free, Walk-in, Rapid HIV Testing and Services at JRI Health
Date/Time: 12/1 from 10am-5pm
Location: JRI Health, 130 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116
Free, confidential and rapid HIV testing, counseling, and referral services. Hosted by JRI Health at the Sidney Borum Jr. Community Health Center.
Contact: Rachel at roppenheimer@jri.org or at 617-457-8140 x332 for more information.
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Boston College Students for Sexual Health
Date/Time: 12/1 from 11:30am-2pm
Location: Beacon Street and College Road, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
In commemoration of World AIDS Day, BC Students for Sexual Health will be promoting safer sex and handing out free condoms near Boston College, on the public sidewalks at the intersection of Beacon Street and College Road in Chestnut Hill, MA.
Sponsored by BC Students for Sexual Health. For more information, contact info@bcssh.com and visit http://bcssh.com.
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AIDS Response Seacoast World AIDS Day Event
Date/Time: 12/1 from 6pm-7pm
Location: Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Avenue, Portsmouth, NH 03801
AIDS Response Seacoast (ARS) will mark World AIDS Day with a program at the Portsmouth Public Library, immediately followed by a reception. The program will be in the Levenson Community Room and is open to the public free of charge. For more information, contact info@aidsresponse.org or call 603-433-5377.
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World AIDS Day 17th Annual Memorial (Lowell)
Date/Time: 12/1 from 6pm-8pm
Location: City Hall Plaza, 375 Merrimack Street, Lowell, MA 01852
According to the MA Department of Public Health, the City of Lowell has the 7th highest rate of HIV infection in the state. Help us raise awareness and build community by attending the 17th annual World AIDS Day memorial at City Hall Plaza, followed by a reception at Middlesex Community College. For more information, contact Troix Bettencourt at 978-459-8656 ext. 24 or Eliane Borget-Sbrizza at 978-322-8651. See organizers' information and other details here.
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World AIDS Day RED March & Rally
Date/Time: 12/1 @ 3:30pm
Location: Begins at Boston City Hall, One City Hall Square, Boston, MA 02201
This march and rally on World AIDS Day will begin at Boston City Hall, travel to Park Street T Station for a candlelight vigil (at approxmiately 4:30pm), then conclude at the Massachusetts State House with a rally (at approxmiately 5pm). Organized by New Era Boston.
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Universal Access and Human Rights: A Panel Discussion on HIV/AIDs
Date/Time: 12/1 at 7pm
Location: George Sherman Union (2nd Floor), 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Part of Boston University's World AIDS Week, this panel discussion will include Alfredo, who is HIV-positive; Jim Maynard, an HIV vaccine researcher from Fenway Community Health; Azziza Ahmed, a researcher from the department of health and population at Harvard University; and Sheila Flynn, a Dominican nun from Kopanang Community Trust. The event is free and open to the public.
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Free, Walk-in HIV Testing and Services at Fenway Health
Date/Time: 12/2 from 1pm-7pm
Location: 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215
In commemoration of World AIDS Day, Fenway Health will offer free, walk-in HIV counseling, testing and referrals on Wednesday, December 2nd.
Tests and services available:
- Rapid and serum HIV antibody testing
- Hepatitis A & B vaccinations available
- Hepatitis B & C testing offered
- FREE shoulder massages and snacks
For information call Gail at (617) 927-6229.
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Picture AIDS Art Exhibit Opening
Date/Time: 12/2 @ 5pm (on display from 12/1 to 12/21)
Location: Howard Thurman Center (Lower Level), 775 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215
Part of Boston University's World AIDS Week, this exhibit features art from a school-wide competition, the winners determined by popular vote. The free event includes food, performances, and conversations with the artists.
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Free, Walk-in, HIV Testing at Boston University
Date/Time: 12/2 and 12/3 from 10am-4pm
Location: George Sherman Union (3rd Floor Conference Room), 775 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215
Part of Boston University's World AIDS Week.
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Short Films on HIV/AIDS and Communities of Color
Date/Time: 12/3 @ 6pm
Location: Raytheon Amphitheater, Egan, Northeastern Univ., 120 Forsyth St., Boston, MA 02115
Critical MASS and the Center for Community Health Education Research and Service (CCHERS) will screen two short films addressing HIV/AIDS and communities of color: Calling My Children, directed by David Binder, and Jesus Children of America, directed by Spike Lee. Both films were released in 2009. An open dialogue and panel discussion will follow, featuring Gary Daffin (Multicultural AIDS Coalition), Dr. Nancy Norman (Boston Public Health Commission), David Binder (filmmaker), and Dr. Jean McGuire (MA Dept Health and Human Services).
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Visions and Voices Dessert Performance and Reception
Date/Time: 12/3 @ 6:30pm
Location: Emerson College, The Little Building, 80 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02116
Come join friends for our Emerson Fights AIDS week Visions and Voices event. Plan on great desserts, friendly company and talented performances! Emerson Fights AIDS is hoping you will also add your creativity to the AIDS quilt started last year. This event is free, and there will be giveaways, as well.
For more info, contact Deborah Engler at deborah_engler@emerson.edu.
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Coffee and Converstaion with Dean Elmore
Date/Time: 12/4 at 3pm
Location: Howard Thurman Center (Lower Level), 775 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215
A conversation with Boston University's Dean of Students. Part of Boston University's World AIDS Week.
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Drifting Closer: A Town Hall on Black Men’s Health and Healing
Date/Time: 12/7 @ 6pm
Location: City Year, 287 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA 02116
A town hall meeting to be moderated by Paul Glass from Fenway Community Health and featuring keynote speaker, author Kai Wright (Drifting Toward Love / Beacon Press). Hosted by Cambridge Cares About AIDS, The MALE Center and MOCCA.
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Uhuru Afrika: 1 Year Anniversary Party & World AIDS Day Benefit
Date/Time: 12/1 from 9pm-1am
Location: Allasia Bar, 344 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139
Uhuru Afrika is Boston's Monthly Afro-Diasporic Dancefloor Explosion, with resident DJs Adam Gibbons, Max Pela and special guest Househead Pete, accompanied by Live West African Percussion. 100% of the proceeds of this special edition of Uhuru Afrika will benefit NextAID and their efforts to help ease the suffering of children with AIDS in Africa. For more information, visit http://www.uhuruafrika.com.
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Submit Your Event
To submit a Massachusetts-based World AIDS Day event to be considered for publication on this page, send an email to calendar@aac.org with the following information:
- Event Name:
- Brief Description (subject to editing for length):
- Host and/or Sponsor:
- Start/End Times:
- Location [Address/City/State/Zip]:
- Contact Info [Email, Phone and/or Website]:
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