December 1 marks the 21st anniversary of World AIDS Day. A total of 33 million people now live with HIV/AIDS, and more than one million of them live in the U.S.
This year’s World AIDS Day theme, “Universal Access and Human Rights,” is being highlighted in events around the globe by the Light For Rights campaign, organized by amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research; UNAIDS; the World AIDS Campaign; and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
The campaign is encouraging people in cities everywhere to dim the lights on key landmarks to remember the devastating affect AIDS has had on us all, and to turn the lights back on to illuminate the fundamental human rights we all share but that are often denied people living with HIV.
Light for Rights New York City Event
Washington Square Park, New York, USA
12/01 • 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Kenneth Cole, Liza Minnelli, and others will help mark New York’s World AIDS Day event in Washington Square Park by turning off the lights on the fabled Washington Square Park Arch before turning them back on.
This event is just one place in New York marking Light for Rights; other participating venues include the Brooklyn Bridge; the New York Stock Exchange; Madison Square Garden; Carnegie Hall; Museum of Modern Art; Washington Square Park Arch; the Beacon Theatre; Radio City Music Hall; the Apollo Theater; and 40 Broadway theaters.
There are also other ways to get involved. Learn what you can do to get involved in the Light For Rights campaign by visiting www.lightforrights.org.
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