HE A LT H
New Yorkers Observe
World AIDS Day
Jawanza Williams of VOCAL-NY with Jaron Benjamin of Housing Works.
BY DONNA ACETO
Activists huddled for a
series of events on December
1 to mark World
AIDS Day in New York
City.
Advocates from Housing Works
and VOCAL-NY fi rst joined others at
Christopher Park before proceeding
to march to the New York City AIDS
Memorial, which hosted a reading
and candlelight vigil on the same day.
Folks in attendance used the event
to reaffi rm calls to address housing
needs and other issues facing people
living with HIV. Some people then
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went on to the LGBT Community
Center for a World AIDS Day discussion.
Among the multiple events that
took place on World AIDS Day included
readings at the AIDS Memorial of
10 artists who died from AIDS-related
causes as well as a gathering of guest
speakers an performers at St. John’s
Lutheran Church.
The activism followed an announcement
by Governor Kathy Hochul that
the Plan to End AIDS in New York
State — which originally had a target
of 2020 — would be extended to 2024
after the state fell short of achieving
the original goal.
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THE LEGACY OF KEITH HARING LIVES ON.
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Encouraging collaboration to fi ght HIV/AIDS.
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Activists Jason Rosenberg and Jason L. Walker.
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Remembering those who have died while incarcerated.
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