Lights For Rights

Make your World AIDS Day Event One of 100 Selected Cities Sites for the GLOBAL WORLD AIDS Day "LIGHTS FOR RIGHTS" EVENTS And one of the 50 U.S. "LIGHTS FOR RIGHTS" EVENTS

Commemorate World AIDS Day in your City, inspired by "Night without Light", a project undertaken by Visual AIDS in 1990. Emphasis will be on shining the light of Human Rights on the HIV Response! (http://tinyurl.com/2d6fswh)

EVENT CO-SPONSORS:
The event is part of a global LIGHTS FOR RIGHTS Campaign organized by:

• The Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR)
• Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA)
• National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC)
• The World AIDS Campaign (WAC); and
• UNAIDS, The Joint United Program on HIV/AIDS
  

WHEN: Tuesday, November 30th or Wednesday, December 1-during darkness

WHERE: At an Illuminated Landmark in your City

WHO: Speakers to Include:

• Local Elected Politicians
• Representatives from AIDS Service Organizations
• People Living with (or effected by) HIV; Local Celebrities, or Newscaster; Bold Face Names; Clergy and Faith Based Leaders
  

WHY: To draw attention to the Media and the general population to the connection between HIV and Human Rights

ORGANIZING YOUR LOCAL EVENT
By organizing and participating in your local “Light for Rights” event, you will join other people all over the world who are “shining the light on HIV and human rights" on this World AIDS Day. Scheduled events will range from large-scale efforts involving multiple venues in major cities to more intimate events in individual locations at a local government building, a house of worship, or a bridge of monument.

But no matter how big or small the event, we hope that the event will underscore the fact that we must focus on the fundamental rights all humans share if we are to eradicate HIV from the planet.

TYPES OF EVENTS:
You can add a “Lights for Rights” component to an existing World AIDS Day event and be included in our “Lights for Rights” 100 City Spectacular or organize a new event that best addresses the needs, human rights situation and epidemic that exists in your own community. Types of events that could include a “Lights for Rights” intervention:

• A Candlelight Vigil
• Protesting a Harmful Policy or Human Rights Abuse
• A Networking Meeting
• A Film Screening or Art Exhibit
• A Rally or March
• A Panel Discussion
• A Fundraiser
• A Music Event or Dance Event
• A Commemorative Dinner
• A Faith Based Event
• Or Whatever Else You Think of to “Shine a Light on HIV and Human Rights
  

PLANNING YOUR “LIGHT FOR RIGHTS” EVENTS Download your copy of the toolkit @ http://tinyurl.com/2d6fswh