Act Now! World AIDS Day

Action Steps for World AIDS Day, December 1

Sign the Petition
Insist the United States remain a leader in this global initiative to fund HIV-AIDS interventions. Sign today!

What can I do?
The following suggestions come from HopeSprings, a faith-based non-profit organization based in Baltimore, MD. HopeSprings, working with a conglomeration of churches from the Baltimore region, exists to eradicate the spread of HIV/AIDS and its stigma and to provide hope and healing to those infected and affected by the virus.

• Host a training for your congregation on HIV/AIDS and the impact in your city;
• Hold a conference that brings together local service organizations and churches in your area;
• Hold a health fair and include testing and linkage to care services;
• Participate in the National Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS;
• Invite people that are HIV positive to speak to the congregation about Living Well with HIV and how we are all infected/affected;
• Hold a prayer meeting on a regular basis;
• Incorporate a prayer in your service on a monthly basis;
• Get involved with national seminars on HIV/AIDS;
• Get involved with the local/state Faith Based Community Initiative Office;
• Get involved with the local/State health department;
• Have your fine arts department create a service designed around the holistic ministry of Jesus – his healing work physically, mentally, socially and emotionally – and weave in HIV/AIDS;
• Have an education booth on a regular basis;
• Create an action plan for reaching those infected and affected by HIV; and
• Take a special offering for faith-based groups that are working in HIV.

Also…

• Get help in organizing a “Face AIDS” event
• Join PHEWA and the Presbyterian AIDS Network
• Join the National Observances Web Community
• Check out the World AIDS Day 2011 Packet

Worship Resources

• Worship Resources and Samples
• Sample Sermon
• Worship Resources from the United Church of Christ

Organizations

• Presbyterian AIDS Network (PAN)
• International AIDS Ministries, Presbyterian Church (USA)
• UNAIDS, a joint United Nations program on HIV/AIDS
• AIDS.gov
• The United Church of Christ HIV & AIDS Network
• Lutheran AIDS Network
• National Catholic AIDS Network
• HopeSprings

Read Unbound’s Opening Post for World AIDS Day!