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HIV Awareness Days

November 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance

December 1: World AIDS Day*

  • December 2: CHI’s World AIDS Day Walk* Reduce the Stigma, Inspire Hope, and Lower your heart Rate! On World AIDS Day, join community groups who will walk to spread the message that HIV is preventable and treatable. As we come together for AIDS Day, we’ll bring attention to Miami-Dade County’s incidence of HIV transmission, learn about testing and treatment for successful outcomes and honor those living with AIDS and remember those we’ve lost.  Become a Partner/Vendor!  If you know someone with an HIV or AIDS diagnosis or a family that has lost a loved one to an AIDS related opportunistic infection, please share the opportunity to tell their story and allow us to honor them on one of the awareness displays to be placed around the track. Stories can be submitted through this link https://forms.office.com/r/w1yhB2ZQG5. The deadline for submission is October 30, 2023. We are prepared to display 10 stories and will provide a $50 appreciation gift card for those chosen and submitted on time.
  • December 5: Please join the Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade and its community partners for the Ending the HIV Epidemic Conference & Health Fair commemorating World AIDS Day 2023. The event will be held on Tuesday, December 5th from 10AM to 3PM at Miami-Dade College Wolfson Campus: 300 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33132 (registration and breakfast starts at 9:30AM). For those attending in-person, we will have free parking at the Student Parking Garage (Building 5), food, games, representatives from different local agencies offering services, mobile units (offering testing, screening, and other services), and a packed agenda with various presentations on stigma, artificial intelligence and its current use in the HIV World. Additionally, we will have presentations on the four Ending the HIV Epidemic’s Pillars (Test, Treat, Prevent, Respond). If you are unable to attend in person, you can join us virtually using the following link: https://mdc-edu.zoom.us/j/88482080691. This event is open to everyone. Feel free to distribute the invitation, and join us either in-person or virtually to gain knowledge and network with the different agencies that will be present.
  • December 8: A Holiday To Remember  Come celebrate with a Caring Heart for a Holiday celebration.  On: Friday December 08, 2023, 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. At: D.T.C. Auditorium, Jackson Memorial Hospital, 1611 N.W 12th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136. Food, refreshments, raffles, and live entertainment will be provided. For more information and RSVP please contact: Nestor at (305) 243-8872.
  • NASTAD* is collecting information about World AIDS Day events or plans for commemoration in EHE jurisdictions. Share your WAD plans with NASTAD! Email Emily McCloskey Schreiber at eschreiber@NASTAD.org.

New! Service Provider Events Calendars

  • Empower U Community Health Center* Empower U is in your community! Find HIV testing events; Farm Share food distribution; Back to School events, wellness fairs, and more!

November 2023

  • November 16 and December 15: FarmShare Drive Through or Walk Through Food Distribution.  Sponsored by FarmShare, Empower U, and Miami-Dade County.
  • November 14-17: The 14th Annual International Conference on Stigma* (Howard University in Washington, DC) Hybrid conference from Tuesday, November 14, 2023 – Friday, November 17, 2023. The theme is, “My Story- Who Can I Tell? Disclosure…Harm…Healing.” The stigma associated with health conditions such as HIV infection is a major public health problem that impedes treatment and prevention efforts. The International Conference on Stigma brings together researchers, community, academia, policy makers, faith leaders and youth to discuss the impact of health-related stigma and ongoing research on interventions to eliminate stigma. The conference includes plenary sessions, advocacy leadership training sessions, scientific poster presentations, networking opportunities, art and more.

December 2023

  • November 16 and December 15: FarmShare Drive Through or Walk Through Food Distribution.  Sponsored by FarmShare, Empower U, and Miami-Dade County.

Featured: 2024

2024

  • March 17-19, 2024: AIDS Watch* (Washington, DC) Each year AIDSWatch brings together hundreds of people living with HIV and their allies in Washington, D.C., to learn about the latest policy issues, messaging strategy and advocacy tactics. And we will keep returning, until we have succeeded in ending the HIV epidemic.
  • April 12-13, 2024: The 14th International Workshop on HIV & Women* (Washington DC) The format of the workshop enables attendees to learn from world-leading HIV experts and discuss the issues, gaps, and opportunities for further learning and research.
  • May 29-June 2, 2024 The NAESM National Leadership Conference on Health Disparities and Social Justice* (St. Louis, MO) Initially birthed as an HIV-focused event, the conference contextualizes the Black MSM HIV epidemic within a broader health disparities, social justice, and human rights framework—a recognition that getting ahead of this disease requires addressing the social determinants and social context of health.
  • July 22-26, 2024: AIDS 2024, the 25th International AIDS Conference* (Munich, Germany and virtually) AIDS 2024 will convene thousands of people living with, affected by and working on HIV to share knowledge, best practices and lessons learnt from the HIV response over the past 40 years, as well as from the responses to COVID-19, mpox and other public health threats. AIDS 2024 in Munich, Germany, and virtually will provide a powerful platform to strategically align around a unified and equitable response to the pandemic. It will signal to the world that the HIV response is united behind an evidence-based approach that puts people first.
  • October 6-10, 2024: HIV Research for Prevention Conference* (Lima, Peru and virtually) The HIV Research for Prevention Conference is the only global scientific conference focused exclusively on the challenging and fast-growing field of HIV prevention research. This conference fosters interdisciplinary knowledge exchange on HIV vaccines, microbicides, PrEP, treatment as prevention and biomedical interventions, as well as their social and behavioral implications.

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The Partnership In Action!

  • Community Coalition Roundtable Dinner Series  The Community Coalition Roundtable is a committee of the Miami-Dade HIV/AIDS Partnership. All events are free and open to the public. Roundtable discussions are part of our regular recruitment meetings. Dinner will be served. Please RSVP to hiv-aidsinfo@behavioralscience.com or (305) 445-1076.
    • October 30, 2023: Fighting Stigma Across the HIV Care Continuum

HIV Awareness Days

  • October 15: National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day*
    • October 7: Feria de la Salud at Harris Field Park
    • Latino Commission on AIDS NLAAD 20th Anniversary: Add your NLAAD 2023 Event* Request NLAAD Posters! Request HIV Testing Kits!  NLAAD 2023: www.nlaad.org. We would love to celebrate our 20th anniversary with as many events as possible. To those partners who joined us in the past at any time of these 20 years, come back, join us again and let’s work together in creating awareness among our community, promoting testing, prevention and adherence to treatment. To those who hear from us and about us for the first time, join us this is an incredible cause, we can all work towards addressing the health disparities that affect our community and to end the HIV epidemic by reducing the incidence of new cases per year by 95%, by 2030.
    • HIV Diagnoses among U.S. Hispanics: Trends and Inequities Hispanic Equity Briefs (September 2023) Institute for Latinx Health Equity and Latino Commission on AIDS.  Over the past decades, state and local HIV prevention efforts, including Ending the Epidemic strategies, led to notable reductions in new HIV diagnoses across various subpopulations. However, this progress has been uneven. In some states, the number of new diagnoses has decreased more slowly for Hispanics compared to the whole population . . .
  • November 7: Change.org* You can help create the 1st ​Annual National Heterosexual Men’s HIV & AIDS and HEP-C Awareness Day
  • December 1: World AIDS Day*
    • December 2: CHI’s World AIDS Day Walk* Reduce the Stigma, Inspire Hope, and Lower the Rate! On World AIDS Day, join community groups who will walk to spread the message that HIV is preventable and treatable. As we come together for AIDS Day, we’ll bring attention to Miami-Dade County’s incidence of HIV transmission, learn about testing and treatment for successful outcomes and honor those living with AIDS and remember those we’ve lost.
    • Become a Partner/Vendor!
    • If you know someone with an HIV or AIDS diagnosis or a family that has lost a loved one to an AIDS related opportunistic infection, please share the opportunity to tell their story and allow us to honor them on one of the awareness displays to be placed around the track. Stories can be submitted through this link https://forms.office.com/r/w1yhB2ZQG5. The deadline for submission is October 30, 2023. We are prepared to display 10 stories and will provide a $50 appreciation gift card for those chosen and submitted on time.

New! Service Provider Events Calendars

  • Empower U Community Health Center* Empower U is in your community! Find HIV testing events; Farm Share food distribution; Back to School events, wellness fairs, and more!

October 2023

  • October 13-15: Ujima Men’s Collective Living in the Light Conference* The Ujima Men’s Collective Conference 2023 is themed: Living in the Light. Early-bird registration open now and if you are interested in presenting the abstract application is online. The conference will be enlightening, entertaining and educational. There will be some Performer extraordinaire, Nhojjj, will return to share his amazing vocals. We have a new location on the Intracoastal for 2023, the Gallery One Doubletree Hotel. Register or submit abstract to www.ujimamen.net*. If you have any questions or if you want to be a sponsor or partner, please contact (954) 533-9139 or conference@ujimamen.net.
    • UPDATE! If you are interested in presenting at this year’s Annual Ujima Men’s Collective’s Living in the LIGHT Conference, please submit an abstract. There are five areas for abstract submission: Leadership, Advocacy, Spirituality, Relationships, and Health & Wellness. We are seeking workshops, round tables, skits, videos, and other forms of presentations to impart and share your expertise.

  • October 24-25: CDC/HRSA Advisory Meeting on HIV, Viral Hepatitis, and STD Prevention and Treatment* Registration is open for the CDC/HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV, Viral Hepatitis, and STD Prevention and Treatment (CHAC) October meeting, to be held in virtual format and in-person at Rockville, Maryland on October 24-25. Meeting topics will include reducing barriers and improving outcomes in HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) co-infection, payment models for addressing social determinants of health, incorporating stigma reduction in HIV care and treatment, and other special presentations. Once finalized, a final agenda will be posted at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.

November 2023

  • November 7-9: NASTAD workshop, “Trauma Informed Approaches to Status Neutrality,” (Charlotte, SC) Being held through our Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) program. The workshop will be hosted at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Charlotte, November 7-9, 2023. This workshop is designed for HD HIV prevention and care program staff and CBO staff. The following jurisdictions are eligible to participate in this workshop: Alabama, Arkansas, Baltimore, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Houston, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
  • Invitation to Register for 8th MJD Annual Free Day Health Wellness Festival on November 4. This annual event is dedicated to providing our residents with essential social and health services free of charge. The day will include a citizenship Drive, Vision Screening, Dental Screening, Food and Turkey Distribution, Behavioral Health Services, Health Insurance Application, Kid’s Corner, High Blood Pressure, Mammogram, HIV Testing, Raffles, and Free Family Pictures Relaxation Lounge Area, all fostering for a healthier and stronger community.

2024

  • March 17-19, 2024: AIDS Watch* (Washington, DC) Each year AIDSWatch brings together hundreds of people living with HIV and their allies in Washington, D.C., to learn about the latest policy issues, messaging strategy and advocacy tactics. And we will keep returning, until we have succeeded in ending the HIV epidemic.
  • July 22-26, 2024: AIDS 2024, the 25th International AIDS Conference* (Munich, Germany and virtually) AIDS 2024 will convene thousands of people living with, affected by and working on HIV to share knowledge, best practices and lessons learnt from the HIV response over the past 40 years, as well as from the responses to COVID-19, mpox and other public health threats. AIDS 2024 in Munich, Germany, and virtually will provide a powerful platform to strategically align around a unified and equitable response to the pandemic. It will signal to the world that the HIV response is united behind an evidence-based approach that puts people first.
  • October 6-10, 2054: HIV Research for Prevention Conference* (Lima, Peru and virtually) The HIV Research for Prevention Conference is the only global scientific conference focused exclusively on the challenging and fast-growing field of HIV prevention research. This conference fosters interdisciplinary knowledge exchange on HIV vaccines, microbicides, PrEP, treatment as prevention and biomedical interventions, as well as their social and behavioral implications.

Ongoing

Want to promote your Community Events?

Click here for details on posting to AIDSNET and the Community Newsletter.

Also see our
WEBINARS & TRAINING page for more exciting and enriching opportunities!

This page includes links to Ryan White Program and non-Ryan White Program funded services. Please contact your Medical Case Manager with questions about Ryan White Program eligibility.

By clicking links marked by an asterisk (*), you acknowledge you are leaving AIDSNET.org. We are not responsible for the content on these web sites.

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