About
Everything you need to know about Nashville's World AIDS Day 2010.
Event Details
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
6 to 8 p.m.
Belcourt Theater
2102 Belcourt Avenue
Nashville, TN 37212
(615) 846-3150
Free parking is available in the lot behind the theater.
Event Format
A locally-produced multimedia presentation including live theater, music, dance, and film representing the personal experiences of people impacted by HIV and AIDS in Middle Tennessee and around the world. The program also features important information on HIV prevention, testing, treatment, and research, as well as the local resources available to people living with HIV and AIDS.
This event is free and open to the public. Free on-site, confidential HIV testing, HIV prevention materials, and door prizes.
Event Objectives
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Increase awareness of HIV and AIDS among Middle Tennesseans.
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Facilitate meaningful dialogue and fight stigma and discrimination associated with HIV and AIDS.
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Provide education on HIV prevention, testing, treatment, and research, including the promotion of safe sex.
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Address some of the different obstacles in the global fight against HIV and AIDS.
- Honor and celebrate those who have lost their lives to AIDS.
2010 Community Partners
- Brothers United Network, Inc.
- Comprehensive Care Center
- Meharry Medical College Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research
- Meharry Medical College Project COPE
- Metropolitan Interdenominational Church - First Response Center
- Nashville CARES
- Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee
- Standing-n-Truth
- Street Works
- Vanderbilt HIV Vaccine Program
- Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health
Background
World AIDS Day was established by the World Health Organization on December 1, 1988 as a means to increase awareness, fight prejudice, and improve education about HIV and AIDS.
Today, World AIDS Day is recognized around the world and provides an opportunity to raise awareness and focus attention on the global AIDS epidemic. Determined by the World AIDS Campaign, the theme for World AIDS Day 2010 is Universal Access and Human Rights, promoting access for all to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support as a fundamental human right.
Nashville’s first community-oriented, city-wide World AIDS Day event first took place on December 1, 2007 when a dozen of local organizations came together to create a meaningful community dialog about HIV/AIDS. World AIDS Day Nashville has grown from a five-night international film series, to a live multimedia production centered around the voices of those affected by HIV in Middle Tennessee and around the world.
Links
- The Sexually Transmitted Disease program, Metro Nashville Health Department
- Ryan White Part A Program for Davidson County and Middle Tennessee
- The HIV/AIDS/STD Section, Tennessee Department of Health
- Data Surveillance Reports for Tennessee
- CDC Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP)
- White House Office of National AIDS Policy
- UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
- World AIDS Campaign
