World AIDS Day - Dec 1st

This Sunday, December 1st, is World AIDS Day. It has been more than 30 years since the first cases of AIDS were reported in the U.S. but HIV is still a reality for more than a million Americans.

There are new treatments that can help people living with HIV lead long, healthy lives. But first you have to know your status so you can get the care and treatment you might need. To take action for the day, we encourage you to find an HIV test near you and take the test - it's quick, easy, and often free.

You can find HIV testing sites and other services near you by visiting AIDS.gov or calling the CDC information line at 1-800-CDC-Info , or 1-800-232-4636. You can call any time and someone will answer your questions and help you find a free or inexpensive testing center. Here’s the phone number again: 1-800-232-4636.

We encourage you to share this information with your friends and family. On World AIDS Day and every day, knowing your HIV status means taking care of yourself and others.

Here is some more information from AIDS.gov:

#FacingAIDS

Now in it's sixth year, we are once again asking people to upload a photo and a message about how and why they are Facing AIDS. But this year we have a little bit of a twist. In addition to uploading a photo to www.facing.AIDS.gov, we are encouraging people to use #FacingAIDS in their Tweets, Facebook posts, Instagram photos, Vine videos, YouTube and more. We want this to be a national conversation about confronting stigma and promoting HIV testing. How are you #FacingAIDS?

Thunderclap for HIV Testing and Services

We're trying something new this year. Thunderclap is  a tool that helps amplify a message. For World AIDS Day we created a tweet to promote the HIV Testing and Services Locator. If we can get a 100 people to support this message by December 1, Thunderclap will send it out simultaneously to all our supports. Please support and share our message!

Lights. Cameras. Face AIDS.

We've produced several videos this year that you can also promote and share for World AIDS Day. Namely:

• How are you #Facing AIDS (http://youtu.be/1cItOnjq8Do);
• AIDS.gov #FacingAIDS app (http://youtu.be/f2UyS32aon4_; and
• a personal message from Dr. Ronald Valdiserri about how the loss of his brother to HIV contributed to his personal commitment to HIV/AIDS (http://youtu.be/1cItOnjq8Do).

Wait, there's more!

We have lots of other resources and tools on our World AIDS Day page, including badges, links, posters, and more!