David Mariner

10 Things You Can Do to Fight HIV in DC

We had a great DC Fights Back Meeting last night. We’re working on four great events: 1. The Bird Dogging Training which will take place on August 30th; 2. The AIDS Walk on October 6th - we have a great DCFB AIDS Walk Team you can join; 3. An HIV/AIDS Resource Fair which will take place on October 16th; and finally 4. We’ll be working with the Metropolitan Washington Public Health Association to conduct a Speak Out and Neighborhood March on November 3rd and will also be part of the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. You can click here to download a cool flyer which describes all four events.

DC Fights Back is doing a great job I want to stress, however, that we can’t do it without your help. Here are TEN quick and easy things you can do to make a difference right now.

10 Things You Can Do to Fight HIV in DC

1. Please download this flyer and put it up somewhere in your community like your local coffee shop, place of worship, bar, or school, or wherever we can reach new people.

2. If you haven’t already please join the DC Fights Back Announcement list at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dcfightsback so that you can stay in the loop.

3. Take just one minute today and send a welcome message to Dr Hader, the new Director of the HIV/AIDS Administration. Dr. Hader needs to hear the concerns of our community, and she needs to know that we are engaged, that we are organized, and that we expect measurable progress.

4. If you can help organize the October 16th HIV/AIDS Resource Fair, click here to contact Cherie Lindsay and volunteer.

5. Join the DC Fights Back AIDS Walk Team and walk with us on October 6th.

6. Take just 30 seconds today and help raise the visibility of HIV in DC by adding Fight HIV in DC to your list of friends on: Myspace, Friendster, or YouTube.

7. If you can help organize the November 3rd Speak Out and Neighborhood March, click here to contact Karen Pomerantz and volunteer.

8. Be a YouTube Star - Record a video documenting your experience with HIV in DC and we’ll add it to our youtube page. If you don’t have a camera, let me know, and we’ll put you in touch with someone who does.

9. Add the DC city-wide HIV/AIDS Calendar to your website or myspace page. The folks at Metro Teen AIDS just added the calendar to their Metro TeenAIDS MySpace Page, which I’m excited about. To learn more, click here or just ask me.

10. Come to the next DC Fights Back Meeting on August 28th at Our Place DC at 6pm at Our Place DC, 801 Penn. Ave SE. Washington, DC 20003 Suite 460.