The premier Latino health and wellness organization
presents a moving service honoring those who have lost their lives to AIDS
LOS ANGELES, CA– On December 1, 2011, Bienestar Human
Services (BIENESTAR) will host its annual World AIDS Day celebration, “Unidos
En Esperanza” (United in Hope). The
celebration consists of an ecumenical service in which we remember and honor
the people who have died from AIDS.
Since the beginning of the epidemic, an
estimated 617,025 people with AIDS have died in the U.S. This event is also an opportunity to raise
awareness of the AIDS pandemic and fight against the stigma and discrimination
related to this disease. The 2011 World AIDS day theme is “Getting to Zero: 0
new HIV infections, 0 Stigma, 0 HIV related diseases.”
Hundreds of people attend this event each year which both
honors those that have passed as well as focuses on demonstrating support for
those currently infected or affected by HIV.
It is also an opportunity to raise awareness on the issue and the need
for public support and programming around HIV/AIDS education and prevention.
BIENESTAR has been committed to providing vital health
services to southern California’s most underserved populations since its
founding. This is a critical endeavor considering the World Health
Organization’s assertion that most people living with HIV or at risk for HIV do
not have access to prevention, care, and treatment. In the United States more
than 17,000 people with AIDS die each year, Additionally, BIENESTAR
concentrates its work on Latinos who have been disproportionately affected by
HIV: Latino men are infected at a rate that is double that of white men, Latino
women are infected at a rate four times that of white women, and in Los Angeles
County, Latino gay men and transgender Latinas have the highest positivity rate
of HIV infection.
WHAT:
Unidos en Esperanza, United in Hope – an evening program
in honor of World AIDS Day
WHO:
Oscar De La O
BIENESTAR
President and CEO
Persons living with HIV/AIDS to give personal testimonies
Family members of persons who have died of AIDS
WHERE:
Church of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels (Placita
Olvera)
535 N. Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
WHEN:
World AIDS Day
Thursday, December 1, 2011
6:30 PM 9:30 PM
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