How to Attend AIDS HIV Awareness Month Events

The month of December has been AIDS HIV Awareness Month for the last decade. Events highlighting the personal and social issues involved with AIDS begin with World AIDS Day on the first day of the month. There are a variety of local events you can attend to observe AIDS HIV Awareness Month each year.

Things You'll Need

• Leaflets from awareness events
• Scrapbook

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Instructions

Plan Your Participation in AIDS HIV Awareness Activities

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  Check the schedule of lectures and presentations given at local colleges about the AIDS HIV issue. Most schools will hold special events throughout the month of December including guest lectures by academics that are familiar with the economic and social effects of AIDS and HIV.

• 2

  Raise money for AIDS HIV awareness while getting some exercise during a AIDS HIV Awareness Month walk. These walks are typically 2 to 5 miles and allow you to earn money from your friends for every mile you walk.

• 3

  Listen to live music and learn about local influences of HIV and AIDS by attending charity festivals. Organizers will typically request donations from attendees or use the box office proceeds as donations to groups spreading awareness year round.

• 4

  Scope out awareness events in your region while planning a weekend road trip during the month of December. You can find concerts, fundraisers and other events in neighboring cities that make for a worthwhile trip with your friends.

• 5

  Gauge the interest of friends, family and co-workers in going to events that raise awareness about HIV and AIDS. You should encourage people who are unfamiliar with the issues to attend events with you to ease themselves into emotionally difficult proceedings.

• 6

  Write down a short recollection of your experience with HIV and AIDS for smaller events that encourage audience participation. Participants can speak about their personal fight with AIDS, their admiration for a friend fighting the disease or how they have arrived at an understanding of HIV.

• 7

  Remember each event that you have attended during AIDS HIV Awareness Month by creating a scrapbook. You can collect leaflets, publications and posters at each event, as well as taking photos with fellow participants.