World AIDS Day - December 1
The 2012 theme for World AIDS Day is "Working Together for an AIDS-Free Generation". Looking for ways you can take action around World AIDS Day (December 1)? Here are a few simple, powerful, and engaging ways:
Read About White House Actions
Read and share the Presidential proclamation and statement
Watch the White House Nov. 29 event and read HHS Secretary Sebelius’ remarks.
Learn about the PEPFAR Blueprint
Watch Secretary Clinton unveil the Blueprint
Read and share the Blueprint (PDF, file size) and fact sheet.
Learn more about PEPFAR.
Read the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
In July 2010, the White House released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. Read the Strategy (PDF 1.34 MB) and talk about it with your friends and colleagues.
What can you do to make it real in your community?
Watch this video conversation with Drs. Koh and Valdiserri about progress.
Read and Share These Federal Statements and Resources
Read the joint NIH statement from Drs. Fauci, Whitescarver and Collins
Share this CDC press release on HIV and youth.
Join the 2012 Facing AIDS Initiative
Share photos and messages in the Facing AIDS photo gallery.
By putting our faces to AIDS, we can help reduce the stigma around HIV and promote HIV testing.
Locate HIV Testing and Other Services
Use and share the HIV/AIDS Prevention & Service Providers Locator and add the widget to your website or blog.
You can also send a text message with your ZIP code to “KNOWIT” (566948) or visit http://hivtest.cdc.gov/
Join This Dec. 6 Federal Conference Call
Register for the HHS Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs call, to be held Dec. 6, 2012 (4-5pm ET).
Dial in number: 888-381-5770, participant code: AIDS Awareness. RSVP to gina.rodriguez@HHS.gov
Speakers are James Albino (White House Office of National AIDS Policy); Leon Rodriguez (HHS Office for Civil Rights); Alicia Wilson(La Clinica del Pueblo) Francisco Ruiz (NASTAD) and Grissel Granados (Children's Hospital L.A.)
Share These CDC Resources
Read the Vital Signs Report on HIV Among Youth.
Read and share the stories of people living with HIV from the Let’s Stop HIV Together campaign. Access the Facebook app for the campaign.
Download and share these fact sheets: HIV Prevention in the U.S.: Expanding the Impact
Learn about the Epidemic
Learn the HIV/AIDS Basics. Know the Facts, Take Care of Yourself.
Read the CDC MMWR on HIV which commemorates the day.
Get fact sheets about the epidemic and other resources.
Posters, Logos and Widgets
The HIV/AIDS Prevention & Service Providers Locator has a World AIDS Day “look” during December. Get the widget to add it to your site.
Download these posters.
Add the World AIDS Day logo to your materials.
Use Social Media
Use the hashtag #WAD2012 to share about how you’re taking action.
Download this social media toolkit 
(PDF 1.2 MB).
Blog about why you choose to Face AIDS. Or comment on someone else’s blog post.