LINKS
About AIDS
Avert: an International AIDS Charity; the world's most popular AIDS website.
Local Organizations and Services
Aid for AIDS: the premier service provider of financial assistance to persons living below the poverty line and disabled with HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles County.
8235 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 200
West Hollywood, CA 90046
Phone: (323) 656-1107
Fax: (323) 650-4323
World AIDS Day: This year observed on Friday November 30th, 2007
Join many others for a candlelight vigil along the West Hollywood Memorial Walk
AIDS Life Cycle: is co-produced by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and is designed to advance their shared interests to end the pandemic and human suffering caused by AIDS.
(866) 245-3424
(415) 581-7077
(323) 993-7483
AIDS Project Los Angeles: dedicated to improving the lives of people affected by HIV disease; reducing the incidence of HIV infection; and advocating for fair and effective HIV-related public policy.
The David Geffen Center
611 South Kingsley Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90005
Phone: (213) 201-1600
Client Line: (213) 201-1500
AIDS Service Center of Pasadena: a full-service agency offering cutting-edge answers to the complex problems of the disease, through the efforts of professional staff, volunteers, sponsors, and community leaders. AIDS Service Center offers a wide array of vital services.
909 South Fair Oaks Ave
Pasadena, CA 91105
(626) 441-8495
La Posada– December 1
Being Alive: an organization by and for people living with HIV/AIDS. We understand the pain and fea,r how easy it is to hide, how difficult it can be to come to terms with this disease and reach out. Being Alive is the means we have created to help us connect with each other, bring others out of isolation, and take charge of our lives, our care, and our destiny.
West Hollywood Office
621 North San Vicente Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Phone: (310) 289-2551Fax: (310) 289-9866
E-mail: info@beingalivela.org
Bienestar: a grass-roots, non-profit community service organization established in 1989 which originated as a result of neglect and non-existent HIV/AIDS services for the Latino community. Bienestar is a multi-service, multi-center agency, offering services throughout Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County, and San Diego.
Locations in:
East Los Angeles
El Monte
Hollywood
Long Beach
Pomona
San Bernardino
San Diego
South Los Angeles
Van Nuys
Los Angeles County Office of AIDS Programs and Policy
HIV L.A. See their Consumer Directory: A Comprehensive Directory to HIV/AIDS Services in Los Angeles County
Project Angel Food: Our mission is to nourish the body and spirit of men, women and children affected by HIV/AIDS and other serious illnesses. From our kitchen, Project Angel Food cooks and delivers free and nutritious meals prepared with love. We act out of a sense of urgency because hunger and illness do not wait.
922 Vine Street
Los Angeles, CA 90038
Phone: (323) 845-1800
Volunteer Hotline: (323) 845-1816
Client Services: (323) 845-1810
Additional resources and organizations in Los Angeles can be found on the web site for HIV Stops With Me.Org here.
Churches and Christian Organizations
1733 N. New Hampshire Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90027
(323) 667-1212; Fax: (323) 667-1222
Web presence:
Lutheran AIDS Network: Keeping the issues of HIV/AIDS in front of the church.
The ministry of LANET is HIV/AIDS prevention, caregiving and advocacy in the Lutheran community by promoting HIV/AIDS education among Lutherans and providing clear and comprehensive information regarding prevention; and advocating for the physical, emotional and spiritual health and human rights of people touched by HIV/AIDS.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: AIDS Resources
AIDS and the Church's Ministry of Caring Social Statement
The Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance is a broad international network of over 90 churches and Christian organizations cooperating in advocacy on global trade and on HIV and AIDS. Alliance participants represent tens of millions of Christians around the world who share the conviction that advocacy against unjust structures, practices and attitudes should not be a task we engage in when it is convenient, but must be a fundamental requirement of living out our faith.
Especially see:"Advent in a Time of AIDS"
Download the calendaror,visit this Advent calendar on line
Organizations and Leaders
The AIDS Memorial Quilt -- The Names Project Foundation
Founded in 1987, The AIDS Memorial Quilt is a poignant memorial, a powerful tool for use in preventing new HIV infections, and the largest ongoing community arts project in the world.