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On the eve of the 20th annual World AIDS Day, activists unveiled a memorial to the tens of thousands of New Yorkers who have died from AIDS.
"I can sail without wind, I can row without oars, but I cannot part from my friend without tears," reads the black granite bench, dedicated yesterday on a curved path in Hudson River Park.
Riverside Church in Harlem was filled with speeches and songs last night as the city prepared to commemorate World AIDS Day today with marches, vigils, prayers and parties.
Princess Kasune Zulu, an activist from Zambia whose parents died of AIDS, reminded the crowd that more than 1,000 Africans 15 years old and younger are infected every day.
Dr. Monica Sweeney, the city's assistant commissioner for the Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, said that in New York City there are resources to treat every HIV-positive person. She urged everyone to get tested.
"I know it sounds cliché, but in this instance, if you aren't part of the solution, you really are part of the problem," Sweeney said.
In City Hall Park at midnight, Housing Works began calling out, as part of a 24-hour vigil, the names of those who have died from AIDS
To mark the day, the Empire State Building will have a red glow.
There have been huge advances in treatment and testing, but Marjorie Hill, head of the Gay Men's Health Crisis, cautioned that World AIDS Day isn't just about reflection and remembrance.
"New York City is still the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic," she said. "The one in four New Yorkers that right now, on World AIDS Day, is living with HIV but does not know his or her HIV status is of keen concern."
Source: nydailynews.com
"I can sail without wind, I can row without oars, but I cannot part from my friend without tears," reads the black granite bench, dedicated yesterday on a curved path in Hudson River Park.
Riverside Church in Harlem was filled with speeches and songs last night as the city prepared to commemorate World AIDS Day today with marches, vigils, prayers and parties.
Princess Kasune Zulu, an activist from Zambia whose parents died of AIDS, reminded the crowd that more than 1,000 Africans 15 years old and younger are infected every day.
Dr. Monica Sweeney, the city's assistant commissioner for the Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, said that in New York City there are resources to treat every HIV-positive person. She urged everyone to get tested.
"I know it sounds cliché, but in this instance, if you aren't part of the solution, you really are part of the problem," Sweeney said.
In City Hall Park at midnight, Housing Works began calling out, as part of a 24-hour vigil, the names of those who have died from AIDS
To mark the day, the Empire State Building will have a red glow.
There have been huge advances in treatment and testing, but Marjorie Hill, head of the Gay Men's Health Crisis, cautioned that World AIDS Day isn't just about reflection and remembrance.
"New York City is still the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic," she said. "The one in four New Yorkers that right now, on World AIDS Day, is living with HIV but does not know his or her HIV status is of keen concern."
Source: nydailynews.com
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