| November 30, 2007—A major World AIDS Day event featuring U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, president and CEO of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria, will take place this evening in New York City. Organized by the United Nations, the Hunger Project, St. Bartholomew’s Church, Gay Men’s Health Crisis, and the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria, the event is co-sponsored by amfAR, Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, and other leading organizations. It will be hosted by CNN’s Soledad O’Brien. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. at St. Bartholomew’s Church on Park Avenue at 51st Street. Other speakers will include Petra Berrios, co-founder of Sisterhood Mobilized for AIDS/HIV Research and Treatment (SMART), and Supriya Banavlikar of the Hunger Project. The event will commemorate the 25 million lives that have been lost to AIDS and rally leaders from all walks of life to take part in the fight against the epidemic. It will also feature performances by Grammy Award-winning pianist Angelin Chang and the Harambee Dancers. Additional cosponsors include the World Council of Churches, Riverside Church, EngenderHealth, MaAfrika Tikkun, International Planned Parenthood Western Hemisphere, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, the Population Council, Islamic Cultural Center, CHAMP, and the Student World Assembly. |
