SFAF Welcome Party
Join us for a community event at our new home office in SoMa! We’ll have refreshments, a welcome by our CEO Dr. Tyler TerMeer, and a cultural celebration with Aztec dancers and Mariachi music in celebration of El Grupo de Apoyo Latino’s 40th anniversary. We’ll also share more information about the programs and services of SFAF, and celebrate our more than 40 years of impact on changing the HIV epidemic in our communities.
Light in the Grove Annual Gala
Join SFAF executive leadership and staff at the National AIDS Memorial Annual Gala the evening before World AIDS Day. The event will honor Dan Bernal with the Lifetime of Commitment Award and will be hosted by Sister Roma of San Francisco’s Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
World AIDS Day National Observance
Vince Crisostomo, SFAF’s Director of Aging Services, will receive the Thom Weyand Unsung Hero Award in recognition of his decades of HIV and AIDS advocacy at the World AIDS Day National Observance at the National AIDS Memorial Grove. Crisostomo will also participate in a panel discussion at the event highlighting stories and experiences from people living with HIV of all ages. Vince has lived with HIV/AIDS for over 35 years, dedicating much of them to HIV and LGBTQ+ activism at international, regional, national, and grassroots levels.
Celebrating the Latine Community at the AIDS Memorial Grove
Join Programa Latino to celebrate the lives of Latine people who died of HIV and AIDS around the world. Programa Latino in collaboration with the AIDS Memorial Grove will celebrate the Latine community at the AIDS Memorial Grove by “El Grupo” bolder with Mariachi music, Aztec dancers, tamales and atole. No RSVP needed.
“Ask an HIV Cure Scientist!” on TikTok Live – HOPE Collaboratory
Brought to you by the HOPE Collaboratory, find out more about the search for an HIV cure. Get a tour of a lab, info about HIV research and experiments, and get your questions about HIV cure answered by premier research institution Gladstone Institutes representatives.
World AIDS Day at the Mexican Consulate in San Francisco
Programa Latino will host a health fair with HIV testing at the Mexican Consulate in San Francisco in honor of World AIDS Day. The event will be held in collaboration with Mission Neighborhood Health Center, Instituto Familiar de La Raza, Vision y Compromiso, El/La para Trans-Latinas and other Latine community-based organizations.
United in Aging: A World AIDS Day Commemoration – Webinar
San Francisco AIDS Foundation staff and community partners from the Los Angeles LGBT Center, Shanti Project, APLA Health, Cascade AIDS Project, Trans Latin@ Coalition, Christie’s Place, and MPact Global Forum will share their collective efforts to cultivate community connections among older adults living with HIV. Event produced by CWC, a program of THE Collaborative at UCSF and SAGE.
AIDS/LifeCycle World AIDS Day Ride
Join us as we ride in observance of World AIDS Day. We’ll start our ride meeting at the National AIDS Memorial Grove at the corner of Nancy Pelosi Drive and Bowling Green Drive in Golden Gate Park. After our pre-ride activities we’ll head through the Presidio and over to the Legion of Honor, then along Ocean Beach towards our rest stop. After the rest stop you can choose to either do the Lake Merced loop for more miles, or head on back to the National AIDS Memorial Grove.