AIDS Walk to Commemorate 25th Anniversary

November 21, 2006

NORFOLK—Local AIDS service organizations, churches, community supporters and the EVMS AIDS Resource & Consultation Center are holding a World AIDS Day walk on Saturday, Dec. 2, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the first discovery and treatment of AIDS-related diseases.

Dubbed a “Celebration of Life,” the walk will pay tribute to those who live with the disease, those who have died, and the medical professionals who have transformed AIDS from a death sentence to a lifelong but medically manageable condition, according to organizer Tanya Kearney, director of the AIDS Resource Center at Eastern Virginia Medical School.

The Celebration of Life’s AIDS walk will begin 10 a.m. in two locations — at Old Dominion University’s Ted Constant Convocation Center and at Norfolk State University’s Student Union — and will conclude at Eastern Virginia Medical School’s Smith Rogers Hall, 358 Mowbray Arch, where refreshments will be served and a keynote address will be delivered by Christopher H. Bates, director of HIV/AIDS policy at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

This AIDS walk is part of a weekend of events that includes a non-denominational service Sunday, Dec. 3, at 3 p.m. at the EVMS McCombs Auditorium in Lewis Hall, 700 Olney Road, Norfolk.

For more information call Tanya Kearney at 446-6170.

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