Landmarks around the globe turn (RED) for World AIDS Day

Nov 29th, 2010 9:11 PM UTC
By Michael Fazzino

To commemorate World AIDS Day, we’re launching a series of blog posts to educate, inspire and update you about the fight against HIV/AIDS. In this post, Michael Fazzino (he’s a new writer to the ONE Blog, but you may have seen him on our One Campus blog) talks about (RED)’s big World AIDS Day project!

This Wednesday is World AIDS Day, and while ONE members across the country are already championing the issue, we want to send out some exciting news from our sister organization, (RED).

On Wednesday, (RED) is illuminating the world’s most iconic landmarks to raise awareness for World AIDS Day. Last year, nearly half a million babies were born with HIV — but with access to medication, a pregnant mother can stop the transmission of HIV to her child.

With continued funding to organizations like the Global Fund, the number of babies born with HIV could be zero by 2015, creating the first AIDS-free generation in 30 years.

This World AIDS Day, cities around the world will cast red light on their most distinctive landmarks. From the Sydney Opera House to Paris’ City Hall and Fountains, from the London Eye to Cape Town’s Table Mountain, from Niagara Falls to the Seattle Space Needle, the world will turn (RED) to highlight one goal — we can have a world where virtually no child is born with HIV by 2015.

We’re asking people to meet up at their local landmark to watch and discuss how we can help create the first AIDS-free generation. Go to Meetup.com to find an event near you, and if you can’t find an existing meet-up to join, you can always create your own and help put your city on the map!

Check out our full list of participating cities across the globe below –- and no matter where you are this World AIDS Day, we hope to see you there! Read more about this spectacular event on (RED)’s blog.

United States:

California
o Long Beach (Convention Center, Hyatt (Wall), Shoreline Square, Terrace Theater Fountains, Promenade, Gazebo at Shoreline Drive, Light House, Renaissance (Wall Tree), Pine Street)
o Los Angeles (Pylons at LAX)
o Oakland (City Hall)
o San Francisco (City Hall)

Colorado
o Steamboat Springs (Old Routt County Courthouse)

Florida
o Miami (Miami Tower, Old City Hall, MOCA Plaza)
o Orlando (the Amway Center Tower)

Georgia
o Atlanta (City Hall, Georgia World Congress Center-International Plaza Towers, Georgia Dome, Centennial Olympic Park, World of Coca Cola)

Illinois
o Chicago (Wrigley Building-top of the building & tower)
o Schaumburg (Town Square Clock Tower)
o Urbana

Maryland
o Baltimore (Washington Monument in Baltimore)

Massachusetts
o Boston (Zakim Bridge)

Missouri
o St. Louis (Civil Courts Building)

Nevada
o Las Vegas (MEET Las Vegas venue & Lou Ruvo Center (Frank Gehry’s Keep Memory Alive Building))

New Mexico
o Santa Fe

New York
o Brooklyn (Brooklyn Borough Hall)
o New York (Empire State Building, The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, JFK Control Tower, New York Stock Exchange)
o Niagara Falls (Niagara Falls)

Ohio
o Cincinnati (Museum Center (formerly the Union Terminal) and Fountain Square)
o Cleveland (The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)
o Columbus (City Hall & Columbus Public Health Building)

Oregon
o Portland (Morrison Bridge)

Pennsylvania
o Philadelphia (Boat House Row)
o Pittsburgh (the needle on the Highmark Building)

Rhode Island
o Providence (City Hall, 1 Financial Plaza, 111 Westminster Street (Bank of America Building), Blue Cross/Blue Shield Building, Bank of America City Center, the State House, GTech Building, the Biltmore Hotel)

South Carolina
o Greenville (Furman University Bell Tower)

Texas
o Fort Worth (Lancaster Ave lights)
o Houston (City Hall)

Tennessee
o Nashville (the Courthouse & Deaderick Street)

Utah
o Salt Lake City (City & County Building)

Virginia
o Richmond (Richmond Center Stage)

Washington
o Seattle (The Space Needle)
o Tacoma (Murray Morgan Bridge)

Australia
o Sydney (Sydney Opera House & Sydney Harbour Bridge)

Bermuda
o Hamilton (City Hall)

Brazil
o Nova Prata (City Hall)

Canada
o Toronto (CN Tower & City Hall)

France
o Paris (City Hall & Fountains)

Ireland
o Dublin (Convention Center, City Hall)

Netherlands
o Amsterdam (Paradiso)

South Africa
o Cape Town (Table Mountain)

Spain
o Madrid (Puerta de Alcala)

Switzerland
o Geneva (Le Phare des Paquis)

United Kingdom
o England
• London (London Eye, BT Tower, Trafalgar Square Fountain, Alexandra Palace, St. Paul’s Cathedral)
• Manchester (Manchester Town Hall, The Wheel of Manchester, Spinningfields Ice Rink)
o Scotland
• Glasgow (The Glasgow Science Center)

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