International AIDS Candlelight Memorial

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Candlelight Materials

Coordinating a candlelight memorial for your community can involve a lot of different skills, from community mobilization to advocating AIDS messages. Below are selected resources from an assortment of organizations for you to refer to during and leading up to your memorial. Use them as a guide in your planning or for ideas to create activities during the event. If you would like to recommend a publication, please send us an electronic copy or a link (see “Contact Us”) and we will consider posting it on this site.

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	Candlelight Logos and Forms The following logos and forms are specific to the Candlelight Memorial program and are permitted for public use. Please consult the Global Health Council before altering logos. Candlelight Memorial logos: zip file Flier 2008, 25th Anniversary Int'l AIDS Candlelight Memorial: PDF (153K) Photography & Video Release form: PDF (146K) \| Word (789K) Sample Invitation to Local Leaders and Officials: PDF (35K) Sample Invitation to Sponsor Letter: PDF (31K) Sample Press Release: PDF (39K) \| Sample Media Advisory: PDF (46K)

	2009 Candlelight Memorial Poster Every year, the Global Health Council unveils a new poster and theme for the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial. The theme for the 2009 Candlelight Memorial is "Together, We Are the Solution," which is meant to promote both global solidarity and resolution to the problem of AIDS, and that only when we work in partnership together can we see change. The poster image was taken during a memorial in 2008 by the Hanoi Buddhist Association in Hanoi, Vietnam. Download PDF of Poster Create this poster in your local language.

	2008 Candlelight Memorial Poster Every year, the Global Health Council unveils a new poster and theme for the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial. The 2008 poster features a memorial in New Delhi, India from 2007 and symbolizes our global solidarity as well as our geographic diversity. The theme for the 25th Anniversary Candlelight Memorial is “Never Give Up. Never Forget,” reflecting the crossroads in time this Memorial represents. It reminds us we must learn from the past and remember those lost, as well as never give up our collective fight against the disease. Download PDF of Poster

	Candlelight Coordinator Manual The Coordinator Manual is produced by the Global Health Council to guide coordinators in the planning, production, and evaluation of their community events for the Candlelight Memorial. The manual provides a general framework for arranging memorials and helpful ideas for mobilizing communities. Download PDFs of Manual: English \| Spanish \| French \| Russian

	Global AIDSLink Newspaper Global AIDSLink is a bi-monthly publication of the Global Health Council. Please contact Sara Friedman, editor of AIDSLink, for thoughts and letters to the editor at sfriedman@globalhealth.org.

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