• Worldwide: Campaign Keeps the Light On Human Rights

  For a few seconds on World AIDS Day, cities around the globe will dim the lights on key landmarks to remember the toll AIDS has taken on the world.

  Participants in the Light for Rights campaign will then flash the lights back on to symbolize the continued need to shine a spotlight on HIV/AIDS.

  In New York, lights will go out beneath the Washington Square Park Arch, on the Brooklyn Bridge, at the New York Stock Exchange, inside Madison Square Garden, in 40 Broadway theaters, and at Carnegie Hall, the Museum of Modern Art, the Beacon Theatre, Radio City Music Hall, and the Apollo.

  To participate: Light for Rights events are happening around the world— check here to find …

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  Posted on November 22, 2010 at 1:40 pm

• On Transgender Remembrance Day, Seeking an End to the Violence

  

  Saturday is the International Transgender Day of Remembrance—but even in New York City it will pass with little fanfare, because for most people, the transgender experience continues to be one shrouded in mystery.

  On Friday afternoon, Housing Works will hold a vigil at its East New York Health Center in Brooklyn, where staff and clients will light candles to commemorate transgender friends who’ve been targeted—and died—because of their status.

  Deja Edwards, 34, will be among those at the vigil. She grew up in a conservative Texas community and spent high school as the closted gay kid. At 18, after much internal conflict, she announced to her mother that she wanted to live as a woman. “I tried being in the shadows, I tried being incognito,” …

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  Posted on November 17, 2010 at 10:56 pm

• Membership Looks Good On You!

  Only Housing Works Members get benefits at Fashion for Action.

  Support our services for low-income and homeless New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS and get exclusive benefits!

  Posted on November 17, 2010 at 12:41 am

• Members-Only Discount on Fashion for Action Tickets!

  Housing Works Members get 25% off Fashion for Action 2010 general admission ticket purchases!

  For questions or to purchase tickets by phone, please contact:

  Lily Acunzo
  membership@housingworks.org
  347-473-7457

  Posted on November 17, 2010 at 12:34 am

• Team Housing Works

  

  Housing Works is an official Charity Partner for the 2011 New York City Half-Marathon! If you are interested in gaining guaranteed entry to the race by running for Team Housing Works, please contact:

  Dan Wilson
  d.wilson@housingworks.org
  347-473-7454

  Take the physical challenge and support Housing Works in the fight against AIDS and homelessness.

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  Posted on November 17, 2010 at 12:32 am

• Fashion for Action: Public Sale Days This Weekend!

  

  Housing Works annual Fashion for Action sample sale is this weekend! Shop more than a million dollars worth of fashionable apparel and beauty merchandise from New York’s best brands & designers at charitable prices! Save 50 to 70% off Band of Outsiders, Brooks Brothers, Diane Von Furstenberg, Dolce & Gabbana, Jill Stuart, John Varvatos, Marc Jacobs and so much more!

  For a full list of participating brands and tickets to shop first TONIGHT visit FashionforAction.com.

  Posted on November 17, 2010 at 12:15 am

• Bagels Announce World AIDS Day “Schmear” Campaign Against Mayor Bloomberg

  

  THIS EVENT WILL HAPPEN RAIN OR SHINE

  Dozens of outraged bagels plan to boycott Mayor Bloomberg’s annual World AIDS Day Bagel Breakfast. They will picket outside the breakfast, which takes place at 7:30 AM, December 1, at the Brooklyn Public Library on Grand Army Plaza.

  The baked goods are angry that for the last three years the mayor has hosted a bagel breakfast where he professes his commitment to combating New York City’s AIDS epidemic—and a month later proposes a budget that would devastate services for low-income New Yorkers with AIDS, especially AIDS housing services.

  The bagels are calling their boycott a “schmear“ campaign.

  “Mayor Bloomberg is like Marie Antoinette. His attitude to …

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  Posted on November 16, 2010 at 11:16 pm

• I’m Thankful for November at Housing Works Bookstore: Julie Powell, Bobby Long, and Blowout Sales.

  Tonight, legendary food writer Julie Powell reads from Cleaving, a memoir of marriage, meat, and more, in a free event focusing on international cooking. Plus, tickets are already on sale to see British singer-songwriter Bobby Long in a rare New York appearance. Buy them here. Or just join us for Moth stories, music writers, and a Black Friday blowout that’ll knock out your gifting list in one shockingly affordable socially conscious go!

  Posted on November 16, 2010 at 11:01 pm

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