Dozen of events took place throughout San Diego on Thursday to mark World AIDS Day. The occasion, which began in 1988, aims to raise HIV awareness and remember those lost to AIDS.
San Diego organizations this week held events in conjunction with World AIDS Day on Dec. 1 to raise HIV/AIDS awareness and honor those lost to the virus.
“As a gay man, as a Latino man, I’ve had peers in many segments of my life who’ve lived with and died of AIDS” said Alberto Cortes, CEO of Mama’s Kitchen. “So for me, this event also has a very intimate meaning and impact.”On sale at the event were heart-shaped ornaments that people could personalize with messages to those impacted by HIV/AIDS. Proceeds from the ornament sales went to Mama’s Kitchen.
In the developed world, new treatments have made HIV/AIDS a chronic illness, rather than the death sentence it once was. But many of the more than 13,000 San Diegans living with the virus face other struggles, including financial ones.
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