The Editor
[Paper Name]
[Paper’s email or mailing address]
To the Editor:
December 1 marks the 21st anniversary of World AIDS Day. A total of 33 million people now live with HIV/AIDS, and more than one million of them live in the U.S.
This year’s World AIDS Day theme, “Universal Access and Human Rights,” is being highlighted in events around the globe by the Light For Rights campaign, organized by amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research; UNAIDS; the World AIDS Campaign; and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
The campaign is encouraging people in cities everywhere to dim the lights on key landmarks to remember the devastating affect AIDS has had on us all, and to turn the lights back on to illuminate the fundamental human rights we all share but that are often denied people living with HIV.
[INSERT LOCAL EVENT INFORMATION IF YOU ARE ORGANIZING OR ATTENDING AN EVENT]
There are also other ways to get involved. Learn what you can do to get involved in the Light For Rights campaign by visiting www.lightforrights.org.
Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your email address]
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“There are approximately
1.1 million people living with
HIV/AIDS in the U.S.”
Source: U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention