Holding HOPE: World AIDS Day Poetry Book Launch

Name: Holding HOPE: World AIDS Day Poetry Book Launch
Start: 2025-12-01T18:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-12-01T20:00:00-08:00
Location: Strut

Schedule

Mon Dec 01 2025 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Strut | San Francisco, CA

Join us on World AIDS Day for the launch of Holding HOPE, a new poetry collection from the HOPE Community Arts Integrated Research program.
About this Event

On World AIDS Day, Monday, December 1, 2025, we invite you to the launch of Holding HOPE, a poetry book created by focus group participants and HOPE community members. This project takes HIV and HIV cure research awareness into new circles, using art as a bridge to science and as a catalyst for dialogue. The event will include networking, live poetry readings, a moment of silence, and discussion on art as activism. Together, we honor survival, legacy, and the possibilities of a cure.

Agenda

🕑: 06:00 PM - 06:15 PM
Networking & Reception (light refreshments, music)
🕑: 06:15 PM - 06:25 PM
Welcome & Opening
🕑: 06:25 PM - 06:30 PM
Moment of Silence
🕑: 06:30 PM - 06:35 PM
Dedication
🕑: 06:35 PM - 06:45 PM
Living Legend Award
🕑: 06:45 PM - 06:55 PM
Introduction of HOPE & Cure and CAIR
🕑: 06:55 PM - 07:00 PM
Holding Hope Foreword
🕑: 07:00 PM - 07:05 PM
Performance
🕑: 07:05 PM - 07:35 PM
Poetry Readings
🕑: 07:35 PM - 07:45 PM
Community Reflection

Info: What belief systems and internalized stigmas are you letting go of?

🕑: 07:45 PM - 07:50 PM
Closing Ritual

Info: Call & Response and Call to Action

🕑: 07:50 PM - 08:00 PM
Closing & Acknowledgements