Resources
AIDS Awareness Game
Raise awareness about HIV/AIDS among young persons with this game. Participants roll dice and move themselves across a game board laid out on the floor.
LANET's youth curriculum - Brokenness to Wholeness: Update for the 21st Century
Facilitator's Guide, Participant Book and AIDS Awareness Game available for free download.
If you download and use this curriculum, please write LANET and let us. It is very important for us to receive feedback and evaluate how this curriculum is used. Write to: info@lutheranaids.net . Thank you!
Brokenness to Wholeness the Silver Edition: HIV and AIDS Curriculum for Older Adults
In 2008 in the United States alone, persons aged 50 and over accounted for:
• 16.5% of new HIV diagnoses;
• 31% of persons living with HIV/AIDS (increased from 17% in 2001); and
• 45% of all deaths of persons with AIDS.
Yet many older adults are unaware of this silent epidemic. At least 1 in 5 are unaware of their HIV-positive status. Older adults living with HIV may feel alone and isolated, especially from their faith communities.
Pastor Ingram's Keynote Address at the 2011 Biennial Conference
The 2011 Lutheran AIDS Network Biennial Conference was held April 11 & 12 in Minneapolis. For those of you who were unable to attend, read Pastor Andrena Ingram's (St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Philadelphia) keynote address here.
Diakonia AIDS Ministry (DAM) in South Africa
An update about work in the Diakonia AIDS Ministry (DAM) in South Africa, started by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (ELCSA).
World AIDS Day 2009
World AIDS Day is December 1st. The theme is "Universal Access and Human Rights". Read more for worship and educational resources.
Funding: Johnson & Johnson's GENERATIONS: Strengthening Women and Families Affected by HIV/AIDS
"The National AIDS Fund and Johnson & Johnson are pleased to announce the availability of funds through GENERATIONS: Strengthening Women and Families Affected by HIV/AIDS. Applications are due to the National AIDS Fund by Monday, November 2, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. EST. The goal of the GENERATIONS Initiative is to increase the capacity of CBOs to utilize cutting-edge prevention science to implement innovative, evidence-based, and effective interventions to reach specific populations of at-risk women and girls. "
What Adults with HIV Infection Should Know About the Novel H1N1 Flu (formerly called swine flu)
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has created a special page to answer questions about the new H1N1 influenza (formerly "swine flu") related to HIV+ adults.
World AIDS Day - December 1, 2008
What are Lutherans doing to observe World AIDS Day this year? LANET has assembled this sample of events and resources that you may find useful.
Patient Voices: AIDS and H.I.V.
The New York Times presents voices, pictures, and stories of eight men and women living with HIV.
