You Have the POWER: 23rd Annual AIDS Walk of Oklahoma City

301 W Reno,Oklahoma City OK 73102

19 September, 2021

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The 23rd Annual AIDS Walk of Oklahoma City returns to our 'home' at the Myriad Gardens! Join us in bringing awareness to HIV/AIDS in OKC. The AIDS Walk of Oklahoma City, Inc. Board of Directors invites all Oklahomans to join us for the 23rd Annual AIDS Walk of OKC on September 19 at the Myriad Gardens, followed by an after party at Social Capital. Visibility has long been the foundation of progress in the history of the AIDS epidemic. The 23rd Annual AIDS Walk of Oklahoma City will give our community the opportunity to come together and find our power through a one mile walk through visibility. Festival starts at 12:00pm on the Devon Lawn and walk steps off at 2:00pm. Create a walk team with friends, coworkers, church groups, family or walk individually. Preregister your donations via Eventbrite or stop by the registration booth at the event! Walk Teams: You will check in for your team on the day of the event! All participants donating or raising $50 or more will receive a free 2021 AIDS Walk shirt. History and Purpose of the AIDS Walk of Oklahoma City, Inc: Established in 1998 and incorporated in 2001, the AIDS Walk of Oklahoma City’s mission is to build awareness about HIV/AIDS and to raise funds to support the work of nonprofit organizations that provide HIV/AIDS direct care, support services, and education. The mission is achieved by holding an annual Walk and 5k Run, in downtown Oklahoma City, as well as several smaller fundraisers held throughout the calendar year. Funds raised by participants and by corporate donations are distributed to eligible nonprofit HIV/AIDS organizations. Since 1998, over $565,000 has been returned to the community to benefit people living with HIV disease. The Walk’s visibility heightens awareness about HIV, which is a totally preventable disease. It gives the HIV community’s organizations an opportunity to help organize the Walk and use it as a tool to increase HIV testing and prevention education.