This is a list of relatively easy activities that can be undertaken in your community to acknowledge the observance of the appropriate Caribbean Health/HIV/AIDS Day. Should you decide to implement any activities, consider tailoring them to meet the needs of your community.

Hold a forum at a local high school, public library, or community center to discuss Health and HIV/AIDS issues.

Encourage your local newspapers or school districts to sponsor essay, poetry, and/or poster contests on the specific celebration.

Hold a news conference with leading city officials (e.g., Mayor, health department director) to raise public awareness of the impact HIV/AIDS/and access to Health care has had in your community. To help increase HIV/AIDS awareness, and regular medical care invite other local public officials (health department officers and community leaders) to talk about the challenges remaining in the battle to fight the epidemic and the challenges in accessing adequate health care.

Encourage the Mayor to visit a local HIV/AIDS service organization (ASO) or community-based organization (CBO) to discuss their current activities and future plans in responding to HIV/AIDS.

Convene a town hall meeting and invite local healthcare providers, policy makers, educators, community and faith-based leaders, and the general public to engage in dialogue about the impact of HIV/AIDS, and poor health care in the community. Invite people living with HIV/AIDS and other disabling medical to share their experiences. Hold a reception for participants immediately following the town hall meeting.

Highlight the specific observance of the Caribbean Health/HIV/AIDS Day in your community newsletter and on list servers, bulletin boards, and/or Web pages.

Submit an HIV/AIDS awareness editorial or a letter to the editor to all of your local newspapers. You may want to use or tailor the attached sample talking points to address the specific needs within your community.

Encourage your local radio stations to broadcast Public Service Announcements (PSA) leading up to the specific observance day in an effort to help increase HIV/AIDS awareness.

Ask your mayor or other local elected official to send a letter/memorandum to all city employees (often the largest single employer in any area) about the specific Caribbean Health/HIV/AIDS Observance Day, and to inform them of available city services (e.g., HIV testing and/or counseling sites).

Contact local newspapers and television and radio stations NOW and encourage them to develop a story on the impact of HIV/AIDS in your community and/or let them know of your availability to be interviewed.

Contact your local television and radio stations to participate as a guest on locally produced "morning" shows and/or radio call-in shows.