Common, Patti LaBelle to Headline Free ‘Keep the Promise’ Concert & March
Common, Patti LaBelle to Headline Free ‘Keep the Promise’ Concert & March
LOS ANGELES, CA - AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), recently announced their Around the Globe in a Day initiative, a series of events across the world to commemorate World AIDS Day and continue to spread awareness about HIV and AIDS. The activities will include free concerts in Cambodia, Mexico City and the United States as well as free awareness and testing
events throughout the U.S., Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and A sia. The U.S. Keep the Promise Around the Globe in a Day advocacy effort and will take place on November 30th at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, CA. The event, hosted by critically acclaimed ac tress/
choreographer Rosie Perez, will begin with a large Keep the Promise March on Hollywood Boulevard leading to a free concert at the theater with special performances by Grammy
Award-winners Patti LaBelle and Common, as well as JoJo, Espinoza Paz, and B-Flow. AHF additionally confirms today Latin singer/ actor Jencarlos Canela has been added to the bill..
Keep the Promise will also honor legendary entertainer,
Harry Belafonte with AHF’s Lifetime Achievement Award for his charitable efforts and advocacy around the world.
Since its inception in 1987, AHF has been a provider of HIV prevention services, testing, and healthcare for patients living with HIV. The mission of Around the Globe in a Day, Keep the
Promise and AHF’s other efforts all over the world is to accelerate the fight against HIV / AIDS. Speaking about their efforts, AHF’s President, Michael Weinstein, says, “Our
hope is that our upcoming World AIDS Day Keep
the Promise concert and march ser ve as a potent
reminder that the fight against HIV/AIDS is not ye t
won and that these events serve as a clarion call to
action. The irony is that we are the victims of our
own success: As the AIDS situation improves, with
better treatments and more people being able to
access them, the urgency of winning the war against
AIDS here in the U.S. and around the globe has
diminished. As a result, HIV/AIDS is increasingly
pitted against other important issues as far as
funding as well as for the attention of policy makers.
It is critical that we continue to speak out through
events like KTP in order to remind governments,
public health officials and other stakeholders to keep
the promise on AIDS and other key public health
issues.”
Keep the Promise is free and open to the public. KTP Marchers will begin gathering at 5PM on Schrader Blvd. south of Hollywood Blvd., Those who march will be given priority seating for the concert. The concert will begin at 7PM and participants
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