National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day was first observed in 2005.
The Banyan Tree Project 
plans and implements this observance with support from the CDC. The theme is Saving face can’t make you safe. Talk about HIV for me, for you, for everyone.
Locate HIV Testing and Other Services
Use and share the HIV Testing Sites & Care Services Locator.
Learn about the Locator app for iPhone and iPad and download the app here .
You can also send a text message with your ZIP code to “KNOWIT” (566948) or visit http://hivtest.cdc.gov/.
Watch these Videos
View and share this "Conversations with AIDS.gov" video with Lance Toma, Executive Director, Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center.
Watch the anti-stigma stories from the Banyan Tree Project’s Taking Root: Our Stories, Our Community" series
Use Twitter and Pinterest
Use the hashtag #May19 to talk about the day.
Join the #BTPchat Series on Twitter Thursdays in May at 5pm Eastern. Follow @BTPMay19 and use #BTPchat to participate. Learn more here.
Check out AIDS.gov on Pinterest and learn about using Pinterest in response to HIV.
Join and Follow the Blogosphere
Read and share Dr. Howard Koh (Assistant Secretary for Health, HHS)’s “May 19th is National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day” post.
Read this blog about digital storytelling: “Taking Root to End Stigma”.
Subscribe to the AIDS.gov blog. Blog about the impact of HIV on Asian & Pacific Islanders or comment on someone else’s post.
Graphics, Logos and Widgets
Add the National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day logo to your materials.
Download infographics and posters from the Banyan Tree Project to use in your local events.
Add the HIV Testing Sites & Care Services Locator to your site. Get the widget.
Download the HIV/AIDS Awareness Days postcard here (PDF, 1.49MB).
Use New Media
Learn about new media and HIV.
Read and share the new media declaration.
How can you use new media to enhance our response to HIV/AIDS?
Use these CDC Resources
Learn about the Let’s Stop HIV Together campaign.
Visit the CDC resource page about HIV/AIDS and Asian & Pacific Islanders:
Read this letter (PDF 28KB) about CDC’s 2010 Epidemiologic Profile for Asians and Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders (PDF 1.97MB).
Resources from the Community
Find and register local events.
Learn about the history of National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/Awareness Day and community leadership.
Read and share the Banyan Tree Pledge.
Learn about the Affordable Care Act
Visit Healthcare.gov to find out about the Health Insurance Marketplace and more.
Read and share this issue brief about the ACA and Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has translated “The Health Care Law and You”, a presentation tool from healthcare.gov to educate community members. Download versions in ten languages.
Learn about the Epidemic
Get fact sheets about the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Learn the HIV/AIDS Basics. Know the Facts, Take Care of Yourself.
Learn about viral hepatitis and Hepatitis Testing Day (observed on May 19).
Read the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
The Strategy is the nation's first-ever comprehensive coordinated HIV/AIDS roadmap. Read the Strategy (PDF 1.34 MB) and updates on implementation from HHS. (PDF, 917KB).
Watch this December 2012 conversation with Drs. Koh and Valdiserri about progress. Learn more about the Strategy here.
How can you help implement the Strategy in your community?
Learn about PEPFAR
Read and share the PEFPAR Blueprint: Creating an AIDS-free Generation (PDF, 2.83MB) and fact sheet.
Watch Secretary Clinton unveil the Blueprint on November 29, 2012.
Learn more about PEPFAR and the Evaluation of PEPFAR report released by the Institute of Medicine.