On Sunday, Oct 20th around 8:30am, DTLA will take part in the pioneer fundraising walk/event that’s raised over $88 million in vital funds and builds support and awareness of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Thousands of other registered participants are expected to join them for the 35th annual AIDS Walk Los Angeles.
AIDS Walk will begin and end on the steps of City Hall with free family activities for children of all ages, a house band, drag queen entertainers, stilt walkers, acrobat performers and so much more.
Between 8:00am’s VIP breakfast on the steps of City Hall and the Post Walk Show at 11am to 1pm, an early riser’s morning of celebrities and local dignitaries, Kids Zone unveiling, aerobic warmups with GROOV2, and The Red Hot Band rocking the stage with Ru Paul Drag Race All Stars Trinity the Tuck, Silky Nutmeg Ganache and Misty Violet.
Go METRO! Grand Park is easily accessible via the Red and Purple lines to the Civic Center/Grand Park station.
Vip Celebrity Guest Include:
- Paul Krekorian, Los Angeles City Councilmember
- Paul Koretz, Councilmember
- Ron Galperin, Los Angeles City Controller
- Adrin Nazarian, California Assembly Member
- Karamo Brown, Queer Eye
- Jai Rodriguez, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Channel Q
- Dales Soules, Orange is the New Black
- Garrett Clayton, Teen Beach Movie
- Zoe Perry, Young Sheldon
- Lesley-Ann Brandt, Lucifer
- Jake Boreli & Alex Blue Davis, Grey’s Anatomy
- Zuri Adele, Tommy Martinez, Josh Pence, Emma Hunton, Good Trouble
- Jake Choi, Single Parents
- Ellen Leyva & Karl Schmid, ABC 7
- Mikalah Gordon, Channel Q Radio
- Frenchie Davis, American Broadway Performer and Singer
AIDS Has Met Its March
The theme for the 2019 event is “AIDS Has Met Its March,” which calls upon participants to continue the fight to make AIDS a long lost memory. The walk is approximately four miles and takes about two hours to complete.
Opening ceremonies featuring special guests and HIV/AIDS activists and leaders. A post-walk celebration congratulates walkers, volunteers and supporters. Individuals and Teams can register at no cost and fundraise on www.aidswalkla.org.
Over 3 Decades in the Fight!
Now partnered with APLA Health, leaders in advocating for policy and legislation that positively impacts the LGBT and HIV communities, over the past 34 years, AIDS Walk Los Angeles has drawn hundreds of thousands of supporters to walk, and millions more to donate to combat HIV and AIDS. The funds raised at the event remain a vital lifeline that sustains APLA Health’s care, prevention, and advocacy programs for the over 60,000 men and women living with the disease in Los Angeles County. Proceeds also benefit more than a dozen other local HIV/AIDS service organizations that are able to participate and raise funds through the Community Coalition Initiative (CCI). For more information, visit aidswalkLA.org
Grand Park – Downtown Los Angeles, 200 N. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Sunday, October 20, 2019 from 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. @grandparkla
