World AIDS Day 2025

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Who We Are

We are Greater Cincinnati’s nonprofit devoted to positively changing lives in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

What We Do

Through HIV prevention, housing and care, our work to end the HIV epidemic is essential to a healthy community.

December 1st is

Let’s Stop the Stigma

Ending HIV

With today’s medical breakthroughs, we have the tools to end HIV. But people are still being diagnosed with HIV and facing serious health complications from AIDS—too often because misinformation and stigma keep them from getting tested or seeking care.

When we challenge myths and replace them with real stories, we move closer to ending both HIV and the stigma around it. This World AIDS Day, join Caracole and our partners as we raise awareness, fight prejudice and share the stories that bring us all closer together.

December 1

Your Neighbor Performance

Your Neighbor was a powerful, original collaboration between Caracole and The Ghostlight Stage Company, premiering on World AIDS Day 2025.

Developed from real interviews with Cincinnatians living with HIV, this devised performance blended theatre, movement and live painting to illuminate personal stories of diagnosis, resilience and the ongoing impact of HIV-related stigma.

Following the performance, audiences joined in a guided conversation moderated by Caracole’s Adam Reilly—an intimate space for reflection, connection and deeper understanding.

Thank you to everyone who attended and helped bring these stories to life.

Missed the event?
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Read a review.
Willie Caldwell from League of Cincinnati Theatres calls Your Neighbor, “…an intimate and emotionally charged devised art piece that brought renewed attention to the continuing realities of HIV.”

Directed and written by Aiden Dalton, produced by Alyssa Batsakis, with assistant direction by Ariel Mary Ann, choreography by Darnell Pierre Benjamin, and live painting by James Reynolds. The cast featured Chris Logan Carter, Jeffery J Jackson, and Marva Williams-Parker.

All proceeds from the production benefited Caracole and The Ghostlight Stage Company.

November 24–December 1

Read, Watch, Listen & Learn

Caracole once again partnered with regional libraries to share the facts about HIV. From November 24–December 1, library partners highlighted books, films, plays and other materials that explore the real stories of people living with or impacted by HIV—past and present.

By debunking myths and misinformation, we can improve understanding, break down stigma and create a world free from fear and discrimination. Visit your local library to learn, reflect and share the facts—because knowledge is power.

HIV

Quick Facts

The greatest threat to our public health is lack of information and access. Our local community must have open discussions about HIV status and stigma. Let’s all do our part: learn the truth, break down barriers and create a world free from the myths, fear and discrimination surrounding HIV. Then, pass it on — knowledge is power!

Learn about HIV

Since the first reported cases of HIV in the early 1980s, both the disease and its diagnosis have changed drastically. Today, we have a wider range of tools and approaches than ever before to prevent HIV transmission, and thanks to groundbreaking treatments, people living with HIV can lead longer and healthier lives. It's crucial that we understand the basics about HIV and how it spreads in order to put an end to the epidemic.
HIV In the US

Around the world, about 37 million people are living with HIV. In the US, about 1 in 8 people who have HIV don’t know it and about 32,100 people get infected with HIV every year. Follow progress on America’s HIV Epidemic Analysis Dashboard.
Know Your Status

You could have HIV and still feel healthy. The only way to know for sure whether you have HIV is to get tested. Everyone ages 15 to 65 needs to get tested at least once. Some people may need to get tested more often. Find out about our free HIV testing options.
Prevention Is Possible

For people at risk for HIV, there’s PrEP, a medication that protects against HIV infection. When combined with additional strategies, like condoms, safer sex practices and harm reduction behaviors, PrEP can keep you safe and help prevent the spread of HIV. Learn if PrEP is right for you.
Treatment as Prevention

People living with HIV can enjoy long, healthy lives thanks to antiretroviral therapy or ART. And successful treatment can also prevent HIV transmission. It’s known as U=U or undetectable equals untransmittable. Discover how starting and staying on ART can keep you or someone you love healthy and can prevent HIV transmission.
Overall Well-Being

Sadly, inequitable access to health care, lack of information, stigma, racism, discrimination and current HIV criminalization laws are reasons why people don’t test, treat or prevent HIV, continuing the HIV epidemic in our nation and in our local community. Learn why health equity is important in the fight against HIV.
Lend a Hand

We know that an end to new HIV infections is possible within our lifetimes. Your support can help us reach all affected communities and help us reach this goal sooner. Learn how easy it is to get involved at Caracole.

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