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of over 70 groups building a unified,
effective movement for HIV prevention
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AIDS Community Call to Action:
HIV WILL NOT DEFEAT US
Washington, DC * Thursday, May 20, 2004
 BUSH, KERRY, CONGRESS:
TIME’S UP! END AIDS NOW! TAKE REAL ACTION!Press Kit, Releases and Articles
Find out how THE WAR AGAINST AIDS CAN BE WON
WHY WE TAKE ACTION
HIV is not just a virus. AIDS is not just a disease. HIV/AIDS is a pandemic – the biggest health crisis in world history, leaving a wake of death, destabilization and still more disease. Even as AIDS remains unchecked in developing nations, we now face an acceleration of the epidemic in vulnerable populations in the United States.
But the greatest horror may be that our leaders know what it would take to stem the tide of the pandemic, and have chosen not to act. Comprehensive programs of prevention, treatment and care have been shown to work, and are needed worldwide. The United States government – both the Executive and Congressional branches – have consciously chosen to ignore what is needed to stop this virus, which has claimed more lives that every war in the history of modern civilization.
Despite widespread consensus on what must be done to stop AIDS, The Bush Administration and the U.S. Congress have failed to provide the funding and leadership necessary to reign in the epidemic and save millions of lives.
We are people whose lives are at risk, people who have lost our loved ones, people who have grown up in a country that has acted as if HIV/AIDS cannot be stopped, and as if our lives and the lives of others around the world are expendable.
We will not allow ourselves to be pitted against each other across region or national borders, HIV status, race, gender or sexual orientation. We are people who know that this is no time for inaction or hesitation – we need immediate and full-scale action to end AIDS in our lifetimes.
We are traveling to Washington DC on May 20, 2004 to unite our voices into a single call, demanding that Congress, the White House, and the presidential candidates commit to concrete actions towards a full-scale, comprehensive effort to stop HIV/AIDS
THE WAR AGAINST AIDS CAN BE WON
New documents confirm that we can confront the crisis, save the lives of people with HIV around the world, and get on track towards shutting down the pandemic. ...MORE...
Click Here to Download PROTEST FLYER as PDF File
Click Here to Download OUR DEMANDS as pdf
DONATIONS NEEDED
We need your individual or organizational contributions for this mobilization. We are asking for donations of $250 - $2500, but any amount is appreciated.
Housing Works will serve as a fiscal conduit for donations, which will be processed by their management services organization. They will accept checks, cash, money orders or credit cards -- but will not accept pledges. Checks and money orders should be made out to Housing Works, Inc., with a note indicating "May 20 Fund" and mailed to 320 W. 13th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10014 -- please write kink [at] housingworks [dot] org with amount of donation.
For details on credit card payments, email Bridgid Lang at lang [at] housingworks [dot] org
THE WAR AGAINST AIDS CAN BE WON
New documents confirm that we can confront the crisis, save the lives of people with HIV around the world, and get on track towards shutting down the pandemic.
Institute of Medicine provides plan to guarantee care for all people with HIV in the United States, saying that 60,000 currently lack comprehensive treatment Combining most state and federal HIV programs into a single national organization with streamlined rules and a larger budget, the proposed HIV Comprehensive Care Program would prevent the deaths of 20,000 Americans in the next 10 years
Read "Public Financing and Delivery of HIV/AIDS Care: Securing the Legacy of Ryan White"
Click here to read press coverage of the IOM report"World Health Organization releases report calling for comprehensive HIV/AIDS Strategy:A comprehensive HIV/AIDS strategy can link prevention, treatment, care and long-term support. At a crucial moment in the pandemic's history, the international community has an unprecedented opportunity to alter its course and simultaneously fortify health systems for the enduring benefit of all.
Read more / download "The world health report 2004 - changing history"
Read press coverage of the WHO report"
KEITH, JOE AND JOE: WE WILL REMEMBER
We march and commit civil disobedience on May 20 in loving memory of three NYC AIDS warriors: Keith Cylar, co-founder of Housing Works, and Joe Capestany and Joe Bostic, co-founders of New York City AIDS Housing Network:
Read about Keith's life and support the Keith Cylar Activist Fund endowment
Listen to the NPR report on Keith's funeral
Learn about the work of NYCAHN and the memorials of Joe Bostic and Joe Capestany
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