Registration is open for the 17th annual AIDSWatch 2009! If you haven't registered, go to
www.napwa.org and click the AIDSWatch logo.
You are invited to come to Washington DC April 27-29 along with hundreds of advocactes from across the country to tell Congress that this is our year! We must demand that our leaders develop and outcome-driven strategy to end the HIV & AIDS epidemic in the United States.
C2EA, in collaboration with NAPWA and DC Fights Back, will have a rally April 27 at 1:30pm on Freedom Plaza - 2 blocks from the White House and across the street from DC's Mayor's office. The theme of the rally is We are Watching and Tired of Waiting!
In the 17 years of AIDSWatch, tens of thousands of American citizens have died of HIV & AIDS while waiting for our leaders to answer the call. We will demand that our nation's leaders complete a plan that provides an outcome-driven strategy to end the HIV & AIDS epidemic in the United States. We will also demand that the communities that make up the core of the epidemic across the country be given opportunity for meaningful input and leadership in its development - for example, AIDSWatch host city Washington DC has the highest HIV infection rates in the nation with no comprehensive plan on the horizon. If we end the epidemic in the Nation's Capitol, we can end it anywhere.
We will also celebrate the creation of the Denver Principles. Created in 1983, the DP demanded that individuals living - and dying - of HIV & AIDS would be treated with respect and dignity regardless of sex, sexuality, gender, race, and religion. In 2009, as people are living - and still dying - it is more important than ever to take our place in leading the fight in ending this epidemic. With Ryan White Care Act reauthorization, the creation and implementation of a national HIV & AIDS strategy, and a historic revamping of national healthcare, people living with HIV & AIDS must show our faces, voices, and actions to ensure urgent action.
For more information, contact:
Larry Bryant, Director of National Organizing Housingworks - Advocacy & Organizing
727 15th Street 2nd Floor, NW
Washington, D.C. 20005
(202)408-0305 office
(202)408-1142 fax
(202)419-9810 cell
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