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~HIV HEALTH~ : [dcfightsback] NATIONWIDE Stand Against AIDS - again and again!
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From: MSN NicknameBrandflake301  (Original Message)Sent: 9/27/2008 8:58 PM
I am sharing this message from my friend and fellow member of the Metropolitan Washington Regional HIV Health Services Planning Council.  The Council (and similar councils all across the nation) deveops the plan for use of federal funds under the Ryan White Care Act. The Care Act is designed to ensure that all people living with HIV  and AIDS receive the all the medical and support services they need by closing the gap between what other service providers deliver and the full need in our country.
 
While Larry and I are in the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area, the Campaign To End AIDS is a national one in which support is needed from all 50 states.
 
Please read the information below and lend your support in whatever way you can to help ensure that the nextr President of the United States increases funding and services form the fight against HIV/AIDS to the level eeded to win this battle once and for all.
 
Many Thanks!!  
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 1:53 PM
Subject: [dcfightsback] Stand Against AIDS - again and again!

The Campaign To End AIDS presence was felt greatly at the first Presidential Debate between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain. C2EA's 'Stand Against AIDS' - a nationawide collaborative demand that our next President provide a comprehensive plan to end the HIV & AIDS epidemic in the United States - garnered local, regional, and national media attention through the 8 caravans traveling cross country. Mississippi'<WBR>s 'Walk Against AIDS' - a 10 day, 178 mile walk from Jackson to Oxford recreating the famous civil rights march from 1966 - is still being talked about all over the state.

However, we are not done! There is much more work to do to ensure that our elected officials, faith leaders, and local/community leaders understand the urgency of our demand for an end to the HIV & AIDS epidemic. Below are the remaining debates with locations, times, and ticket information. I urge C2EA - and more specifically, people living with HIV & AIDS - to be visible and vocal and continue the demonstrations and that urge action now!

I also want to support the development of local 'Stand' townhall meetings that provide an inclusive forum for people living with HIV & AIDS, their loved ones, advocates, and allies to futher discuss what a national plan to end the HIV & AIDS epidemic means locally. Supportive and permanent housing, effects of stigma and discrimination, barriers to quality care and treatment are just some of the issues that affect us individually and as a community. We have to make sure that our voices are heard!
 
Vice Presidential Debate
Date: October 2nd - Site: Washington University (St. Louis) - Moderator: Gwen Ifill - Staging/Answer Format: Debate will consist of both foreign and domestic policy questions asked by the moderator. Format will be similar to the presidential debates.
For tickets: http://debate.<WBR>wustl.edu/<WBR>tickets.html
 
Second Presidential Debate
Date: October 7 - Site: Belmont University - Moderator: Tom Brokaw - Staging: Town Hall debate - Format: The moderator will call on members of the audience (and draw questions from the internet). Each candidate will have 2 minutes to respond to each question. Following those initial answers, the moderator will invite the candidates to respond to the previous answers, for a total of 1 minute, ensuring that both candidates receive an equal amount of time to comment. In the spirit of the Town Hall, all questions will come from the audience (or internet), and not the moderator.
For tickets: http://www.belmontd<WBR>ebate08.com/<WBR>ticketing
 
Third Presidential Debate
Date: October 15 - Site: Hofstra University - Topic: Domestic and Economic Issues - Moderator: Bob Schieffer - Staging: Candidates will be seated at a table - Answer Format: Same as First Presidential Debate - Closing Statements: At the end of this debate (only) each candidate shall have the opportunity for a 90 second closing statement.
For tickets: http://wwwhofstra.<WBR>edu/debate/<WBR>debate_tickets.<WBR>html
 
For questions about developing a 'Stand Against AIDS' town hall in your community, please contact Larry Bryant at (202)408-0305 or bryant2@housingwork<WBR>s.org.
For more information on the Campaign To End AIDS and the 'Stand Against AIDS', please contact info@campaigntoenda<WBR>ids.org or 1877-END AIDS.


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     re: [dcfightsback] NATIONWIDE Stand Against AIDS - again and again!   MSN NicknameBrandflake301  9/27/2008 8:59 PM