10 caravans from all over the country have been travelling across the country to raise awarnees of HIV/AIDS issues and are set to converge on Washington D.C. beginning Nov. 5th for five days of action on HIV/AIDS issues.
The caravan that started from Seattle will arrive here late tonight and hold a rally tommorrow morning at the headquarters of the Minnesota AIDS Project on Park Avenue. Please come and show your support if you are able! David Strand Loring Park --------------------------------------------------- For more on the Campaign to End AIDS visit http://www.campaigntoendaids.org/site/c.fnJMKLNmFmG/b.910725/k.CBB8/Home.htm CAMPAIGN TO END AIDS ---------------------------------------------------- For more on the local rally friday see below for info from MAP's website.... http://www.mnaidsproject.org/publicpolicy/CampaigntoEndAIDS/index.htm Caravan Support Rally Send Your Voice to Washington! Friday, October 28th at 10 a.m. at MAP In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Campaign to End AIDS (C2EA) rescheduled the departure date of the caravans that are now traveling across the country to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. The launch of the caravan was postponed by four weeks, so instead of arriving in Minneapolis on September 29 the Caravan will now arrive on October 27. The local event is scheduled for Friday, October 28 at 10 a.m. at the Minnesota AIDS Project located at 1400 Park Avenue South in Minneapolis. (Note that the event has moved inside rather than being held outside the MAP building.) Minnesota HIV/AIDS activists and caravan riders will be speaking on urgent issues such as reauthorization of the Ryan White CARE Act and US funding of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS. The Campaign to End AIDS (www.c2ea.org) is a coalition of individuals and organizations, including MAP, from across the United States working together to build a strong and relentless response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. C2EA has four overarching demands and four front-burner issues for 2005: We demand that our leaders... Fully fund quality treatment and support services for all people living with HIV everywhere. Ramp up HIV prevention at home and abroad, guided by science rather than ideology. Increase research to find a cure, more effective treatments and better prevention tools. Fight AIDS stigma and protect the civil rights of all people with HIV and AIDS everywhere. In 2005, we urge lawmakers to... Reauthorize and fully fund the Ryan White CARE Act. Keep Medicaid strong for people with HIV/AIDS and all other beneficiaries. Strengthen the global fight against AIDS by fully funding the Global Fund and backing 100 percent debt cancellation. Restore and revive effective HIV prevention worldwide based on the best science. Nine C2EA caravans are traveling across the country in vans, on buses and will converge on Washington, DC for four Days of Action on November 5-8. Minneapolis is an overnight stop for the Seattle-based caravan with a MAP-hosted rally on October 28. For more information about the caravans, C2EA, and how to support this campaign, visit www.c2ea.org. For more information about the MAP caravan support rally contact: Lorie Alveshere Public Policy Intern Minnesota AIDS Project 612-373-9166 [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
