>From: Ylva Hernlund <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list              <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [WASAN] FW: [Adna-list] UPDATE: Major AIDS Protest in DC - TODAY              ! (fwd) >Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 07:53:48 -0700 > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 23:29:09 -0700 >From: Charlotte Utting <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [WASAN] FW: [Adna-list] UPDATE: Major AIDS Protest in DC - TODAY ! > >I don't usually forward their notices of meetings in D.C. but I thought it >noteworthy that Salih Booker, Executive Director of Africa Action, was >arrested today.  --CU > >---------- >From: Nunu <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 08:17:57 -0700 >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [Adna-list] UPDATE: Major AIDS Protest in DC - TODAY ! > >ADNA UPDATE: 040520 >Message from:  Africa Action >For contact information see also: >http://adna.africafocus.org >contact: Andre Banks <[log in to unmask]> > >Africa Action Press Release > >For Immediate Release >Contact:  Monique Luse, Africa Action >202-546-7961 >734-678-4678 > >Africa Action Joins in Historic AIDS Protest >Arrests Expected as 1,000 Gather to Demand Action from Congress and >Presidential Candidates > >The staff of Africa Action will join with a thousand people, including >activists living with HIV, their family members, and providers of AIDS >prevention and treatment services, today in Washington, DC for an angry >election-year march and civil disobedience action in the largest such >effort in over a decade.  100 marchers will be arrested in an act of civil >disobedience at the capital building as they tell Congress and the >Presidential Candidates, "Wake Up, Times Up!" > >"In this election year President Bush, John Kerry and Congress must do more >to address HIV/AIDS-the greatest health and humanitarian crisis in >history," said Salih Booker, Executive Director of Africa Action who was >arrested with other demonstrators today.  "HIV/AIDS will be an election >issue this November and any candidate who expects success at the polls must >first show their commitment to fighting AIDS at home and at its epicenter >in Africa." > >Stressing that the 8% of voters in a tight election identify HIV/AIDS as >their number-one health concern, the protesters pledge continued activity, >demanding that elected officials and candidates alike commit to >comprehensive programs to prevent HIV transmission, to bring treatment and >support services to people living with HIV, and to redouble efforts for a >cure, in the United States and around the world. > >"Last week, the federally-funded Institute of Medicine gave our elected >leaders a report that verifies what we're dealing with every day in our >neighborhoods -- at least 59,000 people here in the United States can't get >stable access to life-saving AIDS drugs," said Louis Jones of the New York >City AIDS Housing Network, a member of the Still We Rise coalition planning >events during the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.  "Over a >thousand of us from across the country are coming to DC to say: >'Wake up! Time's Up! Our lives depend on these medications and support >programs, and we're going to be everywhere you are, from here to the >national political conventions to the voting booth until we see some real >action." >The coalition demands include: > >o Full funding of domestic and global efforts to provide lifesaving HIV >medications to millions; >o Full funding of the domestic and global HIV/AIDS public health >infrastructure; >o Support of comprehensive and honest HIV prevention efforts; >o An end to politically-motivated attacks on scientific research on >HIV/AIDS; and >o Full funding for AIDS housing programs. > >"There's been a death toll through every presidential administration while >we continue to block funding for needle exchange or put up roadblocks to >getting AIDS drugs to poor nations," said Waheedah El-Shabazz of ACT UP >Philadelphia. "Believe me, those of us who continue to bury our friends and >loved ones, here and around the world, are wide awake and ready to do what >it takes to stop this epidemic. If you're running around saying stuff like >condoms don't work, or cutting funds for the programs our lives depend >upon, or even just refusing to talk about AIDS out loud and often, you're >dreaming if you think you are fighting AIDS." > >The crowd gathers at Folger Park (3rd and D, SE) at 11 am, march past >Republican National Committee headquarters and the Democratic National >Committee headquarters and finish with civil disobedience on the West Side >of the Capitol Building. > >---------------------------------------------- >This message is distributed through the Advocacy Network for Africa (ADNA) > >Nunu Kidane >Advocacy Network for Africa (ADNA) >Communications Facilitator for ADNA >http://adna.africafocus.org > >To unsubscribe your e-mail address from this group, send an email to: >[log in to unmask] To ensure that the ADNA database is updated >correctly, please also send a copy of your request, or any other request >for changes in your membership >information, to [log in to unmask] For additional assistance with >the adnalist, >write to [log in to unmask] > >_______________________________________________ >Adna-list mailing list >[log in to unmask] >http://lists.kabissa.org/mailman/listinfo/adna-list > > > >------------------------ Yahoo! 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