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A place to contribute on Advocacy issues for HIV/AIDS in the US.
Join 1,000 activists in calling for the Obama Administration to make fighting AIDS a priority in the first 100 days
Dear Friends,
Today, more than 1,000 AIDS activists are gathering in Washington, DC to "inaugurate" President-Elect Obama as the president who can change the way our country addresses the HIV/AIDS crisis. Many of us will be marching to the White House and President-Elect Barack Obama’s Transition Team offices with this message. We know that many of you cannot make it to DC for the rally, but that doesn't mean you can't take ACTION! We need YOUR HELP to get our message out to the President-Elect and his Transition Team (the people who are deciding now what President Obama's priorities will be).
As the largest minority group in the U.S., Hispanics/Latinos are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. The tremendous impact of the epidemic continues to affect the health and well being of Latinos across the U.S. and its dependant territories. Latinos in the U.S. represent 15.3% (U.S. Census Bureau) of the population but we now account for 24.3% of the new HIV infections. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Latinos are three times more likely than Caucasians to be HIV positive, to test late in their disease or to have an AIDS diagnosis. Studies have shown that Latinos face additional barriers to healthcare access that exacerbate the epidemic, including lack of health insurance, underutilization of preventive health services, and limited availability of linguistically and culturally competent services. Despite these trends, AIDS among Latinos has all but disappeared from national discourse. Latinos are not on the public health agenda in many states and the Federal government response has been slow and inadequate.
Can you take one minute to make this call or e-mail the transition team today, and help reinforce the message? The phone number, and a call-in script, is below or you can go to: http://www.change.gov/page/s/contact and then type in your information and cut and paste the message below. It is very easy to do and takes less than 1 minute.
You can find information on the DC rally at www.100daystofightaids.org/demands and you can find out more about the Latino AIDS Agenda at www.latinoaidsagenda.org.
Thank you in advance for your support,
Oscar Raúl López
Director of Health Policy
Latino Commission on AIDS
Direct Line: (646) 375-4415
President-Elect Obama Transition Team
Phone #: 202 - 540 - 3000
After instructions, press "2" to speak with staff.
Then, just follow the script below or go to http://www.change.gov/page/s/contact fill in your information and cut and paste the message below.
"Hi, my name is _________. I want to let President-Elect Obama and his transition team know that I fully support the visionary commitments he laid out during his campaign, including guaranteeing universal access to HIV treatment in the United States and around the world and reforming prevention policies at home and abroad. I'm especially supportive of Obama announcing his plan to fulfill these important commitments during his 1st 100 days in office. Please inform our new president that I am particularly concerned about the HIV/AIDS crisis among Latinos in the United States and encourage that attention be paid this community.”
Please make every effort to make your calls today and if possible, between 1:00 and 2:45 pm EST, thousands of supporters will gather outside the White House and at the Transition Team offices to support President-Elect Obama's commitments, please join our efforts by calling or writing our new President today.
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New York Times came out with a blog on AIDS. Here is the link, http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/the-voices-of-aids-and-hiv/
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