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EVERY 9 1/2 MINUTES SOMEONE IN THE US IS INFECTED WITH HIV

 Sound the Alarm!

 

Tell Senators Spector (PA) & Lautenberg (NJ): HIV is not in recession

June 30, 2009
Meet 9:30am at Specter's office in Philly (5th between Market and Arch)
We'll march together to the ferry and then take a boat to Lautenberg's
Camden office
 

Take action with ACT UP Philly to demand:

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• What what? ACT UP is having an 80's Throwback Party and overnight sleepathon fundraiser!
• When? Sat, Jan 31 9pm - Sun, Feb 1, 9am
• Where? House of the Future, 45th and Springfield Ave (take the 34 trolley to 45th St)
• Why? We want to raise money for our upcoming retreat, and have some fun while we're at it!

 Go back to the future at the House of the Future with ACT UP as we commemorate the end of our 20th anniversary year with a fundraiser from back in the day. Get people to sponsor you for each hour you spend at the sleepathon (lump sum donations also acceptable). Don't forget your slippers!

All are welcome to join us for our weekly meeting. The Monday meeting is the primary decision-making body of ACT UP Philadelphia, and everyone there gets a say. We meet at 6pm every Monday night at the Church of St. Luke and the Epiphany, 330 S. 13th Street, Philadelphia. We build the agenda by doing a go-round. Everyone introduces themselves and adds items to the agenda. Agenda categories include:

• Announcements (1 minute, no discussion)
• Action
• Discussion
• Reportback
• Proposals
• Non ACT UP Items

 At the beginning of the meeting, the facilitator will present our mission statement (ACT UP is the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power. We are a diverse, non-partisan group of individuals, united in anger and committed to ending the AIDS crisis through direct action). They will also ask if anyone in the room is from law enforcement, pharmaceutical companies or the media, and the group will decide if that person can stay.  Questions? Call or email at the contact info that runs along the bottom of our page.

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Come support ACT UP Philadelphia as we party and raise money to send people living with HIV and allies to DC to remind the next president that fighting AIDS must be a priority. Plus, it’s our 20th anniversary, which should make you 20 times more excited to support us.   $5 gets you in the door, and you’re guaranteed (yes, guaranteed) to have a good time! Plus, it’s for a good cause. Good time for a good cause – good place to be!

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Check out the new website for our November 20th action!  http://www.100daystofightaids.org/

 Please join ACT UP Philadelphia & allies for a rally in Washington, DC on Thursday November 20th.We will demand the next president prioritize HIV in his first 100 days in office - He must make preventing and treating AIDS a priority in the US and around the world.    WE WILL NOT REST IN PEACE     ACT UP will be demanding the next president:

• Guarantee treatment for all people with HIV in the US before they get sick, as part of a universal health care plan
• Provide housing for all people with HIV by fully funding HOPWA
• End funding for abstinence-only education at home and abroad because it is stigmatizing and harmful & end the federal ban on funding for syringe exchange
• Reform the US Global AIDS Plan to work for all people, including getting rid of the sex worker loyalty oath.

 

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Follow the activities of our friends as ACT UP represents during the International AIDS Conference! It is happening in Mexico City August 3-8, 2008. Activists and our friends are blogging in English here: http://www.aids2008.com and en espanol aqui: http://sida2008.blogia.com/. AND, Paypal donations will go toward covering their expenses.

ACT-UP Philadelphia; AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power Commemorates 20 years of Fighting Back to End the AIDS Crisis (Part1) By Waheedah Shabazz-El  

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 20, 2008

Contact: Samantha Sitrin, ACT UP Philadelphia – 215-870-7741

Hundreds of angry AIDS activists deliver backbone to “spineless” McCain, Obama, Reid and McConnell, protesting inaction on landmark global AIDS bill

Thurs June 26, 2008 • Noon • Stanton Park (4th and C NE) • March to each Senate office bearing giant spines.

WASHINGTON, DC- Hundreds of activists, angry at Senate leadership and Presidential hopefuls due to a stalled global health bill, will descend on Capitol Hill to deliver a giant spine to Senators Reid, McConnell, Obama and McCain on June 26, 2006. Although there are more than 60 Senate supporters, a small number led by Sen. Coburn (R, OK) have placed a hold on the bill, proposing to flat-fund the program while earmarking the majority of funds for treatment. According to activists, the Senate leadership and the Presidential candidates are not taking the necessary action to pass the Hyde/Lantos U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 (S. 2731). The bill commits $50 billion over five years to continue the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

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Join ACT UP and other activists from the mid-Atlantic on:

• Thursday, June 26
• 12 pm
• Stanton Park (4th and C NE), Washington DC

We will be meeting to demand that Senate leadership stand up to Senator Coburn (R-OK), who is blocking passage of the largest global health bill in history. Coburn says he objects to the bill and has placed a “hold” on a vote, even though there are more than 60 bipartisan supporters in the Senate – but the Senate leaders of both parties are pretending to be helpless to call for a vote. If the bill doesn’t pass before the G8 in early July, the leaders of both parties are responsible. Senators Reid, McConnell, Obama and McCain need to make sure to PASS THE GLOBAL AIDS, TB AND MALARIA BILL BY JULY 1st! Free buses are available from Philadelphia and NYC. Philadelphia buses will depart from Broad and Walnut at 7:30am. NYC bus departure is still being determined. To RSVP for either bus, or if you have questions about the action, contact samsitrin500@hotmail.com.

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