Harry Belafonte on South Africa dispute

[James Love <love@cptech.org>]

Interesting note regarding Hary Belefonte

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Subject: Congressional Progressive Caucus in Atlanta
     Date:  Fri, 12 Nov 1999 12:01:09 -0500 (EST)
    From: "P. Davis" <pdavis@CritPath.Org>
      To: Multiple recipients of list <healthgap@CritPath.Org>

Excerpted from a message from Jeff Graham, former ACT UP Atlanta &
current E.D. of AIDS Survival Project in Atlanta:

Forwarded message:
>From asp@mindspring.com Fri Nov 12 09:57 EST 1999

>Also, yesterday we helped to organize a stop on the Progressive
>Congressional Caucus Economic Human Rights Bus Tour to focus on helath care
>issue.  Harry Belafonte ended the session by testifying to the damage done
>by the Clinton/Gore administration towards the efforts to bring affordable
>drugs to South Africa.  Speaking without notes, he knew all the facts and
>figures by heart, and made a truly moving speech tying in the troubles in
>the US with a greater global outlook.  We not been able to focus too much
>attention on this issue here in Atlanta as we've been consumed with keeping
>the pharmacy of the county hospital open and trying to eliminate the
>overwhelming waiting list for our ADAP (812 people with no departmental
>budget request for additional funds!), so it was great to have someone here
>speaking so eloquently about the issue.  Obviously there's been some very
>impressive educational work going on around this issue if he knows it so
>well.  Keep up the good work!
>
>
>-- Jeff
>AIDS Survival Project -
>Providing Tools For Living
>visit us on the web at:  http://asp.home.mindspring.com

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