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Subj:   NYC June 23: Stop Global AIDS Now March & Rally=20
Date:   5/31/2001 4:02:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time =20
From:=A0 =A0 salynch@globaltreatmentaccess.org (Sharonann Lynch)
To:=A0 =A0 info@stopglobalaidsnow.org
   =20
   =20

*please distribute widely and excuse multiple postings*

March * Rally * Music * Speakers
STOP GLOBAL AIDS NOW
MARCH AND RALLY JUNE 23, NYC

Add your voice to speakers from South Africa, Thailand, Uganda,=20
Brazil, Kenya, Ghana in demanding action to STOP GLOBAL AIDS NOW.

Meet 11am Washington Square Park and March to Bryant Park
(Permit Pending)

The rally at Bryant Park will be hosted by a number of speakers will=20
including people living with HIV and activists from grass-roots=20
movements from the Global South issuing calls to action.

*********************************

Before world leaders discuss HIV/AIDS at the United Nations and=20
before the G8 Summit in Genoa, Italy...

WE WILL BE IN THE STREETS DEMANDING ACTION FROM OUR POLICY MAKERS:

Dollars: We call on the U.S. and other wealthy countries to invest=20
multiple billions in grants to the Global AIDS FUND and to national=20
AIDS plans in developing countries.

Debt: We call on the World Bank and IMF to cancel 100% of the odious=20
international debt owed to them by all impoverished countries heavily=20
impacted by HIV/AIDS.

Drugs: We call on the U.S. and other wealthy countries to ensure=20
access to lifesaving AIDS medications, including generically=20
manufactured drugs, at the lowest cost.

*********************************
FOR INFO

vmail 212-208-4533
email=A0 info@stopglobalaidsnow.org

For a list of endorsers, campaign materials and info go to:=20
www.stopglobalaidsnow.org

For background information go to: www.globaltreatmentaccess.org

*********************************
HOW TO PARTICIPATE BEFORE JUNE 23:

ENDORSE June 23 by sending an email to salynch@critpath.org.

VOLUNTEER to help with outreach, sign making, marshaling at the march=20
by sending an email to VolunteerStopAIDS@hotmail.com.=A0 Schedule of=20
meetings, marshall trainings, and poster making events available on=20
www.stopglobalaidsnow.org

MOBILIZE for June 23 by distributing flyers and getting the word out.=20
Download flyers at www.stopglobalaidsnow.org or request materials be=20
faxed to you by emailing salynch@critpath.org.

ORGANIZE the march and rally by attending planning meetings. The next=20
meeting is Thursday, June 7 at 7 pm at African Services Committee,=20
429 West 127 Street between Morningside and Amsterdam Avenues.=20
Schedule of meetings available on www.stopglobalaidsnow.org

*********************************

=A0 Activists contend that, with over 30 million people facing death=20
from untreated HIV/AIDS, the richest countries must increase direct=20
grant aid and implement complete debt cancellation for impoverished=20
countries within the context of coordinated national HIV/AIDS control=20
programs.

=A0 What we know to be morally correct - that the lives of millions of=20
poor people with AIDS are no less expendable than the lives of those=20
with AIDS who live in wealthy countries, and that access to treatment=20
is a human right - is also a pragmatic possibility to bring=20
medication to those in need.

*********************************
IF YOU ARE TRAVELING FROM OUTSIDE NYC:

BOSTON
Boston Global Action Network/African AIDS Project
call xxxx
email: xxxx
Bus leaving xxxxx

PHILLY
ACT UP Philadelphia
call 215-731-1844
email: xxxx
Bus leaving xxxxx

*********************************

=A0 We honor the people who have lost their lives or their loved ones=20
due to HIV/AIDS during the past 20 years of this epidemic. We join in=20
struggle with those that are still fighting.

=A0 We heed the demand of people living with HIV/AIDS in the Global=20
South for access to treatment, care, and support - treatment that has=20
been shown to extend lives of people with AIDS, has been shown to=20
help build health care infrastructure, and is proven to be=20
inextricably linked to prevention.

=A0 We heed the demand of people from the South who are calling for=20
complete debt cancellation as the burden of debt payments to the=20
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank prevent the=20
ability of countries to save lives and educate children.

*********************************
Sponsors: African Services Committee, the Health GAP Coalition,=20
Global-AIDS- Alliance, ACT UP New York, American Jewish World=20
Service, Jubilee USA Network, Africa Action in cooperation with=20
allies in the Global South including National Association of People=20
with AIDS (NAPWA) South Africa, and Treatment Action Campaign (TAC)=20
South Africa.

*********************************

U.S. Endorsers include: ACT UP Philadelphia, New York City Coalition=20
Against AIDS in Africa (NYCRAA), Africa Action, Global ACCTS, the=20
Americans Mobilized Against the Spread of AIDS in Africa (AMASAA),=20
Bailey House, Student Global AIDS Campaign, AIDS Treatment Data=20
Network, AIDS Research Alliance/Los Angeles, ACT UP/East Bay, River=20
Fund, Latino Commission on AIDS, Africa AIDS Inititative,=20
Mobilization Against AIDS International, ACT UP/Cleveland, AIDS=20
Treatment Data Network (ATDN), GNP+ North America, Global Exchange,=20
POZ Magazine, Sierra Foothills AIDS Foundation, South Africa=20
Development Fund, Survive AIDS (ACT UP/Golden Gate), The New York=20
AIDS Coalition (NYAC), NYC AIDS Housing Network (NYCAHN), Jews=20
Against Genocide, Sisters Mobilized for AIDS Research and Treatment=20
(S.M.A.R.T. University),=A0 Queers For Racial & Economic Justice,=20
Solidarity Against the HIV Infection in India (SAATHII), Kathleen=20
Chalfont, Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC), BGAN Africa AIDS Project,=20
National Summit on Africa/Africa Society, International Socialist=20
Organization, Body Positive, Freetown-New Haven Sister Cities, New=20
York Community Trust/Royal S. Marks Foundation Fund, Broadway=20
Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Dutch Stichting AIDS Fonds, National=20
Organization for Women., The North American Taskforce on=20
Prostitution, Housing Works, Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church,=20
Audre Lorde Project (ALP), Mothers' Voices, International Action=20
Center, Boston Global Action Network/African AIDS Project,=20
Mississippians With HIV/AIDS. (list in formation)

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top Global AIDS Now March &amp; Rally=20
 Date: 5/31/2001 4:02:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time =20
 From:=A0 =A0 salynch@globaltreatmentaccess.org (Sharonann Lynch)
 To:=A0 =A0 info@stopglobalaidsnow.org
 =20
 =20
 
 
 *please distribute widely and excuse multiple postings*
 
 March * Rally * Music * Speakers
 STOP GLOBAL AIDS NOW
 MARCH AND RALLY JUNE 23, NYC
 
 Add your voice to speakers from South Africa, Thailand, Uganda,=20
 Brazil, Kenya, Ghana in demanding action to STOP GLOBAL AIDS NOW.
 
 Meet 11am Washington Square Park and March to Bryant Park
 (Permit Pending)
 
 The rally at Bryant Park will be hosted by a number of speakers will=20
 including people living with HIV and activists from grass-roots=20
 movements from the Global South issuing calls to action.
 
 *********************************
 
 Before world leaders discuss HIV/AIDS at the United Nations and=20
 before the G8 Summit in Genoa, Italy...
 
 WE WILL BE IN THE STREETS DEMANDING ACTION FROM OUR POLICY MAKERS:
 
 Dollars: We call on the U.S. and other wealthy countries to invest=20
 multiple billions in grants to the Global AIDS FUND and to national=20
 AIDS plans in developing countries.
 
 Debt: We call on the World Bank and IMF to cancel 100% of the odious=20
 international debt owed to them by all impoverished countries heavily=20
 impacted by HIV/AIDS.
 
 Drugs: We call on the U.S. and other wealthy countries to ensure=20
 access to lifesaving AIDS medications, including generically=20
 manufactured drugs, at the lowest cost.
 
 *********************************
 FOR INFO
 
 vmail 212-208-4533
 email=A0 info@stopglobalaidsnow.org
 
 For a list of endorsers, campaign materials and info go to:=20
 www.stopglobalaidsnow.org
 
 For background information go to: www.globaltreatmentaccess.org
 
 *********************************
 HOW TO PARTICIPATE BEFORE JUNE 23:
 
 ENDORSE June 23 by sending an email to salynch@critpath.org.
 
 VOLUNTEER to help with outreach, sign making, marshaling at the march=20
 by sending an email to VolunteerStopAIDS@hotmail.com.=A0 Schedule of=20
 meetings, marshall trainings, and poster making events available on=20
 www.stopglobalaidsnow.org
 
 MOBILIZE for June 23 by distributing flyers and getting the word out.=20
 Download flyers at www.stopglobalaidsnow.org or request materials be=20
 faxed to you by emailing salynch@critpath.org.
 
 ORGANIZE the march and rally by attending planning meetings. The next=20
 meeting is Thursday, June 7 at 7 pm at African Services Committee,=20
 429 West 127 Street between Morningside and Amsterdam Avenues.=20
 Schedule of meetings available on www.stopglobalaidsnow.org
 
 *********************************
 
 =A0 Activists contend that, with over 30 million people facing death=20
 from untreated HIV/AIDS, the richest countries must increase direct=20
 grant aid and implement complete debt cancellation for impoverished=20
 countries within the context of coordinated national HIV/AIDS control=20
 programs.
 
 =A0 What we know to be morally correct - that the lives of millions of=20
 poor people with AIDS are no less expendable than the lives of those=20
 with AIDS who live in wealthy countries, and that access to treatment=20
 is a human right - is also a pragmatic possibility to bring=20
 medication to those in need.
 
 *********************************
 IF YOU ARE TRAVELING FROM OUTSIDE NYC:
 
 BOSTON
 Boston Global Action Network/African AIDS Project
 call xxxx
 email: xxxx
 Bus leaving xxxxx
 
 PHILLY
 ACT UP Philadelphia
 call 215-731-1844
 email: xxxx
 Bus leaving xxxxx
 
 *********************************
 
 =A0 We honor the people who have lost their lives or their loved ones=20
 due to HIV/AIDS during the past 20 years of this epidemic. We join in=20
 struggle with those that are still fighting.
 
 =A0 We heed the demand of people living with HIV/AIDS in the Global=20
 South for access to treatment, care, and support - treatment that has=20
 been shown to extend lives of people with AIDS, has been shown to=20
 help build health care infrastructure, and is proven to be=20
 inextricably linked to prevention.
 
 =A0 We heed the demand of people from the South who are calling for=20
 complete debt cancellation as the burden of debt payments to the=20
 International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank prevent the=20
 ability of countries to save lives and educate children.
 
 *********************************
 Sponsors: African Services Committee, the Health GAP Coalition,=20
 Global-AIDS- Alliance, ACT UP New York, American Jewish World=20
 Service, Jubilee USA Network, Africa Action in cooperation with=20
 allies in the Global South including National Association of People=20
 with AIDS (NAPWA) South Africa, and Treatment Action Campaign (TAC)=20
 South Africa.
 
 *********************************
 
 U.S. Endorsers include: ACT UP Philadelphia, New York City Coalition=20
 Against AIDS in Africa (NYCRAA), Africa Action, Global ACCTS, the=20
 Americans Mobilized Against the Spread of AIDS in Africa (AMASAA),=20
 Bailey House, Student Global AIDS Campaign, AIDS Treatment Data=20
 Network, AIDS Research Alliance/Los Angeles, ACT UP/East Bay, River=20
 Fund, Latino Commission on AIDS, Africa AIDS Inititative,=20
 Mobilization Against AIDS International, ACT UP/Cleveland, AIDS=20
 Treatment Data Network (ATDN), GNP+ North America, Global Exchange,=20
 POZ Magazine, Sierra Foothills AIDS Foundation, South Africa=20
 Development Fund, Survive AIDS (ACT UP/Golden Gate), The New York=20
 AIDS Coalition (NYAC), NYC AIDS Housing Network (NYCAHN), Jews=20
 Against Genocide, Sisters Mobilized for AIDS Research and Treatment=20
 (S.M.A.R.T. University),=A0 Queers For Racial &amp; Economic Justice,=20
 Solidarity Against the HIV Infection in India (SAATHII), Kathleen=20
 Chalfont, Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC), BGAN Africa AIDS Project,=20
 National Summit on Africa/Africa Society, International Socialist=20
 Organization, Body Positive, Freetown-New Haven Sister Cities, New=20
 York Community Trust/Royal S. Marks Foundation Fund, Broadway=20
 Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Dutch Stichting AIDS Fonds, National=20
 Organization for Women., The North American Taskforce on=20
 Prostitution, Housing Works, Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church,=20
 Audre Lorde Project (ALP), Mothers' Voices, International Action=20
 Center, Boston Global Action Network/African AIDS Project,=20
 Mississippians With HIV/AIDS. (list in formation)</HTML>

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*please distribute widely and excuse multiple postings*

March * Rally * Music * Speakers
STOP GLOBAL AIDS NOW
MARCH AND RALLY JUNE 23, NYC

Add your voice to speakers from South Africa, Thailand, Uganda, 
Brazil, Kenya, Ghana in demanding action to STOP GLOBAL AIDS NOW.

Meet 11am Washington Square Park and March to Bryant Park
(Permit Pending)

The rally at Bryant Park will be hosted by a number of speakers will 
including people living with HIV and activists from grass-roots 
movements from the Global South issuing calls to action.

*********************************

Before world leaders discuss HIV/AIDS at the United Nations and 
before the G8 Summit in Genoa, Italy...

WE WILL BE IN THE STREETS DEMANDING ACTION FROM OUR POLICY MAKERS:

Dollars: We call on the U.S. and other wealthy countries to invest 
multiple billions in grants to the Global AIDS FUND and to national 
AIDS plans in developing countries.

Debt: We call on the World Bank and IMF to cancel 100% of the odious 
international debt owed to them by all impoverished countries heavily 
impacted by HIV/AIDS.

Drugs: We call on the U.S. and other wealthy countries to ensure 
access to lifesaving AIDS medications, including generically 
manufactured drugs, at the lowest cost.

*********************************
FOR INFO

vmail 212-208-4533
email  info@stopglobalaidsnow.org

For a list of endorsers, campaign materials and info go to: 
www.stopglobalaidsnow.org

For background information go to: www.globaltreatmentaccess.org

*********************************
HOW TO PARTICIPATE BEFORE JUNE 23:

ENDORSE June 23 by sending an email to salynch@critpath.org.

VOLUNTEER to help with outreach, sign making, marshaling at the march 
by sending an email to VolunteerStopAIDS@hotmail.com.  Schedule of 
meetings, marshall trainings, and poster making events available on 
www.stopglobalaidsnow.org

MOBILIZE for June 23 by distributing flyers and getting the word out. 
Download flyers at www.stopglobalaidsnow.org or request materials be 
faxed to you by emailing salynch@critpath.org.

ORGANIZE the march and rally by attending planning meetings. The next 
meeting is Thursday, June 7 at 7 pm at African Services Committee, 
429 West 127 Street between Morningside and Amsterdam Avenues. 
Schedule of meetings available on www.stopglobalaidsnow.org

*********************************

  Activists contend that, with over 30 million people facing death 
from untreated HIV/AIDS, the richest countries must increase direct 
grant aid and implement complete debt cancellation for impoverished 
countries within the context of coordinated national HIV/AIDS control 
programs.

  What we know to be morally correct - that the lives of millions of 
poor people with AIDS are no less expendable than the lives of those 
with AIDS who live in wealthy countries, and that access to treatment 
is a human right - is also a pragmatic possibility to bring 
medication to those in need.

*********************************
IF YOU ARE TRAVELING FROM OUTSIDE NYC:

BOSTON
Boston Global Action Network/African AIDS Project
call xxxx
email: xxxx
Bus leaving xxxxx

PHILLY
ACT UP Philadelphia
call 215-731-1844
email: xxxx
Bus leaving xxxxx

*********************************

  We honor the people who have lost their lives or their loved ones 
due to HIV/AIDS during the past 20 years of this epidemic. We join in 
struggle with those that are still fighting.

  We heed the demand of people living with HIV/AIDS in the Global 
South for access to treatment, care, and support - treatment that has 
been shown to extend lives of people with AIDS, has been shown to 
help build health care infrastructure, and is proven to be 
inextricably linked to prevention.

  We heed the demand of people from the South who are calling for 
complete debt cancellation as the burden of debt payments to the 
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank prevent the 
ability of countries to save lives and educate children.

*********************************
Sponsors: African Services Committee, the Health GAP Coalition, 
Global-AIDS- Alliance, ACT UP New York, American Jewish World 
Service, Jubilee USA Network, Africa Action in cooperation with 
allies in the Global South including National Association of People 
with AIDS (NAPWA) South Africa, and Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) 
South Africa.

*********************************

U.S. Endorsers include: ACT UP Philadelphia, New York City Coalition 
Against AIDS in Africa (NYCRAA), Africa Action, Global ACCTS, the 
Americans Mobilized Against the Spread of AIDS in Africa (AMASAA), 
Bailey House, Student Global AIDS Campaign, AIDS Treatment Data 
Network, AIDS Research Alliance/Los Angeles, ACT UP/East Bay, River 
Fund, Latino Commission on AIDS, Africa AIDS Inititative, 
Mobilization Against AIDS International, ACT UP/Cleveland, AIDS 
Treatment Data Network (ATDN), GNP+ North America, Global Exchange, 
POZ Magazine, Sierra Foothills AIDS Foundation, South Africa 
Development Fund, Survive AIDS (ACT UP/Golden Gate), The New York 
AIDS Coalition (NYAC), NYC AIDS Housing Network (NYCAHN), Jews 
Against Genocide, Sisters Mobilized for AIDS Research and Treatment 
(S.M.A.R.T. University),  Queers For Racial & Economic Justice, 
Solidarity Against the HIV Infection in India (SAATHII), Kathleen 
Chalfont, Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC), BGAN Africa AIDS Project, 
National Summit on Africa/Africa Society, International Socialist 
Organization, Body Positive, Freetown-New Haven Sister Cities, New 
York Community Trust/Royal S. Marks Foundation Fund, Broadway 
Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Dutch Stichting AIDS Fonds, National 
Organization for Women., The North American Taskforce on 
Prostitution, Housing Works, Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, 
Audre Lorde Project (ALP), Mothers' Voices, International Action 
Center, Boston Global Action Network/African AIDS Project, 
Mississippians With HIV/AIDS. (list in formation)

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