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Ask Senators Dodd & Lieberman to sign on to HOPWA letter!
Thursday, April 22, 2010

The FY2011 HOPWA letter circulating in the Senate closes on Thursday, but so far, only 3 Senators have joined Sen. Durbin in requesting $410 million for the HOPWA program:

Request for Sign-Ons: Open Letter to Pharmaceutical Companies on the ADAP Crisis
Monday, April 12, 2010

From the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC):

Office of National AIDS Policy to Hold Conference Call about the Release of the National HIV/AIDS Discussion Report
Friday, April 9, 2010

From the National Minority AIDS Council:

Support Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Funding - Call Your Senator Today!
Monday, March 29, 2010

More than one million adults, children, and adolescents are living with HIV in the US.  Fifty percent of people living with HIV do not have reliable access to care, and 21 percent are unaware of their HIV infection.  Meanwhile, many state and local governments are struggling to maintain their HIV/AIDS programs due to the current economic climate.

Urgent Action Alert - Ban-the Box!
Thursday, March 25, 2010

The deadline for the Ban-the-Box bill to be voted out of the Judiciary Committee is Monday the 29th of March so please call the Co-Chairs of Judiciary Committee Senator McDonald and Representative Lawlor, at 860-240-0530 now and urge them to bring HB5523 up for a vote!

 

 

Thank your Member of Congress for standing up to insurance companies!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

On March 21, the House of Representatives passed the health reform bill with a vote of 219-212. The Co-Chairs of Connecticut HCAN John Olsen and Tom Swan want to thank you for all of your incredible hard work and endurance.
 
John Larson, Joe Courtney, Rosa DeLauro, Jim Himes and Chris Murphy all deserve tremendous amounts of thanks and praise for standing up to the...

Tell Your Representatives to Support the Minority AIDS Initiative
Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Please call or write your House Representative and encourage them to sign on to this important appropriation. We can’t wait one more day or sacrifice one more life in our community we need your support and help to move this forward. Let your Representative hear your voices not your silence.
 

 

Tell HHS That Black Women Openly Living with HIV/AIDS Should Be Represented on PACHA
Thursday, February 25, 2010

The National Black Women HIV/AIDS Network is asking you to sign onto a letter to the United States Department of Health and Human Services regarding the lack of representation of black women openly living with HIV/AIDS on Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA).

Please sign and return the letter below to the...

HRSA Housing Policy Rescinded
Friday, February 19, 2010

Please read the following announcement from the National AIDS Housing Coalition:

Analysis on the Governor's 2010-2011 Budget and Cuts to HIV/AIDS
Thursday, February 4, 2010

From the AIDS Life Campaign:

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