[1284] in peace2
Massachusetts AIDS Legislation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christen M Gray)
Tue Dec 4 17:13:28 2001
Message-Id: <200112042204.RAA04581@all-night-tool.mit.edu>
To: jewel@mit.edu, jyoti04@mit.edu, peace-list@mit.edu, wilg@mit.edu,
mccormick-announce@mit.edu, jeffreyg@mit.edu
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 17:04:17 -0500
From: Christen M Gray <cmgray@MIT.EDU>
This email is for any of you who are concerned about the spreading AIDS
epidemic. If we start to lose the momentum and advances on this
pernicious disease now, it will get the better of us very quickly.
There is so much death caused from this one little virus across the
entire globe it's unbelievable. Its now really beginning to show its
ugly little head in full force across india, china, and the rest of
eastern asia. Its hard to think what to do to help people. This is
something immediate and close to home. A place to start fighting. I'll
be heading over at 11am to the State house. If anyone wants to come
with me email me and I'll meet up with you at the T-station.
Christen Gray
cmgray@mit.edu
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LAST CHANCE!!!
SHOW YOUR OUTRAGE OVER CUTS TO STATE AIDS FUNDING
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5 AT 11:30 AM
AT THE STATE HOUSE!
On the 5th, the legislature will be putting its final stamp of approval on
the budget and $12 million in cuts to AIDS Programs in the state. Help us
show our elected officials that AIDS funding is essential, NOT optional.
Bring signs, bring banners, bring your friends, and bring your outrage.
THESE CUTS ARE DEVASTATING. PLEASE COME & PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD.
WE WANT 1, 000 PEOPLE TO SHOW UP!!!
PRELIMINARY IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF $12.2 MILLION REDUCTION
- - 45 Contract terminations
- - 28 MDPH Positions terminated
- - Estimated 150-200 Community Agency Positions lost
- - 25 hospital and community based primary care sites affected
- - $900,000 of primary care support lost
- - Prevention services overwhelmingly impacted
- - Reduction to City contracts of $600,000
- - Reduction to Minority organizations of $3.2 million
- - Reduction to Boston metropolitan area of $3.2 million
- - Reduction within City of Boston of $2.5 million
- - Reduction of STD screening and treatment services by over 1/2
- - Reduction of Substance Abuse Treatment funds for Opiate Dependent
Individuals of $3 million
- - Reduction of 15,000 HIV tests
- - Reduction of Home Care Services by more than 1/3
- - Elimination of most state-supported Alternative Therapies
- - Elimination of over half of the public information, training, management
assistance, and program evaluation services
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