[1707] in peace2
AIDS Rally this Sunday
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sanjay Basu)
Sat Apr 27 12:52:57 2002
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Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:52:38 -0400
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From: Sanjay Basu <sanjayb@MIT.EDU>
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just as a note, the rally is INDOORS tomorrow, so don't worry about
rain...<br>
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<b><u>Rally For AIDS Funding -- Boston<br>
</b></u>WHY NOW? The U.S. Senate votes on AIDS funding NEXT WEEK<br>
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WHEN: Sunday, April 28 at 1:00 pm<br>
<b>MIT students meeting together at 12:30 p.m., Student Center
steps<br>
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</b>WHERE: City Hall Plaza (Government Center) in Boston<br>
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FEATURING <br>
*Comedian and actor Chris Tucker.<br>
*Co-founder of Partners in Health Jim Kim.<br>
*Director of the Center for International Development and Harvard
professor Jeffrey Sachs.<br>
*1999 Miss Universe and Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Population Fund
Mpule Kwelagob.<br>
*Director of Global Justice/Student Global AIDS Campaign Adam
Taylor.<br>
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Organized by the Student Global AIDS Campaign with the Multicultural AIDS
Coalition, Physicians for Human Rights, Partners in Health, and the Black
HIV/AIDS Coalition<br>
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Demanding:<br>
·$2.5 billion to fight global AIDS <br>
·Full reinstatement of the $10 million cut from the MA state AIDS
budget<br>
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because<br>
·Every day 8,200 people die of AIDS and 14,500 are newly infected with
HIV <br>
·There are 10 million AIDS orphans and, at this rate, there will be 40
million by 2010 <br>
·If things don't change, 100 million people will be infected with
HIV/AIDS by 2005 <br>
·In 2001, Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, set up the
Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria and several
independent studies determined that it will take $7-10 billion a year to
make the fund fully functional <br>
·Despite all of this, the U.S., which controls 25-30% of the world's
wealth, has pledged only $200 million to the Global Fund for this
year<br>
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·Bring a banner or sign for the rally and march <br>
·Spread the news!<br>
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<font color="#0000FF"><u>www.rallyagainstaids.org<br>
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<div>Sanjay Basu</div>
<div>MIT</div>
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