[725] in peace2
Student Campaign to Stop Global AIDS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (paladin@lillith.mit.edu)
Sun Apr 29 12:50:22 2001
From: paladin@lillith.mit.edu
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 12:48:18 -0400 (EDT)
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Sorry to spam.
Perhaps someone in your group would be interested in this? Or maybe you
know someone else who might.
I unfortunately do not have time.
Thanks, Eric
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From: John Raskin <j_raskin@stopglobalaids.org>
Subject: Join the national student movement to combat AIDS in Africa
Hello,
My name is John Raskin and I'm writing on behalf of the Student Global
AIDS Campaign. A national student movement is forming to pressure the
United States government to increase its response to the AIDS pandemic in
Africa. We need students at schools across the country who are interested
in organizing people on their campuses. Please join us.
The AIDS pandemic, which has already claimed 18 million lives in Africa,
is the worst health crisis to hit the world since the Black Plague tore
through Europe more than 600 years ago. This disease has already shattered
millions of families and left 13 million orphans in its wake. Unless
something is done, Africa will have to provide for 40 million orphans by
2010. By comparison, there are about 40 million children in all U.S.
public schools.
The United States can have a big impact at a low cost. By allocating $2.5
billion towards AIDS prevention and treatment in this budget cycle, the
U.S. can begin to help turn the tide. But the government isn't going to
allocate that money without political pressure. As students take action on
this issue-sending thousands of handwritten letters to Congress and to the
President-we can have a serious impact on U.S. AIDS policy, starting with
this year's budget allocation.
I'm writing to you because I hope you can organize students on your campus
to write hundreds of letters to their congressmen and to the President.
The Student Global AIDS Campaign has already created fact sheets and other
resources to support your letter-writing campaign, as well as a packet of
suggestions for how to generate letters. If you are interested in joining
us and organizing on your campus, please contact me at
j_raskin@stopglobalaids.org or visit our website at
www.stopglobalaids.org. If you are not interested, please pass this e-mail
on to a friend who might want to join us.
Thanks, and I hope to hear from you soon.
Sincerely,
John Raskin Outreach Director Student Global AIDS Campaign
