[EVENT] We Can End AIDS March For Economic Justice and Human Rights

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July 24th, 2012 Downtown Washington, D.C. 

On Tuesday, July 24, we want you to mobilize in the streets for economic justice, human rights and an end to AIDS as the massive International AIDS Conference meets in Washington DC. 
Over 30,000 people from local DC neighborhoods, across the USA, and worldwide – will march together to illuminate the social and economic costs of putting profit in front of the resources, rights and policies that can end AIDS. 
Together, we will call out to our leaders this clear, compelling truth: 
We can end AIDS in the next generation, through economic justice and human rights to bring prevention, treatment and a cure to all. 

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[NEWS] Activists Arrested Protesting Ban on U.S. Funding Syringe Exchange Programs

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By Brian Bonci

Yesterday marked the National Day of Action on Syringe Exchange in the United States.  Activists from around the country have mobilized to protest a recent reinstatement of the ban on federal funding for clean needle programs.  Several harm reduction advocates were arrested, including Charles King, CEO of Housing Works. Current estimates are that 32 were arrested in Washington, DC alone.  The Actions were organized by the We Can End AIDS Coalition, which is coordinating a mobilization around the International AIDS Conference on July 24th.

 

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