National Minority AIDS Council Building Healthier Communities
Building Leadership in Communities of Color to Address HIV/AIDS
Campaign to End AIDS
Stand Against AIDS
The
Campaign to End AIDS (C2EA) is hitting the road again and
this time to Oxford MS,
the site of the first National Presidential Debate,
for the Stand Against AIDS.
AIDS activists from around the country
want to make sure that people living
with HIV/AIDS voices are heard as part of this election process and are
engaging in a year long campaign to ensure that this happens.
People living with HIV/AIDS, their advocates, and their loved ones will travel from all corners of the country will converge on the first debate of the presidential campaign in Oxford, Mississippi for three days of action. Groups representing African-Americans, Gay Men, Harm Reduction Communities, Latinos, Post Incarcerated, Southern States, Transgender Communities, Women, and Youth will all meet September 25 during the 'Stand' activities near the Oxford City Hall.
Participants will make history and call on the country's next President to put an end to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, once and for all. Nine caravans will travel different routes across the country raising awareness on issues crucial to the community of American citizens affected daily by HIV/AIDS. Eight of the caravans will begin in Alaska, California, Maine, Minnesota, Texas, Virginia and Puerto Rico. The ninth caravan will walk from Jackson, Mississippi to Oxford in a tribute to civil rights activist James Meredith's 1966 Walk Against Fear.
To get connected with a caravan in your area, contact Larry Bryant at bryant2@housingworks.org or 1-877-END AIDS (363-2437).