NMAC’s bi-annual HIV/STD Action Day Sept. 6 will bring together nearly 300 advocates and activists from around the nation to ask Congress to stop proposed deep federal budget cuts for HIV services. Action Day will take place the day before the opening of the U.S. Conference on AIDS in DC.
“Scheduled a day before the 2017 USCA on Wednesday, September 6 this Action Day is your chance to join your fellow advocates in speaking out at this pivotal moment in our movement’s history,” state NMAC on their Web site. “We have the tools and the capability of ending this epidemic once and for all and we have come too far to go back now. The security of our families and our communities depend upon it. Now is your chance to be a part of history as we fight come together once more to ensure all of our communities are seen and heard.”
“The President’s proposed budget would devastate the progress made in the fight against HIV,” said NMAC Executive Director Paul Kawata. “If passed, this budget would make extreme cuts to programs that guarantee services and coverage for those living with or who are most at risk for HIV. That’s why we are convening on the steps of the Capitol this year and taking a stand to ask our elected officials do the right thing and stop budget cuts that would irreparably harm the progress we’ve already made to end HIV.”
For more information on HIV/STD Action Day, visit http://www.nmac.org/programs/
