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Given the recent election, the world is hopeful that U.S. leadership willpromote human rights and equality in U.S. HIV prevention efforts. This meansdesigning policies and programs based on evidence rather than ideology.
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During a pre-service media briefing on Tuesday, November 25th, faith andcivil society leaders called on the U.S. government to address the preventionneeds of marginalized communities and chart the course for a sustainable andcost-effective response to the global pandemic.
Stating that the realities of people's lives should drive U.S. HIV/AIDSpolicies and funding, Rev. William Sinkford, President of the UnitarianUniversalist Association of Congregations, said that it's "clear that theapproach to HIV/AIDS needs to be country and community specific. We have toaddress the full social and economic contexts in which real people live or thepandemic will continue to spread."
A written transcript of the pre-service media briefing can be found at:http://www.pepfarwatch.org/press
Sponsored by: Advocates for Youth; American Jewish World Service; Centerfor Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE); General Board of Church & Society,United Methodist Church; International Women's Health Coalition; NationalCouncil of Jewish Women; Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice;Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS);Union for Reform Judaism; Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations;United Church of Christ (Justice and Witness Ministries)WHAT: World AIDS Day Interfaith Observance WHERE: Foundry United Methodist Church 1500 16th Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20036 WHEN: December 1, 2008 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30p.m. WHO: Salma Abugidieri, Director, Peaceful Families Project Rev. Dr. Bernice Powell Jackson, North American President, World Council of Churches Interim Pastor, Beecher Memorial United Church of Christ Patricia Nalls, Founder & Executive Director, The Women's Collective Rev. William G. Sinkford, President, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Rabbi David Saperstein, Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
SOURCE Center for Health and Gender Equity
