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TWC Joins World AIDS Day Protest |
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Wednesday, 02 December 2009 |
On World AIDS Day, TWC staff and clients, including Teresa Skipper, who bravely spoke out about what it means to live with HIV/AIDS in DC, participated in a rally with DC Fights Back, and over 200 community members to protest the lack of an adequate response to the HIV/AIDS crisis in DC by both the DC and Federal governments. A coalition of groups led by DC activists staged a sit-in inside the John A. Wilson Building and a mock funeral procession outside the White House on World AIDS Day to call attention to the suffering of those afflicted with the disease.
Read more on the protest in the Washington Post article, Activists Decry D.C. AIDS Policies During Protest.
Read more on Teresa Skipper and her call to action in the Kansas City Info Zine article, World Aids Day Demonstrators Say HIV Is Not in Recession.
The Examiner.com also covers the event with their article, Act Up, Fight Back.
Find out how you can help to continue the fight by contacting Iris!
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