March, Rally, and Advocacy Day Update

The National Association of Social Workers has endorsed the Campaign to End AIDS (C2EA), a nationwide coalition of individuals, groups, and organizations working to ensure an effective government response to end the HIV/AIDS pandemic.  Caravans comprised of vans, buses, cars, trains, and individuals on foot are currently traveling through all fifty states, and will be arriving in Washington, DC November 5 for a series of actions ranging from lobby visits to training events.  The C2EA will culminate with a demonstration and in Washington, DC in November.

The goal of the Campaign to End AIDS is to organize, mobilize, and revitalize the AIDS movement in the U.S, and is premised on four key Issues:

• Fully fund quality treatment and support services for all people living with HIV everywhere.
• Ramp up HIV prevention at home and abroad, guided by science rather than ideology.
• Increase research to find a cure, more effective treatments and better prevention tools.
• Fight AIDS stigma and protect the civil rights of all people with HIV and AIDS everywhere.

To participate in the Advocacy Day on November 8, 2005, go to http://www.socialworkers.org/practice/hiv_aids/103105.asp

To learn more about the C2EA, to help plan local events or to see caravan routes, please go to www.endaidsnow.org

For previous NASW News coverage, [click here].