Puerto Rico AIDS Crisis

The Ritual Spilling of Puerto Rican Rum brings Bad Mojo to Gala Event in DC

admin on Dec 18 2007 | Filed under: AIDS, Housing Works, Puerto Rico

Protesters spill Puerto Rican rum outside an exclusive party to decry Puerto Rico’s AIDS crisis

Torruella (in orange hat) and Eddie Fukui participate in the
Puerto Rican Rum Party

It was a black-tie affair inside the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration holiday party at the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night, but many guests, most [...]

Call to Action ! Come Picket Puerto Rican Govt. Holiday Party in DC - Dec. 12, 07

admin on Dec 10 2007 | Filed under: AIDS, Puerto Rico

STUDENTS, AIDS GROUPS TO PICKET PUERTO RICAN
GOVERNMENT HOLIDAY PARTY IN D.C., DEC. 12
AIDS activists and Washington, D.C.-area students will be chanting “Puerto Rico AIDS Crisis, Save Lives Now” and handing out informational fliers at a vociferous legal picket outside the “Friends of Puerto [...]

2007 PREVENTION JUSTICE MOBILIZATION

admin on Dec 01 2007 | Filed under: AIDS, C2EA, HIV

2007 PREVENTION JUSTICE MOBILIZATION
HIV is not just a disease. It’s proof positive of injustice!
Please Unite with Us to March & Rally for Prevention Justice!
Tuesday, December 4 / 4:30 - 6:00 PM
Shining a Light on Gaps in HIV Prevention March & Rally for Prevention Justice Gather across the street from the Hyatt Hotel [...]

C2EA Alert: In 2008 World AIDS Day will be Election Day

admin on Dec 01 2007 | Filed under: AIDS, C2EA, HIV, World Aids Day

Today is World AIDS Day – in 2007 it falls on a Saturday. But next year, the real World AIDS Day will be on Election Day.
AIDSVote.org is a candidate education and voter education project working to make sure candidates for public office know what it takes to end AIDS, and voters who care about ending [...]

World AIDS Day December 1st 2007 Today !

admin on Dec 01 2007 | Filed under: AIDS, HIV, World Aids Day

World AIDS Day, observed December 1 each year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. AIDS has killed more than 25 million people, with an estimated 38.6 million people living with HIV, making it one of the most destructive epidemics in recorded history. Despite recent, improved [...]

Activists “Die-In” to Save Lives in Puerto Rico

admin on Nov 15 2007 | Filed under: AIDS, HIV, Puerto Rico

November 14, 2007
Activists “Die-In” to Save Lives in Puerto Rico
Activists, people living with HIV and employees of the New York-based AIDS service organization Housing Works convened earlier today, November 14, in Foley Square in downtown Manhattan to call for immediate federal control of Puerto Rico’s AIDS funding. Other attending organizations included CitiWide Harm Reduction, Unidos [...]

Traffic-stopping AIDS protest-NYC-11.14.07

admin on Nov 15 2007 | Filed under: AIDS, Puerto Rico

At a press conference preceding the traffic-stopping protest, activists demanded immediate federal control of AIDS funding in Puerto Rico in order to get medical care and HIV prevention to those in need. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt has the power to instruct the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the division of [...]

Mismanagement and Fraud-AIDS Treatment in Puerto Rico

admin on Nov 15 2007 | Filed under: AIDS

“The U.S. government has a responsibility to serve all of its people,” said Johnny Guaylupo, an openly HIV-positive Puerto Rican Housing Works employee who was arrested today. “I am happy to go to jail if that’s what it takes for federal officials to wake up.” Guaylupo and others were released this afternoon and are available [...]