Hundreds Join Call for White House Summit of HIV-Positive Leaders
WASHINGTON (Dec 1)—For World AIDS Day, the Coalition for a National AIDS Strategy calls on President Barack Obama to publicly repudiate HIV-related stigma by welcoming community leaders living with HIV/AIDS to a White House summit on efforts to achieve his domestic HIV/AIDS agenda.
The Coalition made the request today in a letter to the President endorsed by 119 organizations and 155 individuals.
“For the President of the United States to publicly meet with a diversity of HIV-positive leaders would send a powerful message to the nation,” says the Coalition in its letter.
For World AIDS Day, Urge Obama to Host First-Ever Summit of HIV-Positive Advocates
Community excitement around a National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) is building, but more work remains to ensure the plan is outcomes-oriented, bold, and well coordinated across multiple federal agencies and departments. For these reasons, the Coalition for a National AIDS Strategy is calling on the Obama Administration to convene the first-ever White House Summit of HIV-Positive Advocates from across the U.S. to meet with federal officials drafting the NHAS. Please review and endorse the letter below that will be delivered to the White House on December 1, 2009 for World AIDS Day.