FIGHT FOR FUNDING: AIDS CUTS KILL
California Desk
June 26, 2009
Youth activists sound the alarm on the impact of proposed budget cuts.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The Campaign to End AIDS Youth Action Institute in conjunction with the Iris Center, is hosting a public informational demonstration on Friday June 26th at the Plaza located at 16th and Mission Street. The event is designed to speak out against proposed budget cuts scheduled to eliminate crucial HIV services for San Francisco Bay area residents. At this event, young HIV/AIDS activists from around the world will be educating the community by dispersing pamphlets outlining the impact of the cuts, and ways to contact local key decision makers involved in the process of allocating funds.
These cuts will impact important services such as case management, housing, and medication assistance for those living with HIV. Additionally, these cuts will impact an array of essential programs such as mental health counseling, drug and alcohol recovery, child care and counseling services.
The Iris Center provides essential resources to women who will be negatively affected if these proposed cuts happen. These vital low costs health care programs would be drastically limited leaving few alternatives for these underserved individuals. The proposed cuts will disproportionately affect women of color, the major population relying on these resources.
IRIS Center
Founded in 1977, the mission of the IRIS Center is to provide high-quality prevention, education, and behavioral health services to uninsured/underinsured women and their families living in underserved communities. The Center reaches more than 7,000 high-risk women each year through its various prevention and treatment programs. The IRIS Center is the only provider of its kind for women of color in San Francisco. For more information about the IRIS Center visit www.iriscenter.org .
The Campaign To End AIDS
The Campaign to End AIDS (C2EA) is a diverse, exciting coalition of people demanding that our leaders exert the political will to stop the epidemic, in the U.S. and abroad, once and for all. The Youth Action Institute (YAI) is a youth subset whose purpose is to educate and eradicate the pandemic amongst the youth population. For more information about the Campaign to End Aids visit www.c2ea.org .
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The Campaign to End AIDS Youth Action Institute in conjunction with the Iris Center, is hosting a public informational demonstration on Friday June 26th at the Plaza located at 16th and Mission Street. The event is designed to speak out against proposed budget cuts scheduled to eliminate crucial HIV services for San Francisco Bay area residents. At this event, young HIV/AIDS activists from around the world will be educating the community by dispersing pamphlets outlining the impact of the cuts, and ways to contact local key decision makers involved in the process of allocating funds.
These cuts will impact important services such as case management, housing, and medication assistance for those living with HIV. Additionally, these cuts will impact an array of essential programs such as mental health counseling, drug and alcohol recovery, child care and counseling services.
The Iris Center provides essential resources to women who will be negatively affected if these proposed cuts happen. These vital low costs health care programs would be drastically limited leaving few alternatives for these underserved individuals. The proposed cuts will disproportionately affect women of color, the major population relying on these resources.
IRIS Center
Founded in 1977, the mission of the IRIS Center is to provide high-quality prevention, education, and behavioral health services to uninsured/underinsured women and their families living in underserved communities. The Center reaches more than 7,000 high-risk women each year through its various prevention and treatment programs. The IRIS Center is the only provider of its kind for women of color in San Francisco. For more information about the IRIS Center visit www.iriscenter.org .
The Campaign To End AIDS
The Campaign to End AIDS (C2EA) is a diverse, exciting coalition of people demanding that our leaders exert the political will to stop the epidemic, in the U.S. and abroad, once and for all. The Youth Action Institute (YAI) is a youth subset whose purpose is to educate and eradicate the pandemic amongst the youth population. For more information about the Campaign to End Aids visit www.c2ea.org .
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