Aids Walk Portland is happening Sunday, October 12, 2008. Sign up to start your own Aids Walk team or join up with Just Out’s team. It is a great event!
Aids Walk Portland is an important reminder of one the serious issues that face the world, our country and our communities.
While the world is watching the financial crisis, we can’t afford to lose sight of the other pressing issues. The research, treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS is a global issue and we need to be sure that our world leaders will work to dedicate the resources to fight this disease.
“He has supported full funding for the Ryan White CARE Act and has pledged to implement a national HIV/AIDS strategy to combat the continuing epidemic in the United States. He has also spoken out against the stigma surrounding HIV testing, a stigma tied all too often to homophobia. And he’s led by example: On our trip to Kenya, we both took a public HIV test.–Michelle Obama
Senator Obama has a long history of leading the fight.
“Only Senator Obama has presented a specific spending plan that would not only increase AIDS spending but also provide the increase needed overall for the US anti-poverty effort to have a holistic impact. The call for the U.S. to dedicate just one percent of its budget to fighting global poverty is a reasonable and practical proposal. Senator Obama has shown he understands why reaching this goal is both a moral imperative and in the interest of the United States.” –Paul Zeitz, Executive Director of the Global AIDS Alliance Fund
“U.S. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois told more than 2,000 evangelical leaders in Orange County on Friday that he ‘respectfully but unequivocally’ disagrees with those who oppose condom distribution to fight the AIDS pandemic. . . Obama drew a standing ovation from the 2,072 pastors and others who came from 39 states and 18 nations.”– Los Angeles Times, December 2, 2006
You can read Barack Obama’s plan to fight the HIV/AIDS pandemic
You can also go to Obama Pride