The Worst Public Health Crisis of Modern Times: Fighting to End AIDS

Join the Civil Rights Committee

Wednesday, June 7, 12:00 PM, 11th Floor Conference Center

Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 Market Street

In Honor of AIDS Education Month

The Worst Public Health Crisis of Modern Times:
Fighting to End AIDS

8,000 people around the world die of AIDS daily; 38 million adults and 2.3 million children worldwide are now living with HIV. In the U.S., HIV rates are rising and HIV prevention efforts are under concerted attack.

Hear:

Julie Davids
Founder and Executive Director, Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization for Power (CHAMP), an organization committed to a prevention justice movement to address the underlying challenges of poverty, racism and homophobia. Julie Davids was also a member and organizer of ACT UP Philadelphia, Director of Education for Philadelphia FIGHT, and AIDS Treatment Activist Coalition steering committee member.

David Webber
Founder and of counsel, AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania; Editor, treatise, AIDS and the Law; Editor in Chief, AIDS and Public Policy Journal

Asia Russell
Director of International Policy, HealthGAP, an organization fighting for global AIDS treatment access. Asia Russell has been an activist in local, national and international AIDS advocacy campaigns for the past 10 years