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Employee Press Union Scrapbook Union
continues fight against AIDS As communities across the globe struggle with
the AIDS epidemic, World AIDS Day unites their efforts in a massive day of remembrance,
education and advocacy. DC 37 has observed the day for 20 years.
An exhibit
in the union lobby Dec. 1 displayed memory quilts and a table of pamphlets, prophylactics,
and red ribbons, organized by DC 37s AIDS Committee, Womens Committee
and Lesbian and Gay Issues Committee.
DC 37 Executive Director Lillian
Roberts joined the committee members staffing the table. The epidemic is
still severe, she said. A large percentage of the HIV/AIDS cases occur
in New York City, and we have to continue the fight against this scourge.
This
is one of our most important programs, said DC 37 Womens Committee
Chair and Local 957 President Walthene Primus. AIDS is not over and we need
to do everything we can to end it.
Were coming up on
the 30th anniversary of dealing with HIV/AIDS and its still just as important
as when the epidemic broke, especially among young women of color, said
LAGIC Chair and Local 436 President Judith Arroyo. Thats where the
new cases are, and its important that we keep getting that message out there
to be safe!
The Obama administration and the William J. Clinton
Foundation sponsored a World AIDS Day forum at Columbia University to help guide
the development of a national AIDS strategy.
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