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Hundreds of AIDS Activists to March Across Brooklyn Bridge and Rally at City Hall to Demand National AIDS Strategy from Obama and McCain

NEW YORK, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Thursday, September 18, 2008 hundreds of AIDS activists will march across the Brooklyn Bridge and hold a rally atNew York City Hall to call on presidential hopefuls Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama to commit to creating a national plan to end AIDS.

The march and rally, part of a national caravan toMississippi for the first presidential debate, will highlight the consequences of $6 million in HIV/AIDS budget cuts inNew York City this year -- just as new statistics show thatNew York City's HIV infection rate is three times the national average.

    What:     March and rally to demand a national AIDS strategy and protest
              HIV/AIDS budget cuts in New York

    Who:      Community leaders, politicians, and HIV/AIDS activists and
              organizations from New York, such as Housing Works, Bailey
              House, Gay Men's Health Crisis, and New York City AIDS Housing
              Network.

    When:     Thursday, September 18, 1:30 to 4 p.m.

    Where:    1:30 p.m.: Crowd assembles at Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn
              2 p.m.: March across Brooklyn Bridge begins
              3 p.m.: Rally at New York City Hall

              CREDENTIALED PRESS AND CAMERA CREWS WELCOME.

    Contact:  Alice Leeds, Campaign to End AIDS, 917-523-5029

The Stand Against AIDS is a project of the Campaign to End AIDS. For more information, go to http://www.c2ea.org .

SOURCE Campaign to End AIDS

Tags: ,HEA,IDC,CPN,POL,LGB,NY-Campaign-End-AIDS
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