AIDS Groups to Protest Obama in NYC

Activists - including members of Housing Works, ACT UP, and the African Services Committee - plan to protest today's New York City visit by President Barack Obama, who they say has not lived up to his campaign promises to support global anti-AIDS efforts.

In a statement, the groups said, "Since taking office, President's Obama's budgets have shifted away from AIDS programs, and his commitments to fighting AIDS have not even kept pace with inflation, let alone increased to the level he promised. As has been highlighted by recent stories in the Boston Globe and Newsweek, a flat-funded budget means that people who were tested under US-sponsored programs and promised treatment when they got sick are now being turned away." The president is coming to Manhattan for a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraiser.

The Friends of AIDS Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.


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