Speakers at the New York City Community World AIDS Day event at St. Bartholomew’s Chruch (l-r): Supriya Banavalikar, The Hunger Project, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Ambassador Richard Holbrook, President & CEO Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS.

On Friday, November 30, 2007, the New York City Community held its second annual World AIDS Day Celebration at St. Bartholomew's Church. The event underscored the often overlooked yet necessary component in the fight against HIV/AIDS-leadership. Leadership at all levels of society, from the grassroots to the highest elected offices, is integral to halting the spread of HIV. The speakers discussed the achievements of leadership to date and the challenges leadership is facing, in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Leadership is the theme for World AIDS Day 2007. The ongoing campaign slogan of the World AIDS Campaign is “Stop AIDS – Keep the Promise”. The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) joins all Canadians in drawing attention to current efforts on fighting the HIV epidemic in Canada and across the world

“The loss from HIV/AIDS is almost beyond understanding. This is a fight for people’s lives. We have a moral imperative to do much more, and do it much better.”
– John Edwards

Network of Religious Leaders Backs Statement to US Leaders.
Washington, DC, June 12, 2007—Polling shows that HIV/AIDS is an important concern of US voters, and some presidential candidates have raised the issue in debates and on the campaign trail. However, so far, none of the candidates have said in detail what they would do about the epidemic if elected.

Please join Artists for a New South Africa (ANSA) in taking action to help stop the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. We ask you to contact your elected leaders and participate in World AIDS Day activities in your community. The theme for World AIDS Day 2006 is ACCOUNTABILITY, which urges citizens across the globe to hold their political leaders accountable for the promises they have made on AIDS. We at ANSA are focused on working with our allies at PEPFAR WATCH to improve the policies and funding of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. To learn more visit www.pepfarwatch.org.

The Action Guide below encourages people to take action directly with their elected officials through mailings, coordinating calls, organising rallies and meeting with legistators to hold them accountable to the promises they made regarding Universal Access to AIDS Treatment.

CALL TO ACTION ON WORLD AIDS DAY 2006:

Week of Action & Rally in DC for Universal Access to Treatment Now!A year and a half ago leaders of the world’s most powerful countries gathered at the G-8 summit and promised Universal Access to AIDS Treatment by 2010. Since then there has been little action toward committing the new resources and policies to reach that goal. Some progress is being made, but still only 1.6 million people have access to treatment—and we’re nowhere near on track to reach the 10 million we will need to put on treatment by 2010. Meanwhile, we’re losing ground on effective HIV-prevention programs!