Harm Reduction Works!!!
SUPPORT SYRINGE EXCHANGE! In case you didn’t know already, the globe is interconnected. What happens here at home, affects those abroad, and vice versa. Support this domestic issue now! Call your representative and the White House to make it loud and clear to them that: 1) They must support the Community AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention Act H.R. 179 and 2) President Obama must keep campaign promises to end the ban on Federal Funding from his Fiscal Year 2010 budget. See below for links and a letter from Mary Carol-Jennings and the AMSA AIDS Advocacy Network Steering Committee…
Today, April 2, as part of the final budget wrap-up, we need to take a stand on domestic issues - please take just 2 minutes to call the White House and your Representative to advocate for domestic harm reduction programs.Call your Representative and the White House to ask our Nation’s leaders to support Syringe Exchange Programs and End the Federal Funding Ban!1. Urge Your Representative to Support the Community AIDS and HepatitisPrevention Act, H.R.179, introduced by Representative Serranoand2. Urge President Obama to keep his campaign promises to end the ban on Federal Funding from his Fiscal Year 2010 budgetWe made huge strides last year when Congress lifted the ban against Washington DC using its local tax dollars to support syringe exchange.Unfortunately, since 1988, there has been a Congressional ban on the use of federal funds for Syringe Exchange Programs nationwide. By allowing federal dollars to fund Syringe Exchange Programs, the Community AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention (CAHP) Act of 2009 will save thousands of lives and help reduce high-risk behavior. As future physicians and public health advocates, we must pass the Community AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention Act, H.R.179. Again, Take Action here. In solidarity, Mary Carol, your Jack Rutledge Legislative Director, and Merrian Brooks, the AMSA AIDS Advocacy Network Steering Committee
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Susan Lewis
Susan Lewis is a second year medical student at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Chicago Medical School. She has been president of her school PHR chapter for two years. Susan has participated in AMSA's PharmFree Conference, Global Health Leadership Institute and Integrative Medicine Conference. She plans to pursue a career in community/primary care medicine, focusing on eliminating health disparities, especially among the marginalized and indigenous population, within the context of integrative medicine. Her lifetime goal is to become an informed and compassionate contributing member of the global society and local community, in which she may continually gain and give passion for healthy, harmonious and whole living, within all facets of life. Susan is also a writer for her university newspaper and is a regular contributer of FM Mag, an independent culture magazine from Denver, Colorado. She joined Global Pulse in 2009.
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