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Recent Activities and Accomplishments
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CHAMP Prevention Justice Partnership (PJP)
ACT UP Austin has been chosen to be one of CHAMP’S Prevention Justice Partners! The PJP is a training, technical assistance and capacity-building project to help local groups build skills for sustained advocacy. Eligible Prevention Justice Partners are a core group of 10-15 prevention activists who are part of a local, regional or national organization or coalition. The 12-month program provides leadership development, community organizing, and strategic media planning for moving forward on a locally-relevant, winnable, community-based prevention policy campaign. CHAMP staff provide two full days of on-site training each quarter, hold weekly support calls with the project coordinator, and monthly teleconferences with the core group.
August Public Forum Join us Wednesday, August 23rd at 7pm at the Austin History Center to hear about Stephanie Howard's experience working in Tanzania at an AIDS Service Organization. This is a great opportunity to think about the HIV epidemic on a global scale & how we can make a difference. This talk is timely planned just after the International AIDS Conference as thousands convene in Toronto to discuss global AIDS. When: August 23rd Time: 7:00pm Where: Austin History Center (9th & Guadalupe)
ACT UP Austin Movie Nights
Sunday October 23rd: PILLS, PROFIT, PROTEST Chronicle of the Global AIDS Movement Monkeywrench Bookstore - 110 E. North Loop This documentary examines critical junctures in the battle for access to HIV treatment as the poorest and most marginalized individuals confront larger powers including governments, corporate bodies and a multinational drug industry that is motivated by profit. The fight for AIDS drugs is taking place in tandem with a growing anti-globalization movement; the latter provides a backdrop for examining AIDS through a lens of poverty, socioeconomic injustice and human rights.
Wednesday November 23rd: Opening night of RENT Five members of ACT UP Austin attended the opening night of RENT.
ACT UP Austin Screen Printing Party Saturday October 15, 2005 Yes, we printed our t-shirts ourselves - thanks to Heather and Sarah for providing the space to do this and their Expertise! Our t-shirts are available to purchase at any of our events.
AIDS Walk Austin 2005 Sunday Obtober 16th ACT UP Austin had a huge presence at Austin’s AIDS Walk 2005. Activities included selling t-shirts at our booth, outreach and recruitment.
Club Meds The most EXCLUSIVE Cocktail Party Ever! Wednesday (October 19th) night from 2-4:00 AM (yes, AM) outside the Governor’s Mansion during the Campaign to End AIDS all night vigil. Wear your best party dress and come prepared to ignore all those silly folks waiting in the long ADAP lines. Don’t forget your checkbook - cocktails are $75 each and there is a 30 cocktail minimum. Anybody who’s anybody is going to be there (at least we think so), so you won’t want to miss it!
C2EA Affinity Action at the Family Research Council November 7, 2005 Washington, DC One of ACT UP Austin’s members participated in this action: AIDS activists storm the Family Research Council to protest its opposition to condoms, sex education, and science-based HIV prevention. 12 activists chained themselves to a “traditional marriage shrine” and were subsequently arrested, spending more than 24-hours in jail.
World AIDS Day 2005 December 1, 2005 ACT UP Austin attended the Annual Service of Rememberance and Hope organized by Interfaith Care Alliance. ACT UP members arrived carrying bodies representing different continents of the world, complete with staggering global statistics. ACT UP was extremely visible before, during and after the service.
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