Wednesday, July 28, 2004

Happy Hour to Fight Global AIDS and Poverty!

(announced by M.P. Sweeney)

Bring your friends, bring your co-workers, bring your family. Join with people in three KY cities who are taking action!

Call and write KY Senator Mitch McConnell and ask him to fully fund initiatives which help the world’s poorest countries fight Poverty and AIDS. As head of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee, McConnell oversees and approves US foreign assistance spending -- and is set to spend more financing foreign militaries than on AIDS or alleviating global Poverty!

Wednesday, July 28, 2004 7:30-9:30 PM
Common Grounds Coffee House
343 East High Street
859-389-7106

The Millennium Challenge is an initiative to help undeveloped countries stand up against poverty, disease and corruption. The Millennium Challenge calls on donor countries to provide significant new resources for education, public health, clean water access, and food security in countries that prove they are fighting corruption and investing in their people.

The Global Fund is a UN-endorsed, multilateral initiative to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria by providing funds for Treatment, Prevention, and Orphan Care and Education in 128 developing countries.

These programs face huge funding cuts for 2005, 50% and 63%, respectively. Join us sending a message to McConnell to fully fund these programs!

If you can not make it on Wednesday, take a moment to write and call
Senator McConnell:

Mitch McConnell (KY)
877-HOPE-USA
361-A Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510


Participating organizations: DATA, Kentucky's Global AIDS Campaign, U of L Global Justice, the One Campaign, NKU African Charities, others.

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