July 6, 2006
Vol. 12. No. 18
In This Issue:
Minnesota Update: Candidate Filing Starts. Let the Games Begin!
Folks running for political office in Minnesota have begun filing as candidates. The two-week filing period began on Wednesday, July 5. Minnesota voters will be voting on all state and federal offices this November, except president and one U.S. senate seat. Click here to find out what candidates have filed in your area. Stay tuned to the next MAP Advocate for a list of HIV-related policy questions to ask candidates in your area.
Read more about the candidates.
Read All About It: Spokesman Recorder Articles
The Spokesman Recorder recently published a two-part story on the Minnesota Department of Health’s (MDH) recent decision to cut HIV prevention funding. The story profiles how the cuts in HIV prevention funding have impacted African American and African-born HIV prevention programs in Minnesota.
Funding Cuts Decimate Black HIV Prevention Programs: Part 1
Funding Cuts Decimate Black HIV Prevention Programs: Part 2
Please Note: In the aftermath of the community decrying this decision, MDH has made available up to $127,500 annually in HIV prevention funding targeting African American gay and bisexual men.
Announcement: African Children’s Choir Concert Wednesday, July 12 at 7 p.m.
The African Children’s Choir delivers a powerful blend of singing, dancing, and storytelling to bridge cultural differences and spread hope and joy to audiences throughout the world.The choir is selected annually from thousands of orphans and disadvantaged children in Africa. Many have lost one or both parents through the devastation of war, famine and disease. The African Children’s Choir is creating real, meaningful long-term solutions for children who are the victims of HIV. For over 20 years, the choir has been hard at work- changing the lives of African children, one child at a time.
African Children’s Choir Concert
DATE: Wednesday, July 12
TIME: 7 p.m.
LOCATION: Basilica of Saint Mary
Hennepin at North Sixteenth, Minneapolis
MORE INFO: www.mary.org
612-333-1381
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