June 22, 2006
Vol. 12. No. 17
In This Issue:
Walk your Talk: 2006 Election is Fast Approaching, Get Informed Today!
November 7 is 139 days away. There is much to do before the 2006 election. Get started today! Go to the Minnesota AIDS Project VOTE! Web site to find out who is up for election this year, when the elections are, and how to register to vote. MAP will continue to include information about candidate forums and voter education events in upcoming MAP Advocates. Stay Tuned!
Minnesota AIDS Project VOTE!
Minnesota Participation Project
Secretary of States Office
National HIV Testing Day is Tuesday, June 27—Who Have You Talked to About Getting Tested?
Getting an HIV test can be intimidating but that doesn’t make it any less important. Tuesday, June 27 is National HIV Testing Day. Have you put yourself at risk? Are you starting a new intimate relationship? Grab a friend or potential partner and go get tested. Find out where you can get tested in your area. Call the MAP AIDSLine if you have questions about HIV.
Federal Update: Compare Ryan White CARE Act Proposals with Current Law
The Ryan White CARE Act is the largest HIV-specific federal grant program in the U.S. It is the nation's care and treatment safety net for people living with HIV who have no other source of coverage or have coverage limits. The CARE Act was originally authorized in 1990 and was set to be reauthorized last year. Currently, there are several competing authorization proposals in Congress. The Kaiser Family Foundation has released a new side-by-side comparison that lays out the current law as well as key changes contained in the Administration’s reauthorization principles and each of the two Congressional bills that have been introduced in the current session of Congress. It presents the structure, eligibility for funding, distribution of funding, and drug formularies for each reauthorization proposal.
Click here to view the side-by-side comparison
MAP supports reauthorization of the Ryan White Care Act that provides equity in services for low-income, underinsured and uninsured people living with HIV, regardless of their geographic location. In addition, MAP supports reauthorization principles that do not jeopardize HIV prevention efforts.
Federal Update: U.S. Surgeon General Calls for Increased Focus on Prevention in Health Care
Read more about U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona’s call for focus on prevention at the Kaiser Family Foundation Web site.
The Minnesota AIDS Project supports an increased emphasis on prevention as a way to stop HIV. MAP supports honest HIV prevention, which includes medically accurate prevention messages and education. Honest HIV prevention is essential to stopping HIV.
Read All About It: Star Tribune Covers 25 Years of AIDS
Click on the links below to read coverage from the Star Tribune on 25 years of AIDS.
Star Tribune: Withering Glance: It's been 25 years of AIDS horror and heartbreak
Star Tribune: Feature: Fighting AIDS for 21 years
Star Tribune: Editorial: As AIDS invades the world of women
Take Action: Write a Letter to the Editor thanking the Star Tribune for their coverage of 25 years of AIDS. Consider including your own opinion on what it will take to stop HIV in the coming years.
Click here to submit a letter to the editor at the Star Tribune.
Announcement: Save the Date(s)—Citizens League Summer Policy Series
How will changes in the future – demographics, technology, access to resources – affect how we get civic work done? How will public policies be made in the future? Will the “public” in public policy be comprised of the same entities in the same ways in twenty years?
Join us for our 2006 Summer Event Series:
Where Are We Headed? The Future for Policymaking in Minnesota
Wednesday, July 12: The Future of Politics: Policymaking and the Coming Demographic Change
Tuesday, July 25: The Future of Education: Redefining Schooling
Tuesday, August 8: The Future of Health Care: Shifting the Focus from Treatment to Prevention
Tuesday, August 22: The Future of the Web and Civic Engagement: What Happens When MySpace Meets Our Space?
All "Future Of" events will be held at The Forum at MPR at 7:30 a.m.
Visit the MAP Advocate archive to see what you missed.
For more information about what's of interest to you at the Minnesota State Capitol, visit the Web sites of our allies at OutFront Minnesota and Sex Ed for Life.
MAP Advocate is published by the Minnesota AIDS Project every two weeks while the Minnesota Legislature is in session, and monthly during the rest of the year. It isavailable through the MAP web site mnaidsproject.org and through email list service. If you wish to order the MAP Advocate, visit our Join the Action Network page, or contact MAP Public Policy by phone or email.
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