MAP Advocate
March 12, 2007
Vol. 13. No. 9

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In This Issue:

1. Minnesota Update: Comprehensive Sex Education Hearing in the House Education Committee Tomorrow
2. Minnesota Update: HIV Prevention in African-Born Communities Legislation Hearing in the House This Wednesday
3. Hearing Updates: Comprehensive Sex Education and AIDSLine Legislation Heard Last Week

Minnesota Update: Comprehensive Sex Education Hearing in the House Education Committee Tomorrow

The comprehensive sex education bill (House File 615) will be heard in the House Education Committee on Tuesday, March 13. Representative Neva Walker (Minneapolis—DFL) has introduced this legislation in the Minnesota House. Comprehensive sex education teaches both abstinence and contraception to reduce the risk of HIV, STIs and unintended pregnancy. This legislation would establish standards for medically accurate, age appropriate comprehensive sex education in Minnesota. The Sex Ed for Life Coalition, which MAP co-convenes with the Minnesota Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention and Parenting (MOAPPP), is advancing this legislation.

Take Action:

• Contact the House Education Committee Members and ask them to support House File 615.
• Attend the House Education Committee hearing at 8:00 a.m. in basement hearing room of the State Office Building

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Minnesota Update: HIV Prevention in African-Born Communities Legislation Hearing in the House This Wednesday

Legislation to provide onetime funding for HIV prevention grants in African-born communities in Minnesota will be heard this Wednesday. In 2005 16% of the new HIV infections in Minnesota were among African-born Minnesotans. African communities make up less than 1% of the total Minnesota population and are, therefore, disproportionately affected by HIV. MAP thanks Senator Linda Berglin (DFL-Minneapolis) and Representative Neva Walker (DFL-Minneapolis) for authoring this legislation (House File 1723). The HIV Prevention in African-Born Communities legislation will be heard in the House Public Health Finance Committee hearing on Wednesday, March 14.

Take Action:

• Contact the House Public Health Finance Committee Members and ask them to support HIV Prevention in African-Born Communities legislation.
• Attend the House Public Health Finance Division Committee hearing at 10:00 a.m. in Room 5 at the State Office Building.

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Hearing Updates: Comprehensive Sex Education and AIDSLine Legislation Heard Last Week

House Committee Hearing Update—AIDSLine Legislation
On Wednesday, March 7 the AIDSLine bill was heard in the House Public Health Finance Committee. The AIDSLine will now be considered for inclusion in the final House Health bill. There is still a lot of work to do so keep contacting your legislators about this legislation.

Senate Committee Hearing Update—Comprehensive Sex Education
Comprehensive Sex Education (Senate File 588) was heard in the Senate Education Policy Committee last Wednesday. It successfully passed the committee (10-3) and has been referred to the education finance committee, where the appropriation will be evaluated.

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Visit the MAP Advocate archive to see what you missed.

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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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