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Vote: Primary Election is September 9 On Tuesday, September 9 Minnesota will be holding the Primary Election. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Use the Vote! section of the Minnesota AIDS Project Web site to find out where you vote, information on same day registration, and about the candidates. Announcement: Allan Spear Forum Featuring Regan Hofmann on September 16
Regan Hofmann The series is free and open to the public.
Click Here for More Information. Back to top25 Years/25 Stories: Minnesota’s Leadership The 25 Years/25 Stories series commemorates Minnesota AIDS Project's 25th year of service by sharing a new story twice a month about the significant moments, people, or programs that have made a difference in Minnesota's fight against HIV. In our most recent story, Minnesota's Leadership, we look at the Minnesota AIDS Project's long history of advocating for effective HIV policy. Learn about our early efforts, such as fighting the criminalization of HIV, as well as more recent successes, including funding HIV prevention programs targeted at immigrant communities. Safer Sex Kits at the DNC and RNC The Minnesota AIDS Project is encouraging elected officials from both sides of the aisle to speak to the recent report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) indicating that annual HIV infections are significantly higher (more than 40 percent) than their previous estimates and over 1.2 million Americans are living with HIV. To spread the message about the need for broad-based HIV education and a unified national strategy to stop HIV, the Minnesota AIDS Project is distributing safer sex kits with important information about HIV at local bars during the Republican National Convention. The Minnesota AIDS Project partnered with the Colorado AIDS Project who distributed the kits at the Democratic National Convention. Read More (scroll about half way down) Back to topFederal Update: U.S. HIV Travel Restrictions Recently, President Bush and Congress reauthorized the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). During this process, Congress voted to eliminate the federal law banning non-U.S. Citizens living with HIV from entering the United States. This is great step forward in removing these unjust, stigmatizing laws but there is more to be done. As long as HIV appears on the list of “communicable diseases of public health significance” people are automatically prohibited from entry into the United States. The Administration has the authority to remove HIV from this list. Take Action: U.S. Representatives Keith Ellison and Betty McCollum have already signed on to the Dear Colleague letter; we thank them for their continued support of good HIV policy. Click here to find out who your U.S. Representative is. This Take Action Alert was created by PEPFAR Watch. Back to topIn the News: HIV Coverage Fighting HIV-AIDS One Syringe at a Time New Tactics in Human Rights—HIV Prevention U.S. Blacks, if a Nation, Would Rank High on AIDS Back to topSidewalks Saving Lives: Youth from Inner City Church & Community Partners Paint Sidewalks with HIV Prevention Messages On Saturday, September 27, youth from Kwanzaa Community Church and other community partners will paint the first ten of twenty sidewalks across North Minneapolis with artworks reinforcing HIV prevention messages. Ten more sidewalks will be painted in areas of high foot traffic at a Spring 2009 event. Community partners include Avenues for Homeless Youth, Hawthorne Area Community Council, Homewood Arts Studio, Juxtaposition Arts, Northside Arts Collective, and the University of Minnesota Center for Urban and Regional Affairs. Back to top
Visit the HIV Action Network 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 Coalition for Responsible Sex Education . The HIV Action Network email is published by the Minnesota AIDS Project every week while the Minnesota Legislature is in session, and bi-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 receive the HIV Action Network email, visit our Join the HIV Action Network page, or contact MAP Public Policy by phone or email. MAP Public Policy Last Updated:
Monday, September 22, 2008
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Ms. Hofmann, a woman living with HIV, worked in media and communications for years before being diagnosed. Prior to taking the editor-in-chief post at POZ, Hofmann penned the publication's Anonymous column for four years. In the column, she explored the notion of disclosure (something she had not done except to a small group of close family and friends) telling a new person for each column. After joining the POZ editorial team in January of 2006, Hofmann decided to appear on the April 2006 cover of POZ, where she disclosed her HIV status publicly for the first time since her 1996 diagnosis. Since then Hofmann has appeared and told her compelling story to viewers of the Oprah Winfrey Show and Good Morning America as well as being featured in publications as diverse as The New York Times, Vogue, The London Daily Telegraph, British Marie Claire, The Taipei Times and The China Post. 
