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Student Stop AIDS Speaker Tour 2009
October 8th, 2009 by apj31
Student Stop AIDS Speaker Tour 2009
October 12th at 7pm in the Elton-Bowring Room, Gillespie Centre, Clare College*
Young people whose lives have been deeply affected by HIV are travelling from across the world to Cambridge to share their stories. This is an incredible chance to find out about the reality of the AIDS epidemic and our efforts to stop its spread.
This year’s speakers will include Daniel Kettor, who was motivated to become an activist following the death of his sister, Marietta, from AIDS, and now works to raise awareness of HIV in Sierra Leone; Chinyanta Chimba, an activist from Zambia whose work ranges from education and outreach amongst her local community to speaking at the UN, and Tony Ray, whose discovery that he was HIV-positive led him to become a peer education in New York City’s HIV prevention and harm-reduction programmes.
Come, listen, and be inspired by these stories of three young people’s roles in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
*(To reach the Gillespie Centre, go into Memorial Court from Queen’s Road, and turn right)
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Welcome to all freshers!
September 29th, 2009 by apj31
Come visit us at stall O20 at the Freshers’ Fair on October 6th and 7th! We’ll be there to answer any questions you have about the Stop AIDS Society, our aims, what we do, and how you can get involved.
An advance date for your diaries: our exciting first event of term will be the Student Stop AIDS Speaker Tour 2009 - October 12th at 7pm in the Elton-Bowring Room, Gillespie Centre, Clare College*
Young people whose lives have been deeply affected by HIV are travelling from across the world to Cambridge to share their stories. This is an incredible chance to find out about the reality of the AIDS epidemic and our efforts to stop its spread.
This year’s speakers will include Daniel Kettor, who was motivated to become an activist following the death of his sister, Marietta, from AIDS, and now works to raise awareness of HIV in Sierra Leone; Chinyanta Chimba, an activist from Zambia whose work ranges from education and outreach amongst her local community to speaking at the UN, and Tony Ray, whose discovery that he was HIV-positive led him to become a peer education in New York City’s HIV prevention and harm-reduction programmes.
Come, listen, and be inspired by these stories of three young people’s roles in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
*(To reach the Gillespie Centre, go into Memorial Court from Queen’s Road, and turn right)
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Day of Action – March 24th 2009
May 16th, 2009 by apj31
Stop AIDS and MSF members meet David Howarth
Over 100 students from Stop AIDS groups across the UK came to London for the Day of Action to campaign on our two current campaigns, Push for the Pool and the funding shortfall for the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.
We met with Ivan Lewis MP, Under Secretary of State for International Development, who announced that he would personally set up meetings with the chief executives of the big pharmaceutical companies to discuss forming an ARV patent pool. We also called on the government to pledge their fair share of the Global Fund’s shortfall – £183.45 million for 2008-10; the Minister said he’d heard us, but that no annoucement would be made on this in the near future – so we need to keep the pressure up!
Many MPs also pledged their support for the two campaigns: more information and pictures at http://www.stopaidscampaign.org.uk/DayActionMarch09Page1.asp
Representatives from the Cambridge group and from Cambridge Medicines sans Frontieres also recently met with David Howarth, the Cambridge MP, to discuss these campaigns – the meeting was a great success, as Mr Howarth agreed to support both campaigns and gave us a good deal of constructive feedback on how to approach them.
Stop AIDS campaigners form a red ribbon in the 'Push for the Pool'
The Cambridge representatives, in a rather drier pool!
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‘Care and Love’ film screening
February 23rd, 2009 by apj31
March 2nd – screening of ‘Care and Love’ with the Chinese Salon current affairs discussion group in the Graduate Union (Mill Lane), 7pm
The Cambridge Stop AIDS Society and Chinese Salon discussion group are holding a joint film screening of “Care and Love” (2007), which tells the story of Liu Xianhong, a Chinese villager who contracted HIV through a blood transfusion during childbirth. Lack of regulation in Chinese blood transfusion practise has leaded to mass HIV infection, and some estimate that the number of people infected this way to be as high as 1,000,000. The film recounts how Liu Xianhong publicized her story, filed a lawsuit with her 8-year-old son against the hospital, and eventually received compensation. The bitter experiences of several families, and the collective effort by people living with HIV to defend their rights, resulted in the “Care and Love Group”.
The screening will take place on Monday, March 2nd in the Graduate Union (Mill Lane), at 7pm.
Entry is free, but donations to the Care and Love Group welcome.
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Some good news…
February 15th, 2009 by apj31
GlaxoSmithKline, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, is planning to drastically reduce prices of medicines in developing countries, fund the building of schools and hospitals and share its knowledge of drugs currently protected by patent in a ‘patent pool’.
For the full story, see: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/feb/13/glaxo-smith-kline-cheap-medicine
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Hub Night at the Cafe Project
January 30th, 2009 by apj31
Wednesday February 4th, 7pm at the Cafe Project, Jesus Lane
For our second Hub Night, we’ll be screening the documentary ‘AIDS: the Global Killer’, looking at the effects of HIV/AIDS on communities in Russia, Zambia and the U.K.
Afterwards there’ll be a chance to discuss the film, raise any questions you have about issues relating to HIV/AIDS, and find out more about the Stop AIDS Society and what we do.
As usual, the Cafe Project’s great selection of tea and cake will be available!
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Letter writing in aid of HIV/AIDS doctors, this Saturday
January 23rd, 2009 by apj31
Saturday January 24th – letter writing session in Clare Cellars, 4-5pm (drop in any time!)
We’ll be writing letters to the Iranian government on the case of two HIV/AIDS specialists who have been given a severely unfair trial on the charge of ‘collaborating with the enemy’, almost certainly related to their travel abroad in connection with their work. It’s not only an important human rights issue, but could be crucial for the future of HIV/AIDS projects in Iran. More information here.
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Beginning of term meeting
January 11th, 2009 by apj31
We’ll be having our usual beginning-of-term planning meeting on Monday 19th at 4.10pm in N7, Pembroke (there’ll be signs from the plodge) to discuss events we can organise this term, including fundraising (for which we’ll also be deciding on a charity to support) and an event for One World Week. We’re also looking at the possibility of Stop AIDS stash – if you’d like to get some, please tell us so we know whether there’s enough interest! If you’ve got any ideas as to events we could organise, want to suggest an AIDS charity to fundraise for, or just want to find out more about what’s happening this term, please come along to the meeting – as usual, refreshments will be provided!
For more information contact Anna at stopaids@cusu.cam.ac.uk
** Please note change of time, the meeting will now be at 4.10pm not 3pm**
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Push for the Pool petition now available online!
December 10th, 2008 by apj31
The Stop AIDS Campaign’s “Push for the Pool” petition is now online at: http://www.unicef.org.uk/campaigns/stop_aids/petition.asp
Please take a second to sign it today – thank you for supporting our call to make life-saving medicines affordable for developing countries!
You can also watch the Student Stop AIDS Campaign’s Push for the Pool video on YouTube.
More information on the “Push for the Pool” campaign here.
NB: if you’ve already signed an action card this term, this is the same petition – you don’t need to sign it twice! Thanks for your support!
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World AIDS Day, December 1st 2008
November 22nd, 2008 by apj31
We’re holding a range of events in Cambridge on and around World AIDS Day, in conjunction with various other societies:
Petition signing – all day, all over Cambridge!
We’ll have volunteers (dressed in red!) going around all day with our ‘Push for the Pool’ petition – look out for them and sign the petition!
We’re having a meeting for anyone who’d like to volunteer to help with this on Sunday November 30th at 4pm, in Room 1 of the Chris Adams House, on the corner of Botolph Lane and Free School Lane – we’ll be explaining about the campaign, and giving out petition cards and FAQ sheets. Please email Anna at stopaids@cusu.cam.ac.uk if you’d like to come along to this – we need some idea of numbers so we can print out the right numbers of sheets!
Film screening – ‘Where the Water Meets the Sky’ - 7.30pm, Lucia Windsor Room, Newnham
The CUSU Women’s Campaign and Campaign for Female Education are holding a film screening of “Where the Water Meets the Sky” as part of the documentary’s global launch.Narrated by Morgan Freeman, Where the Water Meets the Sky is the inspiring story of a group of women in rural Zambia who learn how to make a film as a way to speak out about their lives. All funds raised through the screening will support Camfed’s work to educate girls and invest in economic and leadership opportunities for young women in Africa.
Co-hosted by NERDI Film Society, The Humanitarian Centre, The Hub, CU Stop AIDS, CU International Development Soc, CU African-Caribbean Soc, Social Documentary Film Soc.
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Dhiverse, the Cambridge-based HIV/AIDS charity, will be running information stalls, selling red ribbons and collecting donations at various times and locations around Cambridge – for more information or to volunteer, visit www.redandalive.org.uk, call 01223 508805 or email redandalive@dhiverse.org.uk
28th November, Railway Station, 6.30-9.30am and 4-6pm
29th November, City Centre, 12-5pm
1st December, Grafton Centre, 12-5pm; Railway Station, 6.30-9.30am and 4-6pm
Dhiverse Service of Remembrance and Celebration
December 7th 2-4pm, at the Michaelhouse Centre
All are welcome to this service of remembrance for those who have died of HIV/AIDS and celebration for the lives of those who are living with the virus.
The service will have music and readings and will be followed by mulled wine and mince pies – please do come along!
For more information, please visit www.redandalive.org.uk
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