Many community based organizations that provide needed HIV prevention and testing services received startling news that they were losing funding.

Let Health Commissioners Thomas Farley and Monica Sweeney know that these cuts cuts are unacceptable! Sign the petition!

GMAD’s Story

Gay Men of African Descent, who provide HIV tests for about 1,200 people annually, reports they are losing $160,000 in funding, almost overnight. They say:

• They were given little more than a 2-week notice that they lost $100,000 in finding for their anti-stigma work.

• They were told with a half-day’s notice that their mobile HIV testing unit was being cancelled.

• They were also told they would no longer be receiving free test kits.

SIGN GMAD’s PETITION, and forward to your friends.

Community groups have called for a community forum regarding these cuts, led by Latino Commission on AIDS. The forum is scheduled for Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at the NYC LGBT Center, 730pm-930pm. Download the flyer for the forum.

Cutting funding saves neither money or lives.

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