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Anyone for tennis?
Please join us at our Australian Open-themed tournament on 1/24/2011:
For more info, check out the Team Housing Works website page.
Or contact:
Dan Wilson
d.wilson@housingworks.org
347-473-7454Take the physical challenge and join Housing Works in the fight against AIDS and homelessness. We’re counting on your support!
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:41 pm
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Action Alert: Don’t Let Republicans Repeal Health Care Reform!
Update Jan. 19 @ 6.30 p.m. The House of Representatives voted to repeal the health care reform bill today, voting mostly on party lines. The bill will go to the Senate now, which has no plans to take it up. Thanks to all who called!
In a move that will almost certainly have crushing effects on millions of Americans, Republicans are pushing for a repeal of the health care reform bill passed last year. A vote will take place in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, Jan. 19. The repeal would have a negative—and disproportionate—impact on people living with HIV, denying many the health care coverage needed to survive.
Angered?
Here’s what to do.
Nationwide
Find your representative’s phone number at this …
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 7:02 pm
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Spring Preview Ask: Fashion Leads
Dear Friend,
One year ago Housing Works rushed to help our partners in Haiti after our facilities there were devastated by an earthquake of unimaginable destructive force. We delivered medicine, food and tents within days of the disaster.
As we continue to offer support to Haiti, our commitment to providing formerly homeless New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS with health care, housing and job training remains undiminished.
Our ten upscale NYC thrift stores help fund the needs of our clients. Your donation of product supports our efforts at home and abroad. Please contact me today to arrange a complimentary pick-up in the New York Metro area, or to receive shipping instructions.
Donations received by February 15th will make the greatest impact …
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 8:41 pm
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Spring Preview Blast to Jigsaw
Dear Friend,
Housing Works is a healing community of people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS. Our mission is to end the dual crises of homelessness and AIDS through relentless advocacy, the provision of lifesaving services, and entrepreneurial businesses that sustain our efforts.
One year ago we rushed to relieve our partners in Haiti after our facilities there were devastated by an earthquake of unimaginable destructive force. We delivered medicine, food and tents within days of the disaster.
Our ten upscale NYC thrift stores help fund the needs of our clients here and abroad. Your donation of product supports our efforts at home and abroad. Please contact me today to arrange a complimentary pick-up in the New York Metro area, or to …
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 7:18 pm
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N.C. Rep: Government Shouldn’t Fund HIV Treatment for People “Living in Perverted Lifestyles”
In North Carolina this week, state Rep. Larry Brown announced that the government should not spend money to treat adults with HIV/AIDS who “caused it by the way they live.”
His unfortunate and ridiculously uninformed comments are the latest in a string of events and reports that reveal just how distressing the situation has become for HIV-positive individuals in the South.
(Curious about the picture? Last year he called gay people “fruit loops” in an e-mail to other legislators).
This month, the Center for HIV Law & Policy released a report that found that 50 percent of HIV-positive Southerners who needed legal assistance accessing basic rights—like housing or health care—could not get that assistance.
Meanwhile, Southerners now …
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 7:32 pm
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Video and Photos: Haiti Earthquake Anniversary March and Rally in NYC
With tears literally frozen to their faces, hundreds of Haitians and their allies marched through Manhattan today, marking the one-year anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti last January.
“One year later, with all the people walking the airport at Port-au-Prince like it’s a red carpet, we have not seen rebuilding in Haiti,” said Rev. Al Sharpton outside the United Nations. “I’ve come tonight to say, ‘Where’s the money? Where’s the rebuilding? Where’s the help?’”
A powerful force gathered beneath the lights at Times Square for the start of the rally, the largest New York event to mark the quake. Among them were schoolchildren; a host of rabbis and priests; City Councilmembers Matthieu Eugene, Jumaane Williams and Ydanis Rodriguez; Brooklyn Deputy Borough President Yvonne Graham; …
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 5:19 pm
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January at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe: Art, Theater, Film, Philanthropy, Storytelling, and more!
We like books and everything, but sometimes it feels great to be a well-rounded cultural center. This month we’re proud to present a staged theater piece, a short from Sundance, even a panel on painting with live music! We’d also love to see you for classic literary readings and live storytelling, of course.
Plus, now you can buy all your books from Housing Works Bookstore Cafe – no matter where you live. Search for any book at shophousingworks.com. Low prices and free shipping on every book we stock! Even if we don’t have it, we’ll send you to an Amazon.com page where your purchase still supports Housing Works.
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 10:13 pm
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After Haiti HIV Slur, NYC’s HOT 97 Makes Amends
Cipha Sounds, the DJ who inflamed the New York Haitian community after an on-air statement about Haitian women and HIV, is back on HOT 97 after a brief suspension.
“He lost family members to HIV,” said Ebro Darden, vice president of programming for Emmis New York, which runs HOT 97. “So it’s close home for him . . . Obviously he’s a comedian, so he made a stupid joke.”
The station, meanwhile, is working to make amends. On Monday, former Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields appeared on a morning show to talk about HIV. On Wednesday, the station will run a segment about women in Haiti after the earthquake. And HOT 97 will send a music truck to …
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 8:26 pm
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