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Needle
Exchange
Forum:
Newark,
New
Jersey
11#20
11/19/99
NEEDLE EXCHANGE
It's Time to Give it a Chance
Because Every Life is Worth
Saving
An informational forum sponsored
by:
The City of Newark Municipal
Council's HIV/AIDS Committee
The New Jersey Campaign
to Save Lives Now!
"... some areas of the state
reported a higher proportion of HIV-infected drug users than anywhere else
in the developed world."
"The Council has before stated
its position that it is the moral responsibility of the government to pursue
those interventions which can be demonstrated to save the citizens of our
state the cost of the HIV epidemic and the lives which are at risk from
it."
- New Jersey Governor's
Advisory Council on AIDS, June 1999
WHEN: November 20th,
1999, 9:00am - 4:00pm
WHERE: Newark City Hall,
920 Broad Street, Newark, NJ
Dedicated to the memory of
Senator Wynona M. Lipman
Goals:
1. To present the latest
statistics on the rates of HIV infection in the state of New Jersey;
2. To examine needle exchange
as an effective tool to deal with this public health emergency;
3. To invite the public to
express their ideas and views on needle exchange; and
4. To urge the municipal
city council as well as other legislators to take action in the fight against
HIV/AIDS, specifically by supporting legislation to implement a pilot needle
exchange program in New Jersey.
Speakers include Councilman
Luis Quintana, City of Newark Municipal Council, Assemblyman Alfred Steele,
NJ State Legislature, Gary Paul Wright, NJ AIDS Education and Training
Center, Dr. Denise Paone, NY Beth Israel Medical Center, Councilman Rev.
Fernando Colon, Jersey City Municipal Council, Rev. Clinton Reynolds, Bethel
AME Church, Paterson, Riki Jacobs, Executive Director, Hyacinth Foundation,
Debra Edwards, Newark NAACP, Dr. Robert Johnson, UMDNJ, and Alma Candelas,
New York State Dept. of Health.
A continental breakfast and
a box lunch will be available for participants.
For information, call (973)
733-5880 or (973) 596-6066.
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Issue #116, 11/19/99
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