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From: liz@ai.mit.edu (Liz A. Highleyman)
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Subject: 1992 AIDS Conf. - help sought
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Several of us in ACT UP/Boston are currently working with the planners
of the VIII International AIDS Conference, to be held at Harvard Univ.
in June 1992.  As usual, the planners seem to be leaving out some of 
the people most affected by HIV/AIDS, and we are trying to push for more
inclusivity and access.

Currently, the planners are proposing people for the abstract review
committees.  There will be 4 tracks: A - Basic Science, B - Clinical,
C - Epidemiology, and D - Social Issues.  We would like to see PWAs,
people of color, women, and community activists on all track committees
(not shunted solely into Social Issues).

We are interested in getting the names of people who would be interested
in helping to plan the conference, whether by sitting on a track committee
or helping in some other way.  As mentioned above, we are especially
looking for PWAs/PWHIV, people of color, and women, as these groups are
currently very much underrepresented.

There are two divisions of planning: the Local Organizing Committee,
for Boston area people, and the International Planning Committee, for
others.

If you are interested, please contact ACT UP/Boston via Will Murphy
(617-541-0511 or 617-522-2325) or call 617-49-ACTUP, or contact me via
e-mail.

-Liz Highleyman
ACT UP/Boston
liz@ai.mit.edu