Washington: Demonstration on Africa Trade Bills and AIDS Drug Access, April 21

Demonstrations and lobbying for Jesse Jackson Jr.'s HOPE for Africa Act, and against another sub-Saharan Africa trade bill, the African Growth and Opportunity Act, will take place April 21 in Washington D.C. The main march leaves at noon from McPherson Square, 15th Street between I and K Streets NW.

Besides ACT UP/Philadelphia, sponsors include the Health GAP Coalition (see AIDS Treatment News #315), labor unions, fair-trade activists, and environmentalists. Bus or other transportation is being organized for Philadelphia, New York City, Baltimore, Chicago, Richmond, Wilmington, North Carolina, and the West Coast.

For more information, contact ACT UP/Philadelphia; phone 215-731-1844, or email Julie Davids, jdavids@critpath.org.