Global Youth AIDS Coalition E-Consultation
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starting October 11!
Help Develop a Global Youth AIDS Coalition (GYCA):
E-Consultation
To begin forming a Global Youth AIDS Coalition, we seek the in-
put and support from young leaders in the fight against HIV/AIDS
worldwide. On Monday, October 11, we will begin an e-
consultation with any youth and/or adult allies interested in
contributing to the formation of a Global Youth AIDS Coalition.
This coalition was proposed by youth worldwide, including the
youth attendees of the XV International AIDS Conference in Bang-
kok and XIV International AIDS Conference in Barcelona.
The e-consultation will help us to: identify our needs as youth,
to set forth goals and objectives, to brainstorm on funding and
organizational issues, to create working groups with thematic
focuses, and to identify key leaders and their skills. Facilita-
tors will provide weekly summaries at the beginning of the fol-
lowing week.
To participate in the e-consultation, please sign up to our
"GYCA consultation" list-serve by sending a blank e-mail:
mailto:GYCAconsultation-subscribe@groups.takingitglobal.org
We will also conduct periodic online chats for those youth who
have infrequent access to email facilities, announced on
http://groups.takingitglobal.org/GYCAconsultation
We encourage you to reach out and get feedback from those who do
not have e-mail access at all by having "off-line consultations"
and reporting back to the rest of the group.
If you do not want to participate in creating the structure of
this coalition, you will still be able to join the coalition as
a member or partner after it has been formed. An announcement on
how to do this will be widely publicized at a later date. Mean-
while, we encourage you to e-mail Joya Banerjee
<joya.banerjee@gmail.com> to provide your contact if you would
like information about the coalition later on, or if you have
any questions!
Full details about the coalition can be found at:
http://groups.takingitglobal.org/GYCAconsultation
It is time for youth worldwide to work in solidarity to protect
our bodies, our families, our communities, and our countries
from the devastation of HIV/AIDS. Please share your valuable in-
sights and expertise as youth leaders. Help us to spread word of
GYCA by forwarding this invitation to youth HIV/AIDS leaders
worldwide!
Nous voudrions aussi tenir la consultation de courrier electro-
nique en francais mais il faut avoir une tradacteur qui pourrait
etre disponible pour une heure chaque jour.
Nosotros tambien queremos tener la consultacion electronica en
espanol, pero no temenos un traductor. Si puedes ayudarnos tra-
duciendo los mensajes (aproximadamente una hora diaria), por fa-
vor ponte en contacto!
An idea proposed initially by:
Joya Banerjee - United Nations Population Fund, Global Justice,
Student Global AIDS Campaign (SGAC)
Janet Feldman - KAIPPG-International/ActALIVE
Emily Freeburg - Global Youth Action Network, NGO Committee on
Youth (CONGO-NY)
Mila Gorokhovich - Global Justice, SGAC, Community HIV/AIDS Mo-
bilization Project (CHAMP)
Cameron LeFevre - Global Justice, SGAC
Dabesaki Mac-Ikemenjima - Development Partnership International
Nick Moraitis - TakingITGlobal
Luis Davila Ortega - Global Youth Action Network
Adam Taylor - Global Justice, SGAC