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From Karen Zundel
Seth Kilbourn, Senior Health Policy Advocate for the Human Rights Campaign will present "The Human Rights Campaign: Advocacy Initiatives for Healthcare Legislation". Seth's presentation will include information on the history, funding and future of the Ryan White CARE Act; lesbian health issues; issues dealing with privacy and confidentiality; and legislative and government agency sources of information.
Founded in 1980, the Human Rights Campaign maintains the largest full-time lobbying team in the nation devoted to issues of fairness for lesbian and gay Americans. The HRC has helped pass major legislation including the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Hate Crimes Statistics and Hate Crimes Sentencing Enhancement Acts, and programs for breast cancer and cervical cancer research and screening. The HRC facilitates information exchange to coordinate the activities of individuals and organizations advocating for the advancement of lesbian health. The HRC is a leader in the Lesbian Health Advocacy Network working in coalition with the Campaign for Women's Health.
For more information see the HRC's home page at http://www.hrc.org/.
For those of you interested in Relevant Issues schedule this is what I have been told:
I am so glad there isn't a conflict with RI with either program or business meeting since they are co-sponsoring the SIG program (along with the History of the Health Sciences section) since Jerry and I (along with others I'm sure) need to attend both.
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