Invitation to Global Youth Coalition on AIDS

[Guest guest]

Dear Forum,

Please forward this invitation widely to Indian youth HIV/AIDS

activists and to other forums, especially those reaching Asian

youth. We now have 180 youth activists worldwide but not a broad

representation of Asians.

Thank you so much,

Joya Banerjee (UNFPA HIV/AIDS Branch)

E-mail: jb2026@...>

Help Develop a Global Youth AIDS Coalition (GYCA): E-Consultation

To begin forming a Global Youth AIDS Coalition, we seek the input

and support from young leaders in the fight against HIV/AIDS

worldwide. On Monday, October 18, 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 Bangkok 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. Facilitators

will provide weekly summaries at the beginning of the following

week.

To participate in the e-consultation, please sign up to our " GYCA

consultation " list-serve by sending a blank email to

GYCAconsultation-subscribe@....

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 email 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. Meanwhile, we

encourage you to email Joya Banerjee (joya.banerjee@...)

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 insights and

expertise as youth leaders. Help us to spread word of GYCA by

forwarding this invitation to youth HIV/AIDS leaders worldwide!

Les resumes hebdomadaires sertont traduits en francais.

Los resumenes semanales seran traducidos al castellano.

An idea proposed initially by:

Joya Banerjee – United Nations Population Fund, Global Justice,

Student Global AIDS Campaign (SGAC)

Janet Feldman - KAIPPG-International/ ActALIVE

Freeburg – Global Youth Action Network, NGO Committee on Youth

(CONGO-NY)

Mila Gorokhovich- Global Justice, SGAC, Community HIV/AIDS

Mobilization Project (CHAMP)

Cameron LeFevre- Global Justice, SGAC

Dabesaki Mac-Ikemenjima – Development Partnership International

Nick Moraitis – TakingITGlobal

Davila Ortega- Global Youth Action Network

Adam - Global Justice, SGAC