<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">A couple memes you can use circulating this on Facebook and Twitter are also attached...<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br class="">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Jerame Davis, Executive Director</b> <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:info@prideatwork.org" class="">info@prideatwork.org</a>></span><br class="">Date: Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 10:47 AM<br class="">Subject: HIV Medications Under Attack on World AIDS Day<br class="">To: <a href="mailto:slarson@cwa-union.org" class="">slarson@cwa-union.org</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><u class=""></u><div marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); width: 100% !important;" class=""><center class=""><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; height: 100% !important; width: 100% !important; line-height: 100% !important;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" style="border: 0px; border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 10px 10px 40px;" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" width="700" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;" class=""><p align="center" class=""><img src="https://www.prideatwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/banner-PAW-logo-brighter-700.jpg" class=""></p><hr color="#7d50a0" class=""><p class="">Dear Shane,</p><p class="">Every year on World AIDS Day, we stop to reflect on those we’ve lost to the fight against HIV/AIDS. We have a great deal of success in treatment and advances toward a cure, but this year the struggle to end the pandemic is <a href="http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/4AA/ni0YAA/t.1sl/dghy3woUSV6H1UO2S2DpIQ/h0/NgAMr0DJdV8CveFcCYCdAr22qBj9HoTG7bZ4u-2B2hzDQOtG1wWxkcXifwUFk4XzP1-2F-2Fs4xEPgEDUpAovtB8s2Q7-2Fy-2FZ5wrtOsTpBLTaz9NXnmsF51RveBvNF77ePkq1f48uphE6PXmjyWVhLucssHXJ1PypDV7zor8oqLS9xfdmzSzIX93wvEceKKlisHE3wDAhenMZY65bt1-2FmtVRkUkhYbpWb0-2BTJ1SiuFtkCdW9xL2EOX-2Fxb6DaHM6A2NjI1RvVZBd75P3xlSzKhb-2BehyFMMzv8f94Zu4jeIKKE4gj5Oe0rF9rfp92o4RBAji0LiglzoH1kat4JABlDWFFht20eGUpoOdfGgKyMboGEpHWwsXITm3cRe49e42bIByTf1cPKCwd2HEjvHNxzOumdM9SEz4NK-2FKRF9k8tDtztlLDbkiMwXeygphUA85fA8aURaUr" target="_blank" class="">facing an insidious and nearly invisible challenge</a>: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).</p><p class=""><a href="http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/4AA/ni0YAA/t.1sl/dghy3woUSV6H1UO2S2DpIQ/h1/WQ-2BlIwq7W2eCmkkcwbDiBewM-2BBXwXmVcDr-2FHe7DI-2FHM-2FKnYf4PWwKwXC2MlbQizsv9zZSRV4oJ058bmvvxXfDxI5Bwv5ly78bC-2FYRZSOHQ8TIJycqcbyjiU2-2FbGZHll53qX6w8fVcGfxuUDFTg7e4QuBfYaihbGSxlzOqu0Ujpg4bqTSv4rU-2Fx7-2FykW20541r49FfUEvGJ1LLhFVz8TNe1PyGUCcWr0-2BkG2dgnHGen-2FDDHC0RclmRS8-2Fv6VfGSkflPvequMQ2FHdll2lBYBuQa9u8gdboftdrn4K70eoAq-2ByQ44flTpHo0VLiqiiGkZ60sgQIctAvP7noPh7bEmaUKylqV2CU-2BXg2aN-2B-2F4m2eo21R2-2F2a-2BtEiAIryFnsdFK2QB1xQg99ZEFxpbr1N-2FG78SxH01fgyJ5nxMGX-2BE3IdmNLZwC-2FnGPNtJDEgmhdNLcVt7cZeP-2BxueqN7YGiAyYkQA-3D-3D" target="_blank" class=""><img src="https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/data/000/020/868/original/worldaidsday2.png" width="300" alt="Contact Congress Today!" align="right" style="width: 300px; max-width: 300px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;" class=""></a>How can a trade deal impact the fight against HIV/AIDS? The TPP would extend the patent on some drugs - including many of the most effective HIV/AIDS treatments. This change would have a dramatic effect on access to safe and affordable care for millions of people worldwide.</p><p class=""><strong class=""><a href="http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/4AA/ni0YAA/t.1sl/dghy3woUSV6H1UO2S2DpIQ/h2/WQ-2BlIwq7W2eCmkkcwbDiBewM-2BBXwXmVcDr-2FHe7DI-2FHM-2FKnYf4PWwKwXC2MlbQizsv9zZSRV4oJ058bmvvxXfDxI5Bwv5ly78bC-2FYRZSOHQ8TIJycqcbyjiU2-2FbGZHll53qX6w8fVcGfxuUDFTg7e4QuBfYaihbGSxlzOqu0Ujpg4bqTSv4rU-2Fx7-2FykW20541r49FfUEvGJ1LLhFVz8TNe1PyGUCcWr0-2BkG2dgnHGen-2FDDHC0RclmRS8-2Fv6VfGSkflPvequMQ2FHdll2lBYBuQa9u8gdboftdrn4K70eoAq-2ByQ44flTpHo0VLiqiiGkZ60sgQIctAvP7noPh7bEmaUKylqV2CU-2BXg2aN-2B-2F4m2eo21R2-2F2a-2BtEiAIryFnsdFK2QB1xQg99ZEFxpbr1N-2FG78SxH01fgyJ5nxMGX-2BE3IdmNLZwC-2FnGPNtJDEgmhdNLcVl9H8u0-2BtPK8l5raZvu374Q-3D-3D" target="_blank" class="">We can stop the TPP if we work together. Please click here to send a letter to your members of Congress telling them to oppose the TPP.</a></strong></p><p class="">For example, <a href="http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/4AA/ni0YAA/t.1sl/dghy3woUSV6H1UO2S2DpIQ/h3/DOnNYi2XoWUqnCjXp8QdusFbKgSlAuxBXjkX4ol78mA4ECpjhb7GgHTtzBGnh69L5Cruv7qaUqREFhuGzbGr2trS-2B5S97-2Fw2K7ZcZmYNCO7C2bPVUW-2BjBqZFczeenE5E1NRtBkFeUeA2lXJzxHM6PJ-2F0O-2FCqPNkhikAzwTZJQ8rg7OY50AKOb-2FaT-2BKj-2B0KKHRjK2-2B6K8oY9yLL6dI6v7MXrUXndZF7deLf-2FghKX-2BiBcUcH727lpJXV05dlv8P-2BgXquSNZZCWoPQjLSLniRNN-2BG4aLP6Xd-2B2oPXm-2FKUCfrm6PV87Od-2FB9uBieK-2B6pTO1F7qYh-2BwZb6Qe8Dsw8fDFASPfGZtUFNf16JUDoKQq4HZNXEB8EexftNxCBXT5FWXsaWUrIXbVv0Bq3oAs0Sv-2FxjQ-3D-3D" target="_blank" class="">Oxfam reports</a> on an academic study that show if the TPP were in effect today, more than 50% of those living with HIV/AIDS in Vietnam would lose access to their medications. There are over 250,000 people living with HIV in that country alone.</p><p class="">Corporate CEOs are manipulating the rules in their favor, but if we work together, we can stop them. Corporate profits should not come before our health and safety.</p><p class=""><strong class=""><a href="http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/4AA/ni0YAA/t.1sl/dghy3woUSV6H1UO2S2DpIQ/h4/WQ-2BlIwq7W2eCmkkcwbDiBewM-2BBXwXmVcDr-2FHe7DI-2FHM-2FKnYf4PWwKwXC2MlbQizsv9zZSRV4oJ058bmvvxXfDxI5Bwv5ly78bC-2FYRZSOHQ8TIJycqcbyjiU2-2FbGZHll53qX6w8fVcGfxuUDFTg7e4QuBfYaihbGSxlzOqu0Ujpg4bqTSv4rU-2Fx7-2FykW20541r49FfUEvGJ1LLhFVz8TNe1PyGUCcWr0-2BkG2dgnHGen-2FDDHC0RclmRS8-2Fv6VfGSkflPvequMQ2FHdll2lBYBuQa9u8gdboftdrn4K70eoAq-2ByQ44flTpHo0VLiqiiGkZ60sgQIctAvP7noPh7bEmaUKylqV2CU-2BXg2aN-2B-2F4m2eo21R2-2F2a-2BtEiAIryFnsdFK2QB1xQg99ZEFxpbr1N-2FG78SxH01fgyJ5nxMGX-2BE3IdmNLZwC-2FnGPNtJDEgmhdNLcVe-2FDhJXlV-2BjP96TcJ71D9GA-3D-3D" target="_blank" class="">Contact your Senators and Representative today and tell them to oppose TPP because lives are at stake.</a></strong></p><p class="">World AIDS Day reminds us the pandemic rages on. Treatment of those living with the virus is needed not only to save the lives those living with HIV/AIDS, but to prevent new infections as well. We know that those who have access to treatment are less likely to pass on the virus. There is no excuse for placing barriers in the way of worldwide public health.</p><p class="">We can do this, but we have to work together. As World AIDS Day reminds us, we have an obligation to care for each other. An injury to one is an injury to all.</p><p class="">In solidarity, <br class="">Jerame</p><p class="">P.S. <strong class=""><a href="http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/4AA/ni0YAA/t.1sl/dghy3woUSV6H1UO2S2DpIQ/h5/WQ-2BlIwq7W2eCmkkcwbDiBewM-2BBXwXmVcDr-2FHe7DI-2FHM-2FKnYf4PWwKwXC2MlbQizsv9zZSRV4oJ058bmvvxXfDxI5Bwv5ly78bC-2FYRZSOHQ8TIJycqcbyjiU2-2FbGZHll53qX6w8fVcGfxuUDFTg7e4QuBfYaihbGSxlzOqu0Ujpg4bqTSv4rU-2Fx7-2FykW20541r49FfUEvGJ1LLhFVz8TNe1PyGUCcWr0-2BkG2dgnHGen-2FDDHC0RclmRS8-2Fv6VfGSkflPvequMQ2FHdll2lBYBuQa9u8gdboftdrn4K70eoAq-2ByQ44flTpHo0VLiqiiGkZ60sgQIctAvP7noPh7bEmaUKylqV2CU-2BXg2aN-2B-2F4m2eo21R2-2F2a-2BtEiAIryFnsdFK2QB1xQg99ZEFxpbr1N-2FG78SxH01fgyJ5nxMGX-2BE3IdmNLZwC-2FnGPNtJDEgmhdNLcV1ru47X23DzvX6NuEWD3wLQ-3D-3D" target="_blank" class="">The goal of trade deals is to lift us up and give everyone a better shot - not a death sentence</a>.</strong>Unfortunately, that’s exactly what the greedy patent extensions in the TPP will bring.</p><hr color="#7d50a0" class=""><p style="text-align: center; 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