YDA Statement on World AIDS Day

WASHINGTON, DC -  A generation of young adults has now grown up in a world with HIV and AIDS.  While much progress has been made, twenty-five years later, we still live in a world where we must fight to overcome discrimination, stigma, and barriers to treatment and care.

"The fight is not over, said Young Democrats of America President David Hardt.  "HIV rates are rising for young adults.  Educational efforts must be stepped up so our generation knows the deadly consequences of this disease, one that cannot be cured with a visit to the doctor and a pill."  

This is not a political disease.  AIDS knows no boundaries.  It is a disease that targets men, women, and children, black, white, and brown, young and old.

We applaud the gains that have enabled many Americans with HIV and AIDS to live long, healthy lives.  Our friends around the world are not so lucky and our elected officials have the power to help them. We call for universal access to education, prevention, research, treatment, care, and support.

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The Young Democrats of America (YDA) is the nation's largest youth-led partisan political organization dedicated to building a solid youth voting bloc of Democrats nationwide. 

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