Women Of Color United 41 Million Strong Road Tour Launches

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October 4, 2008

Jacqui Patterson, WOCU Organizer

Get Out The Vote Tour Launches In Oxford, Mississippi

Jacqui Patterson, WOCU Organizer launched the 41 Million Strong Road Tour in Oxford, MS during the Campaign to End AIDS–Stand Against AIDS caravan tour and strategy meeting last week.

WOCU announced the launch of the 30 day tour around the country to Get Out The Vote (GOTV) in the swing states across the country.

Last week, caravans traveled different routes across the country to Mississippi to demand that our next President, John McCain or Barack Obama, develop a national plan to end the HIV & AIDS epidemic.which has claimed almost a million lives domestically.

Infection rates are on the rise and life-saving care and treatment aren’t available to everyone who needs them. The Stand Against AIDS campaign demands accountability from our country’s elected, religious, civic, and social leaders to take a stand against homophobia, stigma, discrimination, and ignorance. Together we must also demand accountability from ourselves to reengage to the urgency of saving our communities and protecting those who are marginalized and underrepresetnted.

WOCU was proud to launch its campaign with our allies in the struggle last week in Oxford. The road tour is being conducted in partnership with the Women of Color Resource Center (www.coloredgirls.org) and is supported by funding from the Mitchell Kapor Foundation (www.mkf.org).