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		<title>AP: Advocates flock to NYC hearing on police practices</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 15:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(VOCAL leader Brian Pearson was interviewed at the City Council&#8217;s first hearing on the Community Safety Act, a package of bills that would reform biased policing practices, including stop and frisk. You can read Brian&#8217;s testimony to the City Council testimony on his experiences and VOCAL-NY&#8217;s support for the legislation here.) Advocates flock to NYC hearing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aug. 7: We Can End AIDS Town Hall Meeting in Manhattan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 22:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the historic We Can End AIDS mobilization for human rights and economic justice in Washington, D.C. on July 24th, VOCAL-NY is hosting a town hall meeting on in Manhattan to talk about concrete ways we can bring about an end to the HIV/AIDS crisis. When: Tuesday, August 7th from 3 &#8211; 5pm Where: The Town Hall will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 24th: Get on the bus to Washington, DC for the &#8220;We Can End AIDS&#8221; march</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 17:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ We have the tools to end the epidemic. What we don&#8217;t have is the political will. Join thousands of people from around the world at a historic march on July 24th in Washington, DC during the International AIDS Conference. Sign-up to get on a bus from New York City here.  We will be calling on our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Advocate: NYC Council Saves HIV/AIDS, Homeless LGBT Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2012 14:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NYC Council Saves HIV/AIDS, Homeless LGBT Services BY MICHELLE GARCIA &#124; JUNE 26 2012 (An excerpt is below, view the full article at The Advocate online) New York City advocates spoke out after the City Council voted to retain funding for several key services, including the Runaway and Homeless Youth Services program, and funding for HIV/AIDS housing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City Budget Deal Restores HIV/AIDS Housing &amp; Nutrition Funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE &#124; June 25, 2012 CONTACT: Bianca Paraguya, 626.674.4647, bianca@vocal-ny.org &#124; Wayne Starks, 347.423.6201  City Budget Deal Restores HIV/AIDS Housing &#38; Nutrition Funding  Speaker Christine Quinn and General Welfare Committee Chair Annabel Palma Lead Fight Against Mayor’s Attack on People With HIV/AIDS  Quinn recently told Gay City News she would allow the Bloomberg administration to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AlterNet: Huge Multiracial Father&#8217;s Day March Tells Bloomberg and NYPD, &#8216;No More Stop-and-Frisk!&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huge Multiracial Father&#8217;s Day March Tells Bloomberg and NYPD, &#8216;No More Stop-and-Frisk!&#8217; Momentum has been building in the movement to end stop-and-frisk, but many were still amazed at the size of the crowd Sunday. AlterNet / By Kristen Gwynne June 18, 2012 A Father’s Day crowd that some estimated to be as large as 50,000 marched in silent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Addiction Treatment Forum &#8211; Hepatitis C: Good News and Challenges</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 17:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Following the publication of a new hepatitis C guide by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Addiction Treatment Forum has a new article on hepatitis C in opioid treatment programs that highlights VOCAL-NY&#8217;s Beyond Methadone report and advocacy campaigns.) Copied below are excerpts from the Addiction Treatment Forum article (view the full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Capitol rally against racially biased marijuana arrests</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 03:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most arrests for marijuana possession occur because of illegal searches that often follow stop and frisks, which helps explain why the overwhelming majority of arrests have been among Black and Latino youth despite higher rates of marijuana use among white youth. Governor Cuomo and the legislature are now on the verge of enacting major reform [...]]]></description>
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