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From YouTube: Councilman Green Recgonizes World AIDS Day 12-4-2017
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From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, December 14, 2017:
Presentations:
Councilman Derek S. Green (At Large) led a presentation declaring December 1st World AIDS Day in Philadelphia.
Read the resolution: http://bit.ly/2jyUsM
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Unfortunately,
we're
not
able
to
present
this
resolution
last
week,
but
this
is
a
resolution
declaring
December
1st
as
World
AIDS
Day
in
Philadelphia
as
a
very
important
issue.
That
has
not
ceased
to
be
a
problem
not
only
in
our
city
or
commerce,
our
nation
and
important
that
we
continue
to
focus
on
the
issue
of
AIDS
and
its
impact,
not
only
in
the
nation
not
only
in
the
Commonwealth
but
also
in
our
city.
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Whereas,
in
addition
to
raising
awareness,
World
AIDS
Day
is
also
about
raising
money,
fighting
prejudice
and
improving
education,
because
it
is
important
to
remind
people
that
HIV
has
not
gone
away
and
that
there
are
many
things
that
still
need
to
be
done
and
whereas
there
are
an
estimated
thirty,
eight
point.
Six
million
people
in
the
world
living
with
HIV,
including
ten
million
people
between
the
ages
of
18
and
24.
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Like
to
thank
councilman,
Clark
councilman
green
for
putting
this
resolution
forward,
we've
come
a
long
way
in
the
fight
against
HIV
in
the
last
36
years,
where
once
we
were
watching
our
friends,
family
and
neighbors
die
with
no
real
treatments
or
to
help
them.
Today
we
have
a
vast
array
of
treatments
today,
we're
able
to
talk
about
getting
to
zero,
zero
stigma,
zero
new
infections
and
zero
deaths,
and
we
have
all
the
tools
we
need
to
do
that.
We
must
continue
to
fight
stigma
on
a
day
to
day
basis.
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We
must
continue
to
talk
about
HIV
and
keep
it
in
front
of
people
continue
to
raise
awareness,
but
we
also
now
know
that
the
same
medicines
that
keep
people
alive
with
HIV
will
help
slow
the
spread
of
HIV.
Today,
people
at
high
risk
can
take
one
pill
a
day
and
almost
eliminate
their
chance
of
contracting
the
virus,
but
we
must
make
sure
that
that
is
available
to
them
and
that
they
know
about
it
today.
We
also
know
that
those
in
care
and
in
treatment
with
HIV
will
not
pass
the
virus
on
to
anyone
else.
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It
is
absolutely
critical
that
we
remove
every
barrier
from
that
exists
for
people
getting
into
and
maintaining
their
care.
We
have
all
the
tools
we
need
to
get
to
zero.
We
just
have
to
continue
and
have
the
will
to
do
it.
So
thank
you
for
helping
us
to
raise
awareness
about
this
critical
issue.
Thank
you
very
much.