Babies advocating for babies
If my son could talk, or knew anything about the subject, he would want to make sure that babies around the world are born happy, healthy and HIV free. So, I took him to Sen. Tom Harkin’s, (D-Iowa), annual Steak Fry event yesterday in Indianola, Iowa to do his first advocacy work along with a couple ONE leaders from Drake University.
We were lucky enough to meet Senior White House Adviser David Axelrod and briefly ask him to encourage President Obama to make a robust $6 billion commitment to the Global Fund at the replenishment meeting next month. If the Global Fund is fully supported, it can continue its life-saving programs and make sure that no baby is born HIV positive by 2015. Check out our conversation in the video above.
We also had some great conversations with Rep. Dave Loebsack, (D-Iowa), Rep. Leonard Boswell, (D-Iowa), Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, as well as U.S. Senate candidate Roxanne Conlin about continuing to support the U.S.’s historic and heroic leadership of fighting extreme poverty and preventable disease by investing in proven and effective programs like the Global Fund.
Someday, when my son can understand, I am sure he will be proud that he went out on a hot day to advocate for other babies so that they can have a fresh start on life, HIV free.
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