Momentum for a domestic HIV/AIDS strategy is growing.  On October 15, AIDS Alliance, along with several national AIDS organizations, released "AIDS in America," a call to the Presidential candidates to focus on the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic. The coalition stated, "One of our overarching concerns is the lack of emphasis on domestic HIV/AIDS in the media, among elected officials, and the general public in recent years. While we value the emphasis on our nation's contributions toward addressing HIV/AIDS in the developing world, we also believe that a focus on the domestic epidemic is critical. Without such a focus, we will not effectively address the epidemic's prevention, healthcare access, and research issues in our own nation." On September 17, AIDS Alliance also joined more than 100 organizations in support for the development of a National AIDS Strategy. This is a call to the next President of the U.S. to issue a "results-oriented" national AIDS plan to curb the spread of HIV and increase access to care and treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS.

AIDS Alliance has also joined as a national partner of the Latino/Hispanic Call to Action & Mobilization, launched by the National Latino/Hispanic AIDS Action Agenda (NLAAD) on September 26.  NLAAD is calling for increased collaboration among the community, national groups, and government officials in documenting and adopting the Latino/Hispanic AIDS Action Agenda – which will be further developed and realized on January 29 and 30, 2008 in Washington, DC.  To read the full call to action and learn more about this agenda, click here.  The Congressional Black Caucus issued an open letter on September 25 calling for an end to the AIDS epidemic in black America by testing one million black Americans by December 1, 2008 and instituting a National AIDS Plan.  The letter and the release of the Black AIDS Institute Report "We're the Ones We've Been Waiting For," are parts of the ongoing Black AIDS Mobilization (BAM) campaign, which was launched in 2006 and involves the collaboration from several Congressional leaders and representatives from leading black-focused organizations. To read more about BAM and the CBC open letter, click here.