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Pete Witzler
Pete Witzler
I am a 2002 graduate of University of Cincinnati with a degree in Environmental Studies. Prior to joining Physicians for Human Rights, I worked as a Citizen Outreach Director for the State PIRGS and the Fund for Public Interest Research. For over five years I worked with college students on environmental and progressive public education campaigns, trained students how to become effective advocates, and raised millions of dollars for environmental and progressive organizations. I also worked for MoveOn.org's national Get Out the Vote campaign during the 2004 presidential elections as the Lead Organizer in my hometown of Toledo, Ohio. While not working on Global AIDS issues, I enjoy spending time in the outdoors hiking, sailing, fishing or any other water-sports and now that winter is alomst here, snowboarding.
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Pete Witzler on
July 8, 2009
Every 9.5 minutes there is one new HIV infection in the US and forty-five new infections worldwide. This is unacceptable.
Earlier today, I joined a group of medical students, health professionals and other concerned citizens to rally for increased funding for HIV/AIDS programs in the US and around the world.
1-2-3-4, AIDS funding, we want more
we chanted [...]
Posted in AIDS, Health, Students, Take Action
| Tagged barack obama, funding, harry reid, massachusetts, nancy pelosi, PEPFAR, senate appropriations committee, speaker of the house, Uganda
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Pete Witzler on
July 7, 2009
Thanks for taking this important action!
In addition to making calls to Senator Reid and Speaker Pelosi, we need you to make a special call your Senator if she or he is on the important Senate Appropriations Committee, which has a say in all funding issues before Congress. Ask your Senate Appropriations Committee member to support [...]
Posted in AIDS, Health, Take Action
| Tagged global fund, harry reid, nancy pelosi, needle exchange, PEPFAR, senate appropriations committee, us senate
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Pete Witzler on
June 23, 2009
With hearings and debates scheduled in Congress in the coming weeks global AIDS funding is in the news once again. Health Action AIDS Campaign Director Pat Daoust responded to recent coverage in the Boston Globe with a hard-hitting letter to the editor. She strongly rebuts the notion that “Africa is covered in HIV/AIDS money:”
[T]hey are [...]
Posted in AIDS, Take Action
| Tagged africa, barack obama, global health, pat daoust, PEPFAR, peter mugyenyi, sarah kalloch, us senate
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Pete Witzler on
June 17, 2009
Last month President Obama released his detailed budget for Fiscal year 2010. Unfortunately, his budget falls short of what is needed to reach goals outlined in the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) reauthorization bill PHR members helped pass last year.
We need your help to make sure Congress and President Obama fulfill their commitment [...]
Posted in AIDS, Health, Take Action
| Tagged barack obama, PEPFAR, peter mugyenyi, presidents emergency plan for aids relief, Uganda, us congress
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Pete Witzler on
May 7, 2009
Yesterday the lawyer for Drs. Kamiar and Arash Alaei filed a final appeal of their sentencing under article 18 of Iran’s Constitution. This is their last big chance to have their day in court, be acquitted of the charges and resume their lifesaving HIV/AIDS work in Iran and elsewhere.
Next week, May 12 will be an international [...]
Posted in AIDS, Colleagues at Risk, Take Action
| Tagged arash alaei, argentina, iran, iranian judiciary, kamiar alaei, malaysia, mexico, new york city, petition, thailand, turkey, Uganda, ukraine, united states, vigil, washington dc
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Pete Witzler on
March 26, 2009
Next week, members of Physicians for Human Rights from all across the country will be meeting with their Member of Congress district offices and asking them to stop AIDS now! We have scheduled meetings in 25 states with 63 Members of Congress from Boston, MA to Honolulu, HI.
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Peter Mugyenyi, MD, showed us last [...]
Posted in AIDS, Health, Students, Take Action
| Tagged boston, honolulu, peter mugyenyi, us congress
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Pete Witzler on
March 9, 2009
Health Action AIDS Campaign Advisor and Medical Director of Partners In Health, Joia Mukherjee, has a hard-hitting op-ed in today’s Boston Globe. Dr. Mukherjee focuses on the importance of fulfilling the Obama Administration and Congressional commitments to combat global diseases.
In this time of global economic crisis, it becomes even more imperative that we keep our [...]
Posted in AIDS, Events, News Coverage, Students, Take Action
| Tagged barack obama, boston globe, global aids month of action, global fund, health action aids, joia mukherjee, partners in health, PEPFAR, us congress
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