"Fighting AIDS together" - talk by Sandy Thurman.

Public Lecture

The Helix Lecture Series, sponsored by the DCU Educational Trust, welcomes

Ms Sandy Thurman, President and CEO, International AIDS Trust and former Director of National AIDS Policy at the White House

“Fighting AIDS Together”

Monday 7 March 2005, 3:45pm

The Theatre, The Helix

Reception to Follow

Hosted by the School of Nursing, the School of Communications, the School of Law & Government, and the Students' Union.

All are welcome to attend

The International AIDS Trust was established to create strategic opportunities for galvanizing leadership, mobilizing resources, and promoting effective interventions in the global battle against AIDS. The International AIDS Trust is a single-focused non-governmental organization (NGO) with both long-range vision and rapid response capability. While the Trust is new, its principals shaped the expanded US Government's response to this pandemic and now seek to bring the same energy and skill to a private sector venture.

The Trust is led by Sandra L. Thurman, who served as Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy and the first Presidential Envoy for AIDS Cooperation. During her tenure, the US Government mounted a broad based multi-sectoral global AIDS response; declared global AIDS a national security threat; tripled global AIDS funding; leveraged additional G8 support; escorted numerous delegations to Africa; and enjoined leaders from the world over in the fight against AIDS. Previously, Ms. Thurman served as the Director of Advocacy Programs for the Task Force for Child Survival and Development at The Carter Center, and as Executive Director of AIDS Atlanta, one of the largest AIDS service organizations in the United States.