Vote Your ConSCIENCE: Elevating Health Justice in the 2020 Elections

2020 marks the eighth U.S. presidential election cycle since Treatment Action Group’s founding in 1992. A hallmark of our activism has been to prepare for each presidential and congressional election cycle strategically, to ensure that whoever is elected, and whoever controls the House and the Senate, is informed about the best scientifically grounded research and policy and research programs.

As history shows, and as you’ll see from this issue of TAGline, political will to end AIDS is not about endorsing or vilifying any specific candidate. Huge advances and devastations have occurred regardless of which party holds executive office. Rather, this issue of TAGline aims to invigorate the activist community and sensitize all political candidates to ensure that HIV and related health and social justice issues are prioritized in the lead-up to 2020 and beyond.

In this issue of TAGline you’ll find:

Full PDF of November 2019 TAGline

Regime Change in America: Tracking TAG’s Work Across Eight National Election Cycles
By Erica Lessem and Mark Harrington

This Is Not a Drill: Science, Solidarity and the 2020 Elections
By Eilzabeth Lovinger and Annette Gaudino

Dispatches from the War on Science
By Richard Jefferys

Love Trumps Hate: Building People Power and Reshaping Political Struggles Toward Harm Reduction, Humanity, and Hope
By Bryn Gay

Centering Intersectional Movement Building in 2020 Election HIV Advocacy: Guidance from Movement Leaders
By Suraj Madoori and Jeremiah Johnson