| Resolution Number: | 2000-A050 |
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| Title: | Call for the Continuation of HIV/AIDS Prevention Education |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 73rd General Convention call for the life-saving work of prevention education in the Episcopal Church to be continued by providing further Provincial training in the use of materials developed collaboratively by the appropriate bodies of this church for the prevention of AIDS among teens; and that the ministry of prevention be expanded to young adults, through development or adaptation of existing resources, to include emphasis on abstinence as well as on proven harm and risk reduction strategies, such materials to respect the cultural differences among the peoples of this church; and be it further
Resolved, That up to $40,000 be allocated from the Program Budget for this work.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 2000 (New York: General Convention, 2001), p. 200f. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Executive Council: Committee on HIV/AIDS |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Evangelism |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(A050)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 73rd General Convention call for the life-saving work of prevention education in the Episcopal Church to be continued by providing further Provincial training in the use of materials developed collaboratively by the appropriate bodies of this church for the prevention of AIDS among teens; and that the ministry of prevention be expanded to young adults, through development or adaptation of existing resources, to include emphasis on abstinence as well as on proven harm and risk reduction strategies, such materials to respect the cultural differences among the peoples of this church; and be it further
Resolved, That up to $40,000 be allocated from the Program Budget for this work.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #36)
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Education presented its Report #9 on HD Message #36 on Resolution A050 (HIV/AIDS Prevention Education) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #94)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 8.
| Report Reference: | Executive Council: Committee on HIV/AIDS, Reports to the 73rd General Convention, 2000, pp. 119-182. |
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| Abstract: | The 73rd General Convention calls for the continuation and expansion of HIV/AIDS prevention education for teens and young adults. |