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WHAT:

Members of the International Youth Leadership Council (IYLC) of Advocates for Youth will launch a year-long "My Voice Counts" campaign to mobilize students throughout the country to demand action from the Bush Administration and Congress on the issues of international family planning and global HIV/AIDS.

"Our government should not be standing on the sidelines when young people around the world are on the frontline facing the most terrifying health crisis in human history," said Sean Barry, a Junior at the University of Maryland College Park. "We plan to mobilize young people throughout the U.S. to make sure President Bush and Congress get that message loud and clear."

The Youth Council will also issue an interim report of President Bush's first 68 days in office, as well as a report card grading the 106th Congress and President Clinton in the areas of international family planning and global HIV/AIDS.

The International Youth Leadership Council consists of a diverse group of students from area colleges dedicated to educating policy makers, the media and the American public about the importance of increasing U.S. funding for global HIV/AIDS and international family planning.

WHEN:

Wednesday, March 28, 2001
10:00 to 11:00 AM ET

WHERE:

National Press Club
Murrow Room (13th Floor)
14th & F Streets, NW
Washington, DC

WHO:

Mai Pham, Student, George Washington University and Member, IYLC
William Marcus Harrison, January 2001 graduate, Bowie State University and Member, IYLC
Naina Dhingra, Student, George Washington University and Member, IYLC
Sean Barry, Student, University of Maryland College Park and Member, IYLC