The Elections: What AIDS Organizations Need to Do Now. Interview with Tom Sheridan, Sheridan Associates

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The Elections: What AIDS Organizations Need to Do Now. Interview with Tom Sheridan, Sheridan Associates

AIDS Treatment News (11/18/94) No. 211, P. 7
James, John S.

In light of the November elections, AIDS Treatment News interviewed Tom Sheridan, a professional lobbyist, AIDS organizer, and founder of the Sheridan Group--a government and public-relations organization--to find out what people concerned about AIDS should do. Sheridan said there are three levels of organization that should begin immediately: internal organization, grassroots organization, and political organization. "AIDS advocates need to think about retooling our resource pool, and have real political resources available for friends, and some resources to fight our enemies," he added. "One of the biggest losses concerns our institutional base of support," Sheridan said. He wondered whether key people in the House and Senate will be able to keep their jobs. He also said that it is necessary "to join ranks and avoid being caught up in competitive--zero-sum gain-- discussions on AIDS priorities." Sheridan concluded that activists must not compete against each other--at a program level, at a community level, or at a national level.

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