National AIDS organizations are hurrying to find out about the new members of Congress. Have they had any involvement with AIDS, or with other health issues? Are they likely to be friendly, hostile, or indifferent? What issues of any sort are most important to them? If you have such information about your representatives or other members of Congress, especially the new members, you can help by calling some or all of the organizations listed below. The best way to make sure the information gets to those who need it would be to fax it to all of them.

AIDS Action Council (AAC): Call 202/986-1300, ext. 47, or fax to 202/986-1345.

Human Rights Campaign Fund (HRCF): Call Winnie Stachelberg, 202/628-4160, or fax to 202/347-5323.

Mobilization Against AIDS (MAA ): Call Ben Carlson, 415/863- 4676, or fax to 415/863-4740.

National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA): Contact Lisa Ragain, 202/898-0414, ext. 11, or fax to 202/898-0435.

National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC): Call 202/544-1076, or fax to 202/544-0378.

Project Inform's Treatment Action Network (TAN): Call Tom Wonsiewicz, Anne Donnelly, or David Lewis at 415/558-8669, or fax to 415/558-0684.

The Sheridan Group: Call Tom Sheridan, 202/462-7288, or fax to 202/483-1964.

THE WASHINGTON BLADE (gay newspaper), Call 202/797-7000, or fax to 202/797-7040 (fax or mail preferred).

And if you know of other national groups that are actively working with Congress on AIDS issues, call us, AIDS Treatment News, 800/TREAT-1-2. (There are also important local and regional groups, but too many for our short list.)

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