At pre-Mother’s Day press conferences in Harrisburg, PA and Washington, DC set for Friday, May 11th, mothers will speak out against AIDS discrimination at the Hershey-funded Milton Hershey School and urge continuation of a boycott of the candy giant throughout the Mother’s Day holiday
‘Mothers Against Discrimination’ Hershey PRESS CONFERENCES Friday May 11th
Harrisburg, PA—10:00am (Eastern) Crowne Plaza Hotel
Washington, DC—2:00pm (Eastern) National Press Club
WASHINGTON D.C. (May 10, 2012)¾On the eve of Mother’s Day, mothers and advocates from AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) and an informal new coalition known as ‘Mothers Against Discrimination’ (M.A.D.) will host two back-to-back press conferences in Harrisburg Pennsylvania (10:00am)(near the headquarters of Hershey) and Washington, DC (2:00pm) on Friday, May 11th to speak out against AIDS discrimination at the Hershey-funded Milton Hershey School and urge continuation of a boycott of the candy giant throughout the Mother’s Day Holiday. The mothers and AIDS advocates will encourage the public to join, or continue to support, a global boycott of the company after the prestigious Hershey School rejected a 13-year-old boy due to his HIV-positive status.
WHAT: 10am—HARRISBURG, PA—PRESS CONFERENCE–‘Mothers Against Discrimination’ (M.A.D.) speak out, urge boycott against Hershey over Hershey School’s rejection of an HIV-positive boy
WHEN: Friday, May 11th – 10:00am (Eastern)
WHERE: Crowne Plaza Hotel (Downtown), 23 South Second Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101
WHO: Evelyn Rivera, and her HIV-positive son, Marco Benjamin, Regional Mobilization Leader (NY, NJ, PA) for the ‘Keep the Promise 2012’ March on Washington
Reverend Jeffrey Jordan, Metropolitan Community Church, Philadelphia
Renee Williams, MCC parishioner & mother of an HIV-positive child
Jessie Gruttadauria, AHF Director of Public Health & Domestic Advocacy, and a mother
B-ROLL: Oversize 5lb Hershey bar with wrapper printed with boycott URL www.EndHIVStigma.org
AHF CONTACTS:
Ged Kenslea, AHF Interim Marketing & Communications Dir: (323) 791-5526 mobile
Tom Myers, AHF General Counsel: (323) 860-5259 mobile
