GYCA - North America - Groupes virtuels - Communauté

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De:	Emily Carson [ Profil ]
Sujet:	Please Read: Important GYCA info
Envoyé:	May 20th, 2009 - 11:21:36

	After several weeks of discussions and analysis, we are excited to share the recent decision for GYCA to integrate as a full-fledged program of TakingITGlobal (www.tigweb.org) and the Global Youth Action Network (www.youthlink.org), our fiscal host for the past 5 years. The regional focal points, staff and taskforce members, including co-founders, were involved in making this decision and are excited about further developing our relationship with TIG and GYAN. TIG and GYAN have been very open and receptive to supporting GYCA and are a strategic match for GYCA for a number of reasons, including: - They are a youth-led, membership-driven organization with a strong track record ofsuccessful youth engagement and programming; - They display a commitment to providing the human capital and resources needed to strengthen GYCA's programming and operations; - They are working to prioritize HIV as a focus area given input and feedback from TIGmembership, and have partnered with GYCA in the past. This positions us well to spearhead and shape TIG's HIV programming going forward; - Lastly, they are well positioned to partner with other organizations working on youth and HIV issues and can leverage GYCA's relationships to do this better. With this merger, we look forward to strengthening GYCA's standard programming to better meet the needs of young HIV and AIDS activists globally as well as identifying what may be added or expanded to be more effective in meeting these needs. I would like to use the opportunity of this e-mail to introduce you to Franziska Seel, the Executive Director of GYAN, who will take over the leadership of GYCA moving forward. Franziska is copied on this email; please feel free to get in touch with her with any questions you may have. Thank you for your involvement, advice and support throughout this transition. We will be in touch as the process moves forward and look forward to a continued partnership with you and your org/agency/network -- Thank you -- Emily Carson Regional Focal point for North America Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS Email: emilyc (at) youthaidscoalition.org Mobile: 1.416.388.6802 Skype: xemilyxcarsonx- msn-Emily.v.carson (at) gmail.com www.iAIDS.org \| www.youthaidscoalition.org