World Youth Alliance 

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 

World Youth Alliance will host Independent Conference Hub for XVIII AIDS 

Conference, July 19 – 21st, 2010 at WYA HQ in New York 

(NEW YORK: July 15, 2010) 

The World Youth Alliance will host one of many independent “conference hubs” for the XVIII AIDS 

Conference from July 19th – 21st, 2010 at its headquarters in New York City. The XVIII AIDS Conference 

itself will take place from July 18 – 23rd, 2010 in Vienna, Austria, and a small delegation of WYA staff and 

dedicated members will attend. WYA’s conference hub, entitled “HIV/AIDS Training and Education 

Seminar: Solutions to the Global Pandemic by the Youth for the Youth” will include video streams of the 

conference in Vienna, along with discussions on HIV/AIDS and policy responses that promote human 

dignity. All WYA members and their guests are welcome to attend the sessions, which will run from 

10am to 1pm each day of the conference hub (Monday, July 19th, Tuesday, July 20th, and Wednesday, 

July 21st). Sessions will be led by Rebecca Marchinda, Director of Advocacy for the World Youth Alliance. 

The WYA Headquarters in NYC are located at 228 East 71st St. (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues). The dress 

code is casual. Please bring notebooks or laptops to take notes with. 

If you would like more information on WYA’s Conference Hub for the XVIII AIDS Conference, please 

contact Rebecca Marchinda at 212.585.0757 or by email: becky@wya.net.  

The World Youth Alliance is a global coalition of young people dedicated to promoting the dignity of the 

human person in policy and culture and to building solidarity between young people of developing and 

developed nations.