Vigils for Global Access to COVID Vaccines & Treatments
Part of the Worldwide Call for a Fast & Comprehensive TRIPS Waiver Agreement to Help End the Pandemic
Current vaccine production will cover just 25% of the world’s population. While the world’s wealthiest nations are being vaccinated at increasing rates, developing countries are being left without access to vaccines until possibly as long as 2024. The WHO has called this the global vaccine inequity a Vaccine Apartheid.
This must change!
An emergency waiver of “Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights” (TRIPS) at the World Trade Organization is a critical first step to enabling vaccines and treatments to be produced in as many places as possible, as quickly as possible.
The WTO will be making life-or-death decisions about ending patent protections for critical Covid vaccines – via a TRIPS waiver – at their upcoming meeting on June 8.
Join a Vigil or Action and Make Your Voice Heard in Support of Global Access to Covid Vaccines and Treatments.
SAN FRANCISCO VIGIL
Wednesday, June 2 • 11:30am
Outside the Consulate General of Japan
275 Battery Street • San Francisco, CA
Contact: will@citizenstrade.org
RSVP FOR SAN FRANCISCO VIGIL HERE
ALBANY VIGIL
Thursday, June 3 • 5:00pm
Outside the Leo W. O’Brien Federal Building
1 Clinton Square • Albany, NY
Contact: george@citizenstrade.org
RSVP FOR ALBANY VIGIL HERE
CHICAGO VIGIL FOR GLOBAL ACCESS TO COVID VACCINES
Wednesday, June 2 • 8:00pm
Federal Plaza
230 S. Dearborn Street • Chicago, IL
Contact: blevenson@justiceisglobal.org
DALLAS VIGIL
Sunday, June 6 • 6:00pm
Outside the Consulate of Germany’s Dallas Office
17130 Dallas Parkway • Dallas, TX
Contact: bobcash@citizenstrade.org
RSVP FOR DALLAS VIGIL HERE
HOUSTON RALLY
Friday, June 4 • 11:00am
Outside the Consulate of Germany’s Dallas Office
1330 Post Oak Blvd • Houston, TX
Contact: ginnysmcdavid@gmail.com
RSVP FOR HOUSTON RALLY HERE
NEW YORK VIGIL
Thursday, June 3 • 5:30pm
Outside Pfizer’s Headquarters
235 E. 42nd Street • New York, NY
Contact: george@citizenstrade.org
RSVP FOR NEW YORK VIGIL HERE
SEATTLE VIGIL
Friday, June 4 • 8:30pm
Westlake Center
401 Pine Street • Seattle, WA
Contact: hillary@washingtonfairtrade.org
RSVP FOR SEATTLE VIGIL HERE
Have you lost a loved one to COVID-19? If you’d like the name of someone you’ve lost to COVID read at vigils happening across the country, please share their name here.