Because we believe
 - in the dignity of all people
 - and in the need for compassion and caring in all work with those living
   with  HIV and AIDS
We present and commit ourselves as a collective of people, ideas, and actions
 - to support and empower all those affected
 - to educate society toward a capacity to understand and care
 - and to challenge the injustice of institutional systems that unfairly
   discriminate on the basis of people's differences.
In doing this, we recognize that all who are in the struggle will be ennobled 
and strengthened.
Inspired by the power and love of the human spirit, we look with hope and 
courage to the future.
              Mission statement of the Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force
              Adopted January 11, 1989