[This international, grassroots political group works to improve the lives of people living with AIDS through direct action.]
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[What is ACT UP? Or: AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power.]
ACT UP was formed in March 1987 at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center in New York City. It has grown far beyond just New York though, with chapters in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Rhode Island, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and even internationally. These groups are dedicated to meeting with government officials, distributing the latest medical information, and protesting and demonstrating.
The ACT UP Oral History Project is an archive of 187 interviews with members of ACT UP. As stated on their website, the purpose of the project is to disseminate information as widely as possible, to foster study, research and discussion of ACT UP’s legacy in order to promote greater civic engagement based on that legacy.
WellFlorida Council, Inc. is the local health council for North Central Florida, serving as consultants for health causes in Alachua county and the head agency for various HIV/AIDS prevention programs and HIV/AIDS support services programs.
You can find more about ACT UP and the experiences of those living with HIV/AIDS by visiting our eSource Gale in Context: Biography, or check out these great titles:
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- Like a Love Story By Abdi Nazemian
- Act Up!: The War Against HIV in the LGBTQ+ Community by Rita Santos
- How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS by David France
- Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 by Sarah Schulman
- It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic by Jack Lowery
- Viral: The Fight Against AIDS in America by Ann Bausum
