Tag: act up
ACT UP Movie Coming to Chicago…And a City Near You!
This article was cross-posted from the AIDS Foundation of Chicago’s ‘Inside Story’ Blog. By Gregory Trotter The acclaimed documentary, “How to Survive a Plague,” is slated to open in Chicago at the Music Box Theatre on Friday, Sept. 21. We expect it to be both a powerful reminder of the past and a clarion call [...]
25 Years Later… Still Acting Up
After 14 years as a member of ACT UP Philadelphia, HIV PJA Staff Member Julie Davids, was among many who commemorated the 25th Anniversary of ACT UP with a march on Wall Street in New York City last week on April 25. Activists, current and former ACT UP members, PJA allies, PWLHAs, and others – converged upon [...]
On 25 Years of ACT UP: Jim Eigo’s Powerful Speech at the “AIDS Activism Now” Panel Presentation
Recently, HIV PJA steering committee member Che Gossett and HIV PJA staff member Julie Davids spoke at panel presentation entitled AIDS Activism Now at the Village Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community Center in New York City. One of their fellow presenters, Jim Eigo of ACT UP and the Treatment & Data Committee, shares powerful reflections in remarks [...]
Why & How – An AIDS Activist’s Perspective on Occupying Wall Street and Economic Justice
Through a blog-post, longtime HIV/AIDS community activist and writer Suzy Subways recalls and parallels the current Occupy movement to previous efforts in direct action by early ACT UP activists protesting against Wall Street in 1987 for affordable HIV/AIDS treatment. Drawing from past precedent, Suzy remarkably links these past events to the current economic crisis [...]
