ACT UP Ithaca records, 1989-1993.

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ACT UP Ithaca records, 1989-1993.

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Agendas and minutes from meetings, position papers, ephemera, publicity and media files, and subject files. Files on ACT UP Ithaca actions and media coverage, ACT UP Albany and ACT UP New York (City) actions, other ACT UP actions nationwide, and on networking with other ACT UP chapters. Included is ACT UP's file on the national Marlboro-Miller boycott called in 1990 in response to the corporation's financial contributions to North Carolina senator Jesse Helms. ACT UP criticized Helms who was up for re-election for blocking efforts to provide AIDS education and prevention materials and for advocating mandatory HIV testing. Also, information for new members, which includes a history of ACT UP Ithaca. ACT UP files on local issues and projects including continued availability of free, anonymous HIV testing at Cornell University Health Center's Gannett Clinic; HIV/AIDS policies and practices at the Tompkins County Jail; the Corning Painted Post School District Board of Education's policy on students and staff with HIV and the AIDS Curriculum Guide. Includes member Ned Brinkley's files on local and national ACT UP events and news. Subject files include: women and AIDS, communities of color, health/community organizations, CDC redefinition of AIDS, HIV exclusion (INS immigration policy), treatment data, Queer issues, Rep. James Seward, Senator Jesse Helms, presidential candidate's positions on AIDS (1992), New York State and U.S. Policies on AIDS, local and national actions, and the Ithaca City School District's Health curriculum.

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Cornell University Library

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Brinkley, Ned.

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Helms, Jesse

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Gannett Health Center (Cornell University)

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Queer Nation

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Historical Note Queer Nation San Francisco was a direct action group with the purpose of advancing queer rights. Founded in July of 1990, one month after New York City's Queer Nation, it deployed tactics similar to those of the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power (ACT-UP), namely street protests, postering, and other "unapologetic," "in your face" political demonstration. Like ACT-UP, it lacked clear boundaries of membership and had no official l...

NJ ACTUP (Organization)

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ACT UP Ithaca (Organization)

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ACT UP is a non-partisan group of individuals committed to nonviolent, direct action to "end the AIDS crisis." From the description of ACT UP Ithaca records, 1989-1993. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63938434 ...