Description
ACT UP/Los Angeles administrative records, promotional materials, ephemera, and subject files, 1985-1995, of ACT UP/Los Angeles
member Judy Sisneros. Includes documentation of Sisneros' committee work and activities in the ACT UP network. Sisneros is
an activist, photographer, and curator based in Los Angeles.
Background
Judy Sisneros is an activist, photographer, and curator based in Los Angeles. She was a member of ACT UP/Los Angeles and was
active on the Women's Committee, Prisoners with AIDS Committee, and Agitating/Legal Committee, among other work. Active from
1987 to 1995, ACT UP/Los Angeles defined itself as "a grass-roots, democratic, militant, direct-action organization dedicated
to creating positive changes around AIDS in federal and local government, the media, and medical industries through non-violent
public protests." ACT UP worked to broaden the Center for Disease Control definition of AIDS to include opportunistic infections
specfic to HIV-positive women, to bring women into clinical drug trials, and to draw visibility to the increasing numbers
of women with HIV/AIDS.
Extent
3.7 Linear Feet
3 boxes.
Restrictions
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items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Availability
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.