General
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Alternate Forms Available
Related Collections
Acquisition Information
System of Arrangement
Processing Information
Organizational History
Scope and Content of Collection
Contributing Institution:
University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
Title: National Task Force on AIDS Prevention,
Creator:
National Task Force on AIDS Prevention
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 94-59
Physical Description:
6 cartons, 1 box
7.7
Date (inclusive): 1986-1994
Abstract: This collection records document the establishment, development, and growth of the National Task Force on AIDS Prevention
(NTFP), which grew out of the National Black and White Men Together AIDS Committee, to address education and prevention issues
within multi-cultural and minority communities. The collection also contains materials from the Center for Positive Care and
the CARE Council.
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog:
http://www.library.ucsf.edu/ .
Language of Material: Collection materials are in English
General
- Finding Aid Written By:
- Julia Bazar
- Date Completed:
- March 2007
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the UCSF Library and Center for Knowledge Management. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manager of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of the UCSF Library and Center for Knowledge Management as the owner of the physical items
and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], National Task Force on AIDS Prevention, MSS 94-59, The UCSF Library and Center for Knowledge Management,
Archives and Special Collections, University of California, San Francisco.
Alternate Forms Available
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Related Collections
MSS 93-18 Bay Area HIV Support and Education Services
MSS 98-49 AIDS Community Based Organizations Records
MSS 98-48 Shanti Project Records
MSS 95-60 San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Acquisition Information
The National Task Force for AIDS Prevention Records donated to the University by the National Task Force for AIDS Prevention's
Executive Director, Randy Miller.
System of Arrangement
Arranged to the folder level.
Processing Information
Julia Bazar, April 2006
Organizational History
The National Task Force on AIDS Prevention (NTFAP) originated as a program of the National Association of Black and White
Men Together (NABWMT), a multi-racial gay organization. NTFAP was officially founded in July of 1988, but was preceded by
AIDS education and support work carried out by Black and White Men Together (BWMT) chapters across the country.
The San Francisco chapter of BWMT was the first to work with AIDS education and prevention, starting in the mid-1980s. Members
of the National Board saw this work as an effective model and wanted to carry it to other communities. It was becoming clear
throughout the later 1980s that the rate of infection among gay men of color was increasing much faster than that of white
gay men, and that new methods of outreach needed to be developed. NTFAP was created as a vehicle to foster culturally appropriate
education and prevention specifically geared to gay and bisexual men of color. Although much of its actual service has been
performed locally, the work was always intended as model testing for a national audience of BWMT chapters and other groups
working with gay and bisexual men of color.
The San Francisco Chapter of BWMT formed its AIDS Task Force in 1985. This evolved into a non-profit AIDS service provider,
Bay Area HIV Support and Education Services (BAHSES) by the late 1980s. NTFAP originally organized under BAHSES and contracts
were secured under its non-profit status. The first office, a joint one, was on Church Street. The two groups then moved to
adjoining offices on O'Farrell. In 1992 NTFAP received its own non-profit status and direct ties between it and BAHSES began
to unravel. BAHSES eventually closed in early 1994. NTFAP moved to offices at 944 Market Street and in 1994 moved to a larger
suite at 973 Market.
Some of the major programs contracted for by NTFAP have been jointly developed and run with other people of color groups.
Chief among these was the Gay Men of Color Consortium, a coalition of the various gay men of color AIDS organizations in San
Francisco. Because of its size and multicultural nature, NTFAP was chosen as the lead agency for these programs, and contracts
were awarded to NTFAP. Among these have been Early Advocacy and Care for HIV (EACH), Educational Models for Community Change
(EMC²), and the Brothers Network.
Reggie Williams, long time community activist and member of BWMT, was the Executive Director of NTFAP from its birth until
his retirement about 1994. Williams also served on the boards of the NABWMT, the AIDS Action Council in Washington DC, and
numerous other organizations related to African Americans, lesbians and gay men, and AIDS. Randy Miller succeeded Williams
as Executive Director. Miller had been the program director of EACH, which was successful at time when many other agencies
were experiencing problems fulfilling their contracts.
NTFAP was originated to serve as an advocacy and outreach group specifically targeting gay men of color, a frequently under-served
population. Neither local, state, or federal agencies are set up to deal with community-based groups that are national in
scope, and NTFAP had to fight innumerable battles to fulfill its mission to address both local needs and to support other
groups addressing this population on a national level. Its success in responding quickly and creatively to demands of the
AIDS bureaucracy, while still fulfilling both missions has made it a nationally significant organization.
The Center for Positive Care (CPC) was one of the many coalition projects in which NTFAP participated. It was an experiment
arranged by the San Francisco AIDS Office using the first batch of the Ryan White CARE Funds in 1991. Several AIDS Service
providers were to open a joint outreach center to enable clients to see caseworkers or other staff of several agencies at
one location. For further information on CPC see the AIDS Office of the San Francisco Department of Health records held in
Special Collections at the San Francisco Public Library.
The HIV Health Services Planning Council, commonly called the CARE Council, was the group that
oversaw the distribution of the federal Ryan White CARE Funds. Reggie Williams was a charter member of this group.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection documents the establishment, development, and growth of this nationally significant organization. Materials
include minutes, agendas, correspondence, financial files, grant applications, reports, invitations, brochures, clippings,
photographs and other materials. The majority of the materials relate to the programs and events presented by the National
Task Force on AIDS Prevention (NTFAP) alone or in cooperation with other groups. Most of the materials concern the local San
Francisco Area projects but some nationally focused projects are described or referred to. Other materials include documents
discussing the history and founding of NTFAP, general administrative documents and approximately a carton each of materials
relating to the Center for Positive Care (CPC), and the HIV Health Services Planning Council, commonly called the CARE Council,
of which Reggie Williams was a charter member.
The materials are divided into 6 Series: Series 1: Administration and Founding Files; Series 2: Programs and Events; Series
3: Subject Files, Other Organizations, and Miscellany; Series 4: Center for Positive Care; Series 5: CARE Council Records;
and Series 6: Ephemera.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
AIDS (Disease)
AIDS (Disease)--Political aspects--United States
AIDS (Disease)--Social Aspects--United States
Minorities--Health and hygiene--United States
Associations, institutions, etc--African American membership
African Americans
Interracial dating
National Association of Black and White Men Together
National Task Force on AIDS Prevention
Williams, Reggie, 1951-1999