Finding Aid to the GAPA Community HIV Project (CGHP) Papers, 1989-1995
Finding Aid written by Julia Bazar
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Finding Aid to the GAPA Community HIV Project (CGHP) Papers, 1989-1995
Collection Number: MSS 95-02
UCSF Library and Center for Knowledge Management, Archives and Special Collections
Funding for processing this collection was provided by Funding for processing this collection was provided by
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission
- Finding Aid Written By:
- Julia Bazar
- Date Completed:
-
March 2007
© 2007 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: GAPA Community HIV Project (CGHP) papers
Date (inclusive): 1989-1995
Collection Number: MSS 95-02
Creators :
Gay Asian Pacific Alliance
Gay Asian Pacific HIV Project
Extent:
Number of containers: 2 cartons, 2 boxes
Linear feet: 3.5
Repository: The UCSF Library and Center for Knowledge Management, Archives and Special Collections
University of California, San Francisco
530 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94143-0840
Phone: (415) 476-8112
Fax: (415) 476-4653
Email: http://www.library.ucsf.edu/collres/archives/contactform.html
URL: http://www.library.ucsf.edu/collres/archives/
Abstract: This collection contains materials related to the GAPA Community HIV Project (GCHP) which grew out of the Gay Asian Pacific
Alliance (GAPA) HIV/AIDS Committee. It includes, minutes, correspondence, grant and program materials, administrative,
organizational, social service and educational files, and photographs.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English and Japanese
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog:
http://www.library.ucsf.edu/ .
Information for Researchers
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], GAPA Community HIV Project (CGHP) Papers, MSS 95-02, 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 98-49 AIDS Community Based Organizations Records
MSS 94-59 National Task Force on AIDS Prevention Records
MSS 95-03 AIDS History Project Ephemera Collection
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
AIDS (Disease)--Asia
AIDS (Disease)--California--San Francisco
Asian Americans--California--San Francisco Bay Area
Asian Americans--Social life and customs
Pacific Islander Americans
Asian American gays
Asian AIDS Project
Gay Asian Pacific Alliance
GAPA Community HIV Project
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The GAPA HIV Project (GCHP) Papers were given to the University in two separate accessions. The largest was donated by Steve
Lew (Executive Director) in 1996. An additional donation of the papers of GCHP board member Jaime Geaga was made by Willie
Walker; the second deed of gift was signed in 2000.
System of Arrangement
Arranged to the folder level.
Processing Information
Processed by Julia Bazar in September 2005
Organizational History
GAPA Community HIV Project (GCHP) is a non-profit, community-based organization whose mission is to stop the transmission
of HIV and to support people living with HIV. GCHP was organized in 1989 by members of the HIV/AIDS Committee of the Gay
Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA), a social, political, and support organization of gay and bisexual men of Asian and Pacific
Islander heritage. GCHP goals include providing education and prevention services to the public, and practical and emotional
support of people living with HIV, their partners, their families, and their friends. Providing services in Cambodian, Cantonese,
Mandarin, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and French, as well as English, the GCHP was the first organization in the country to provide
a spectrum of culturally appropriate direct services for Asians and Pacific Islanders living with AIDS and HIV, while acknowledging
the diversity within that community.
The Asian/Pacific AIDS Coalition started the Asian and Pacific Islander AIDS Direct Services Program in 1988 with twelve volunteers
who were trained by AIDS service providers and Asian health providers through an intensive 40 hour training using models developed
by Shanti Project, Visiting Nurses and Hospice, and other emotional support service providers. This training was molded into
an effective culturally appropriate model, presented by Asian and Pacific Islander trainers twice a year. The program was
created to fill gaps in existing services and works in coordination with other agencies. This training has been providing
significant numbers of trained volunteers, who provide direct emotional and practical support to clients. In 1989/1990 this
Direct Services Program was transferred to the GCHP with funding for a half-time Program Coordinator, Steve Lew (the former
chair of GAPA's HIV/AIDS Committee), who later became GCHP's Executive Director.
In 1992 the San Francisco AIDS Office ranked GCHP fourth out of 124 AIDS service contracts monitored by the agency. In 1993,
over 1200 men and their partners utilized GCHP programs to help them with issues related to the risk of HIV infection. Also
in 1993 they received funding from the Centers for Disease Control to launch a national technical assistance and training
program for gay Asian and Pacific Islander community organizations' HIV prevention efforts. As of 1994 their Direct Support
Services provided, annually, case management, HIV treatment counseling, and emotional/practical support to over 140 Asian
and Pacific Islander men, women and children with HIV in San Francisco. In 1995 the name was changed from GCHP to the Living
Well Project, the name of their very successful network of more than 80 HIV positive Asians and Pacific Islanders, which had
been producing a monthly newsletter and providing monthly support activities and networking. Information on the activities
of the GCHP also appeared regularly in the
Lavender Godzilla, GAPA's newsletter. This included advertisements for services and support groups, as well as announcements of fundraisers
and housing requests.
The Asian American Health Forum (AAHF), a national organization dedicated to sound health policy development targeting Asian
and Pacific Islanders, served as GCHP's fiscal agent before their incorporation; later on GCHP served as a fiscal agent for
other small organizations.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains administrative, programmatic, and other information on the structure and activities of the GAPA Community
HIV Project, which spun off from the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA)'s Aids Committee in 1989. Materials include: minutes,
bylaws, correspondence, reports, grant and financial documents, scripts, speeches, administrative files, newsletters, public
relations and media documents, photographs, negatives, and more.
The strong points of the collection include board of directors' minutes from GCHP's founding until 1995; other founding and
organizational restructuring materials, including materials on a proposed merger with the Asian AIDS Project (AAP) in the
early 1990s; grant and program files covering both educational and social service projects. Most materials are in English,
though two files contain Japanese language materials and a few other items are in other or multiple Asian languages.
The two accessions that make up this collection each had their own simple arrangement, either chronologically by board meeting
or alphabetically by subject heading. To integrate these two parts and to assist researchers a Series/Subseries order was
imposed upon the collection. Some materials were separated from the other materials during the original processing. These
materials have become Series 5: Information Files. A series of photographs, apparently from a disbound album, have also been
placed at the end of this series.
The series are:
- Series 1: Board of Directors;
- Series 2: Executive Director;
- Series 3: Education;
- Series 4: Social Services;
- Series 5: Information Files and Photographs.
Series 1
Board of Directors
1989-1995
Physical Description:
24 folders : Carton 1 Folders 1/1-1/24
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of materials related directly to the Board of directors including minutes, correspondence, committee
reports, and founding documents. The Board of Directors minutes cover the whole period of the collection, 1989-1995, starting
with the GAPA general membership meeting where the HIV/AIDS Committee became GCHP. Also included are materials from the 1994
board retreat. The first folder contains several different draft mission statements and organizational charts, the by-laws,
and the articles of incorporation. The rest of the materials document several board sub-committees, some administrative documents,
and fundraising and board development workshops. Of special note are the files from 1992-1994 discussing a proposed merger
of GCHP with the Asian AIDS Project (AAP).
Carton 1, Folder 1
Foundational / Structural Documents
1989-1991,
undated
Carton 1, Folder 14
Board Members: Agreements to Serve, Resignations
1989-1993
Carton 1, Folder 16
Finance Committee Meetings
1991-1993
Carton 1, Folder 17
Long Range Planning Committee
1994-1995
Carton 1, Folder 19
Friends of GCHP (FOG)
1994-1995,
undated
Carton 1, Folder 20
Resources/Miscellaneous [handwritten notes]
1990. undated
Carton 1, Folder 21
Training/Workshops (Fundraising, Board Development)
1992,
undated
Carton 1, Folders 22-23
Correspondence/Committee Minutes
Carton 1, Folder 24
Asian AIDS Project (AAP) and GCHP Fiscal Info.
1991-1994
Series 2
Executive Director
1990-1994
Physical Description:
56 folders : Carton 1 Folders 1/25-1/51, Carton 2 folders 2/1-2/29
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of the files kept by the Executive Director; it includes memos, correspondence, board information, committee
information, personnel policies and staffing information, grant request and project information, speaking notes, speeches,
and management committee minutes. The various files on ad-hoc committees and on grant projects together make up the bulk
of this series.
The OCCUR folder under "Ad-Hoc Committees" includes materials in Japanese from OCCUR, an AIDS group in Japan. Also see other
Japanese materials in Series 5. The GAPA folder includes an agenda for the GAPA sponsored "With/Out Consent: A Conference
on HIV, Activism and Leadership." Materials concerning office space issues and two issues of
Lavender Godzilla are also included.
There are several files concerning Asian and Pacific Islander Consortium on AIDS (APICA) grant project. The APICA is part
of the Asian American Health Forum, funded, in part, by the CDC. APICA is made up of the GCHP, the Japanese American AIDS
Project, and the Filipino Task Force on AIDS. These folders include completed contracts to implement a prevention education
and risk reduction program. Other grant and/or administrative information is provided on CARE, the Ryan White Comprehensive
AIDS Resource Act; the Hot Healthy and Keeping It Up (HHKIU) education program; and Fresh Asians Becoming Real in our Communities
(FABRIC) peer education program, for which the GCHP served as fiscal agent. Some of the materials in the Risk Reduction Train
the Trainer (R2T2) files are printed on scratch paper - the reverse of these pages has a draft of GCHP's Suicide Policy.
Carton 1, Folder 25
Agency Memos
1993-1994,
undated
Carton 1, Folder 26
AIDS Action Council, Public Policy Committee
1994-1995
Carton 1, Folder 27
Asian Pacific AIDS Coalition (APAC)
1991-1993
Carton 1, Folder 28
Bay Area Needle Exchange Working Group
1994
Carton 1, Folder 29
Community Center Project
1993-1994,
undated
Carton 1, Folder 30
HIV/AIDS Housing Network
1991-1993
Carton 1, Folder 31
National Commission on AIDS Meeting
1990-1991
Carton 1, Folder 32
National Minority AIDS Council
1994
Carton 1, Folder 33
OCCUR / 10th International Conf. on AIDS - Yokohama
1990-1994
Carton 1, Folder 34
Prevention Reform Team
1992-1994
Carton 1, Folder 36
Strategic Planning Citywide Services
1993
Carton 1, Folder 37
Board of Directors Report Notes
1993-1994
Carton 1, Folder 38
Correspondence, Incoming
1993-1994
Carton 1, Folder 39
Fundraising
1994,
undated
Carton 1, Folder 41
GCHP Service Evaluation
1992?
Grants
Physical Description:
Carton 1 folder 42 - Carton 2 folder 19
Carton 1, Folder 42
American Foundation for AIDS Research (AMFAR)
1991-1992
Carton 1, Folders 43-51
Asian and Pacific Islander Consortium on AIDS (APICA)
Carton 1, Folder 44
Filipino Task Force on AIDS (FTFA) Reports
1991-1992
Carton 1, Folder 48
Program Reports
1991-1992
Carton 1, Folder 49
Report and Documentation
1992
Carton 1, Folder 51
CDC/AAP Renewal
1990-1992
Carton 2, Folder 1
Asian AIDS Project (AAP)/CDC
1994
Carton 2, Folder 2
Asian Health Services/CDC
1992-1993
Carton 2, Folder 5
Grant Proposals
1991,
1993
Carton 2, Folder 6
Presentation Campaign
1992
Carton 2, Folder 8
Press Conference, February
1994
Carton 2, Folder 9
Steering Committee Memos
1992-1993
Carton 2, Folder 10
CARE (Ryan White Act)
1991-1994
Carton 2, Folder 11
Fresh Asians Becoming Real in our Communities (FABRIC)
1993-1994
Carton 2, Folders 12-15
Gay Men of Color Consortium (GMOCC)
Carton 2, Folder 12
Management Team
1991-1994
Carton 2, Folder 13
Educational Model for Community Change (EMC²)
1992
Carton 2, Folder 14
Policy Leadership Retreat
1993
Carton 2, Folder 15
Risk Reduction Train the Trainer (R2T2)
1991
Carton 2, Folder 16
Insurance Application (AAP/GCHP)
1992
Carton 2, Folder 17
Multicultural AIDS Advocacy
1991
Carton 2, Folder 18
Public Health Service Budget
1995
Carton 2, Folder 19
Technical Assistance and Training - Start-up
1993-1994
Carton 2, Folder 20
Management Meeting Minutes
1989-1993
Carton 2, Folder 21
Management Team Minutes
1992-1993
Carton 2, Folder 23
Memoranda of Understanding (MOU's)
1993,
1995,
undated
Carton 2, Folder 24
New Name Ballots and Results
1994
Carton 2, Folder 25
Personnel Policies and Procedures (general)
1991-1994,
undated
Carton 2, Folder 26
Speaking Notes
1993-1994,
undated
Carton 2, Folder 28
4th Asian Lesbian and Gay Regional Conference (1992)
1990-1992
Carton 2, Folder 29
Staff Meeting and Memos
1991-1994,
undated
Series 3
Education
1989-1995
Physical Description:
26 folders : Carton 2 Folders 2/30-2/55
Scope and Content Note
This series contains materials on the GCHP's education and outreach programs including information on several organizations
such as the Asian Pacific Women's Task Force and the Stop AIDS Project, with whom they consulted and/or collaborated. Also
included are summary findings from a focus group, public relations (media) materials, copies of their own handouts and newsletters.
Program files represent a range of projects and events held between 1990 and 1995. These include Prom Night, whose folder
includes photographs from pre-event publicity shoot (see also Photographs in Series 5); the Fly Boys and the ROAM events,
whose folders include some of the same or similar material, particularly skit scripts and multi-choice scenarios; and the
Sexperts folder includes phone and in person interview scripts, visual aids, and newsletters. The Visibility Campaign folders
also hold a lot of information, including the resolution supporting Same Sex Marriage, passed at the Japanese American Cultural
League (JACL)'s Convention held in Salt Lake City.
Carton 2, Folder 30
Asian Pacific Women's Task Force
1994,
undated
Carton 2, Folder 31
Coalition for Healthy Sex
1992-1993
Carton 2, Folder 32
Stop AIDS Project
1991,
undated
Carton 2, Folder 33
Stop AIDS Project Collaboration
1993
Carton 2, Folder 34
Focus Group Findings
1992
Carton 2, Folder 35
Interactive Activities
undated
Carton 2, Folder 36
Media Contact (Press Kit, releases, lists)
1992-1995,
undated
Carton 2, Folder 37
Newsletters and Handouts - GCHP
1989-1995
Carton 2, Folder 38
Outreach Documents
1990-1994
Carton 2, Folder 39
A/PI Transgender Rap Group
1993-1994
Carton 2, Folder 41
Gay Men's Rap
1991-1993,
undated
Carton 2, Folder 42
Hot, Healthy and Keeping It Up
1990-1992
Carton 2, Folder 45
Safe Sex Comes in All Languages
1991-1993
Carton 2, Folder 46
Sexperts
1991-1995,
undated
Carton 2, Folder 47
Sistahs! Interventions
1993?
Carton 2, Folder 48
Street Fairs (Manual)
1994
Carton 2, Folder 50
Question of Equality / "Are Your Friends Playing Safe"
1994
Carton 2, Folder 53
Think Tank Meetings
1993-1994
Carton 2, Folder 54
JACL Convention - Salt Lake City - Same Sex Marriage
1994-1995
Carton 2, Folder 55
Media and Events
1994-1995
Series 4
Support Services
1989-1995
Physical Description:
13 folders : Carton 2 Folders 2/56-2/62 ; Box 3 Folders 3/1-3/6
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of materials on the support services offered by GCHP. These include blank copies of the multitudinous
client forms used over the years; correspondence, staff and volunteer information, photographs and negatives, and information
on the Worried Well Program, as well as the Living Well project, which latter replaced GCHP as the group's name.
Carton 2, Folder 56
Ad-Hoc Committees - Health Services Advisory Committee
1991-92
Carton 2, Folder 57
Client Forms - Blanks and Drafts & Statistics
1991-1993,
undated
Carton 2, Folder 58
Contracts [Memoranda of Understanding] (MOU's)
1989-1994
Carton 2, Folder 59
Correspondence
1990-1992,
undated
Carton 2, Folder 60
Living Well Group - Minutes and Newsletters
1993-1995
Carton 2, Folder 61
Management Memos and Reports
1991-1994
Carton 2, Folder 62
Procedures and Guidelines
1991-1993
Box 3, Folder 4
Volunteer Parties - Photos and Negatives
1993
Box 3, Folder 5
Workshops and Meetings
1990-1995
Box 3, Folder 6
Worried Well
1990-1993,
undated
Series 5
Information Files and Photographs
1989i-1995
Physical Description:
21 folders : Box 3 Folders 3/7-3/19 ; Box 4 Folders 4/1-4/8
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of scattered material collected by the organization; most of the materials provide information by and/or
about other organizations, programs, and events that GCHP was either connected to or interested in. The largest amount of
material concerns the Ryan White Care Act, legislation that provided monies to AIDS organizations (See also CARE materials
in Series 2: Executive Director). Other material concerns other Asian and Pacific Islander groups, women's groups, and general
HIV/AIDS groups. International materials come from Burma, Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan, and parts of Southeast Asia.
Also filed at the end of this collection are photographs and negatives that appear to be GCHP staff, volunteers, events, and
publicity shots. These may have come out of a single album. A few other pictures are found in other parts of the collection.
Negatives are also included.
Box 3, Folder 7
AIDS Service Providers Association of the Bay Area
1989-1994
Box 3, Folder 8
Americans for a Sound AIDS/HIV Policy (ASAP) -
Guide to Fiscal Year 1991 Federal Funding for HIV Disease
1991
Box 3, Folder 9
Asian/Pacific AIDS Coalition
1991,
1993
Box 3, Folder 10
Asian/Pacific Islander - Miscellaneous (U.S.)
1992,
1993,
undated
Box 3, Folder 11
Federal AIDS Agenda Meeting
1993
Box 3, Folder 12
HIV and Lesbians, Bisexual Women - SF Dept. of Public Health
1993,
1995
Box 3, Folder 13
Miscellaneous Readings - HIV
1993-1994
Box 3, Folder 14
Public Media Center
1989-1994
Box 3, Folder 15
Richmond Area Multi-Services (RAMS)
1994
Box 3, Folder 18
San Francisco Eligible Metropolitan Area - Grant Application
1994
Box 4, Folder 1
Surveillance Program
1993,
undated
Box 4, Folder 3
Asian International AIDS
1994
Box 4, Folder 5
Hong Kong and Thailand
1993
Box 4, Folder 6
Japan and Southeast Asia
1991?,
1993
Box 4, Folder 7
Photographs - unidentified
undated
Box 4, Folder 8
Negatives and Proof-sheet