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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: ACT UP/Los Angeles records
Creator:
ACT UP Los Angeles (Organization)
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2224
Physical Description:
1.4 Linear Feet
(1 record carton and 1 document box)
Date (inclusive): circa 1980s-1990s
Abstract: ACT UP is an international direct action advocacy group focused primarily on improving the access to and quality of AIDS healthcare
services, as well as coalition building with a broad range of other activist communities. This collection contains ephemera
and promotional materials from ACT UP Los Angeles.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item], ACT UP/Los Angeles records (Collection 2224). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance unknown, 2014.
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Description enhanced and further physical processing completed by Jessica Tai in 2017.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9973991333606533
Meeting for the first time in West Hollywood in 1987, the Los Angeles chapter of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power)
was inspired by the activities of ACT UP New York which had been active throughout that year.
The Los Angeles chapter focused primarily on improving the access to and quality of AIDS healthcare services, as well as coalition
building with a broad range of other activist communities. They advocated for non-violent direct action as a means to draw
media attention. The group provided training in civil disobedience and conflict resolution, and support teams were formed
to track and respond to confrontations and arrests.
The Los Angeles chapter defined their organization 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."
This collection contains ephemera, such as t-shirts, buttons and stickers from ACT UP Los Angeles, as well as publications
by the national organization and some organizational documents.
Materials in this collection have been arranged chronologically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
AIDS activists -- California -- Los Angeles
ACT UP Los Angeles (Organization) -- Archives
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA