Filipino Task Force on AIDS (FTFA) records, 1990-2005
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Summary
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains an incomplete but representative selection of records documenting the work of the Filipino Task Force on AIDS (FTFA), an organization dedicated to ending the risk of HIV/AIDS in the Filipino community. Established in 1988, FTFA offered an array of HIV/AIDS-related services to Filipinos and Asian-Pacific Islanders. The organization closed in 2005. The collection has been divided into nine Series: Organizational Records and Administrative Files, which include personnel records; Board of Directors Records; Financial Records; Grants; Contracts; Programs and Client Services; Subject Files; Photographs; and Artifacts. There are a wide variety of materials in the collection, including correspondence and memos; meeting agendas, minutes and reports; budgets and general ledgers; risk assessments and surveys about sexual behavior; materials related to programs and events, such as Transgender Intervention for Filipinas (TGIF) and the Miss Trans Globe Pageant. Materials containing client names and contact information of volunteers and individual donors are restricted. Original folder titles were retained when available. Researchers should also consult FTFA’s newsletter, “ATBP,” which is available in the GLBT Historical Society Periodical Collection. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000521; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008488; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_007658
- Biographical / historical:
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Established in 1988, the Filipino Task Force on AIDS (FTFA) was dedicated to ending the risk of HIV/AIDS in the Filipino community. FTFA offered a comprehensive range of HIV/AIDS-related services to Filipinos and Asian-Pacific Islanders. They targeted gay, bisexual and transgender Filipinos, populations that had been historically underserved. The organization closed its doors in 2005. FTFA provided services in San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area through case management, client care, community events, drop-in counseling, media campaigns, prevention outreach, speakers’ bureaus, support groups and workshops.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Bennie Ferma on January 12, 2006.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research, with the following exceptions: mailing and contact lists and documents containing client names have been restricted. Funding for processing and digitizing a selection from the collection was provided by the National Archives' National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). A larger digital collection is available through Gale’s Archives of Sexuality and Gender. Please contact the Archivist for information about access.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has been transfered to the GLBT Historical Society.
- Preferred citation:
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Filipino Task Force on AIDS (FTFA) records. GLBT Historical Society
- Location of this collection:
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989 Market Street, Lower LevelSan Francisco, CA 94103, US
- Contact:
- (415) 777-5455