ACT UP Los Angeles (Organization)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
ACT UP / Los Angeles records
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2011-010
Abstract
The collection consists of the administrative records, documentation of actions, and resource materials of the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power/Los Angeles (ACT UP/LA).The records include minutes, financial records, photographs, press releases, membership materials, newsletters, clippings, fliers, and subject files. Active from 1987 to 1995, ACT UP defined itself as "a grass-roots, democratic, militant, direct action organization dedicated to creating positive changes around AIDS in federal...
Dates:
1987-1997
ACT UP/Los Angeles picket sign collection
Collection
Identifier: Coll2018-027
Abstract
Picket signs created by members of ACT UP/Los Angeles, circa 1987-1996. These signs were displayed during demonstrations and protests organized by ACT UP/Los Angeles to bring attention to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and to advocate for more support services, funding, and medical research.
Dates:
circa 1987-1996
Mark Kostopoulos papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll2014-068
Abstract
Correspondence, arrest and court records, fliers, clippings, and written statements documenting the life of Mark Dyer Rexroad, better known as Mark Kostopoulos. He was a leader of the Lavender Left in New Orleans, who relocated to California to help found ACT UP/Los Angeles and later the ACT UP Network.
Dates:
1977-1992