Center for Health Justice Records
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Scope and Contents
The collection consists of records, documents, correspondence, and ephemera related to the administration, day-to-day operation, and development of the Center for Health Justice's programming and services. The collection also contains personal and professional materials from the CHJ's long time Executive Director Cajetan Luna, including photographs, slides, and negatives; writings and publications; and correspondence.
Dates
- Creation: 1975-2018
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries 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.
Biographical / Historical
The Center for Health Justice (CHJ) is a community organization with a focus on serving people impacted by incarceration; providing health education, trauma-informed services, and assistance with community reintegration after release from custody; with a focus on LGBTQIA people and people of color.
Founded in 1999 as the Corrections HIV Education and Law Project (CorrectHELP) within the Tides Center, the organization became an independent 501c3 in 2004. In 2006, it became the Center for Health Justice. While CHJ has long supported incarcerated people, it has expanded its original focus on HIV/AIDS to include mental health services, substance use counseling, and support for chronic health conditions, including hepatitis C.
https://www.chjla.org/
Extent
8.75 Linear Feet (7 boxes.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Center for Health Justice (CHJ) is a community-based organization located in downtown Los Angeles that serves people impacted by incarceration. CHJ provides a variety of programs to currently and formerly incarcerated youth and adults in Los Angeles County. The organization provides ex-offender and inmate services related to HIV education/prevention, mental health services, and other health services for LGBT men and women incarcerated or paroled from the Los Angeles County jail system.
The collection contains materials related to the administration, fundraising, and programming of CHJ, as well as personal and professional materials from CHJ's long-time executive director Cajetan Luna.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in two series: Series 1: Center for Health Justics Records; Series 2: Cajetan Luna Papers
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Cajetan Luna, August 2017
Processing Information
Collection processed by Beth McDonald, 2023.
Topical
- AIDS (Disease) -- Law and legislation -- California
- AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Medical care
- AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Mental health
- AIDS (Disease) -- Patients, Counseling of
- AIDS (Disease) -- Patients, Counseling of
- AIDS activists -- California -- Los Angeles
- Gay prisoners
- Prisons -- United States
- Title
- Finding aid to the Center for Health Justice Records, 1975-2018
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Beth McDonald
- Date
- © 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California Repository
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles California 90007 United States
(213) 821-2771
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