AIDS activists -- Massachusetts
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
ACT UP / Boston (Raymond Schmidt and Stephen Skuce) collection
Collection
Identifier: M149
Overview
The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP / Boston) was founded in 1987 by activists Raymond Schmidt, Stephen Skuce, Donald Smith, and Paul Wychules to focus local efforts to speed up the development of AIDS treatments, educational programs, and prevention strategies. The membership was a diverse, nonpartisan group of people united in anger and committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis in Boston and throughout the country. The organization was most active from 1988 - 1994 during...
Dates:
1987-2007; Majority of material found within 1988-1995
AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, Inc. records
Collection
Identifier: M061
Overview
The AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, Inc. was founded in 1983 by a group of volunteers. Larry Kessler, one of the founders of the AIDS Action Committee, became its first Executive Director in 1983. The AIDS Action Committee began its life as a special committee of the Fenway Community Health Center and in 1986 became an independent entity. It is the oldest and largest organization in New England dedicated to helping persons with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and HIV...
Dates:
1975-2007; Majority of material found within 1987-1996
Boston Living Center records
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Z16-053
Dates:
1989-2016-(bulk 1992-2008)
Boston Living Center records
Collection
Identifier: M209
Overview
The Boston Living Center began in 1988 as a peer-run community center and meals program for individuals with HIV/AIDS. The Center expanded its outreach activities and now offers daily meals as well as many events, workshops, and fundraisers for the AIDS community. Its two largest events are their annual Celebration of Life Thanksgiving Dinner and annual fundraiser Dinnerfest. Originally located in the Claredon Street YWCA, the Center moved to 29 Stanhope Street in 1995. In 2012, the Boston...
Dates:
1977-2011
Keri Lynn Duran papers
Collection
Identifier: M174
Overview
Keri Lynn Duran was an activist and educator who worked on behalf of people with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). She was diagnosed with HIV in 1989 after entering a drug rehabilitation program and developed AIDS in 1990. After working with AIDS activists in Worchester, Duran moved to Boston in January, 1991 and became a member of ACT UP / Boston through which she participated in a number of protest actions and AIDS education activities....
Dates:
1966-1995; Majority of material found within 1990-1993