ACT UP Oral History Project

Full Name

ACT UP Oral History Project

Year Founded

2001

Website

www.actuporalhistory.org

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79 Pine Street, #132
New York, NY 10005

Phone/Fax

212-742-8880

Email

jim@actuporalhistory.org

The purpose of ACT UP Oral History Project is to present comprehensive, complex, human, collective, and individual portraits of the people who have made up ACT UP/New York. These men and women of all races and classes transformed entrenched cultural ideas about homosexuality, sexuality, illness, health care, civil rights, art, media, and the rights of patients. They have achieved concrete changes in medical and scientific research, insurance, law, health care delivery, graphic design, and introduced new and effective methods for political organizing. These interviews reveal what has motivated them to action and how they have organized complex endeavors. We hope that this information will de-mystify the process of making social change, remind us that change can be made, and help us understand how to do it.

We have completed 102 interviews so far. They range in length from 1-4 hours. Video clips and complete transcripts of the interviews are available on the website. Archival and access copies of the interviews are available at the New York Public Library Division of Manuscripts and Archives. Access copies are available at the San Francisco Public Library and the University of Michigan Library. We do presentations about the Project at schools, universities and professional organizations.

Categories

Media Creation
Media Exhibition & Dissemination
Preservation & Collections

Target Audience

General
Ethnic
Women
GLBT
People with Disabilities
Schools / Universities

Budget

$0 - 100,000

Area of Focus

Urban
Internet