I still don’t remember whose ACT UP party it was or for which demonstration I was in Washington D.C. What I do remember is that it was the only time I ever met ACT UP founder, Larry Kramer. Despite all the horror we were experiencing then AIDS activists did occasionally live a little by taking … Continue reading
Year 1 of Sequestration: Fewer Housing Vouchers, Higher Rents, More Homeless.
The details of this years sequestration cuts are at last becoming known. The cuts in housing programs are alarming according to a report released by the highly reliable Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP). Federal housing programs help millions afford rental housing. Many who rent are seniors or people with disabilities including people with … Continue reading
This Tuesday: Tax Day Action!
Join ACT UP with a coalition of other groups to demonstrate on Tax Day! Tuesday, April 16th, 11:00 AM Tip O’Neill Building, 10 Causeway Street, Boston We’re paying our taxes yet services are being drastically cut for people with HIV! Budget cutters in Washington have already slashed HIV/AIDS programs, Meals on Wheels, Head Start, Housing, … Continue reading
Civil Disobedience Training – ACT UP Boston Responds to State and Federal Cutbacks!
Monday, April 22, 6:30 pm until 9:30 pm Action Center (Stonewall Warriors), 284 Amory Street at the Brewery Complex in Jamaica Plain. The 25,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in Massachusetts got the bad news today (April 10th) when the House Ways and Means Committee called for the third straight year of a flat-funded HIV budget … Continue reading
Needling a Snake: Eric Cantor Slithers Back to Harvard
People with AIDS are under attack! The culprit? U.S. House Majority Leader and top Republican snake-oil salesman Eric Cantor. When Cantor slithered into the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at Harvard recently, we could not pass up this opportunity to let him know how damaging his neglect for people with AIDS and other infectious diseases … Continue reading
Treatment as Prevention Breakthrough #2: KwaZulu-Natal Study Big Leap Forward
Community-Wide Treatment as Prevention. A newly published study finds that as more HIV infected members of a community members are put on treatment, fewer people become infected with the virus within that community. The community “treatment as prevention” study was published this week in the prestigious journal Science. Researchers from the Africa Centre for Health … Continue reading
