March 29, 2017
ACT Up Rally Celebrates 30th Anniversary with March & Rally
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On Thursday, March 20 at the NYC AIDS Memorial in the West Village, ACT Up will observe their 30th Anniversary with a
multi-organizational action called 30 Years of Acting Up to End AIDS.
The action will begin at the new New York City AIDS Memorial in memory of our beloved comrades and as a symbol of our recommitment to ending AIDS. We will then march in solidarity to Union Square for a spirited rally. The action will celebrate the history of AIDS activism and the legacy of ACT UP as a direct action organization committed to ending the AIDS crisis.
30 Years of Acting Up to End AIDS envisions a country and a world free of AIDS in the next generation. Our demands fall under the following broad issue themes:
"Important initiatives such as the plan to End the AIDS Epidemic in New York state, as well as ongoing research on a cure must continue without any obstacles," said Luis Santiago, a member of ACT UP. "For that to happen, we must redouble our activism in the streets and inside the centers of power, and work with our partners to prevent any funding cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, and to the National Institutes of Health (NIH)."
Founded in 1987, ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), is a diverse, non-partisan group of individuals united in anger and committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis. ACT UP meets every Monday night at 7 p.m. in New York City at the LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th Street off 7th Ave.
30 Years of Acting Up to End AIDS will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, March 30. The event will begin at 4 p.m. at the AIDS Memorial, 200-218 West 12th Street, New York City. The march will go from the West Village to Union Square. At 5 p.m., there will be a rally at Union Square's open plaza on E. 17th Street.
