History of CHW - ACT UP

By EvyWalker

  • AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power

    300 people banded together for the start of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power movement, otherwise known as ACT UP.

  • Storm the NIH

    ACT UP members "storm" the National institutes of health, demanding more AIDS treatments, especially for those underrepresented like women and people of color.

  • ACT UP Protest FDA

    ACT UP protested the FDA for its slowness in a drug-approval policy that resulted in thousands dead from denied access to life-saving drugs.

  • 10th Anniversary

    As ACT UP's 10th anniversary came up, protestors stormed Wall Street to protest price-gorging by pharmaceutical companies and demanded Congressional hearings on the AIDS drug pricings.

  • Protesting at Thurman's Office

    Ten activists chain themselves in Policy Coordinator Sandra Thurman's office after she refused to publicly condemn Clinton's April 20 decision to uphold the ban on federal funding for needle exchange.

  • Lockdown at Executive Office Building

    In August, members executed a lockdown at the executive office building to protest V.P. Gore's support of Pharma's lawsuit against the South African Government's Medicine Act.

  • Protest against Coca-Cola

    In July, ACT UP activists protest against Coca-Cola with the Treatment Action Campaign of South Africa at the International AIDS Conference after Coke refused to cover its truck drivers in its health insurance plan in Africa. Coke relented later on.

  • The Bounced Check

    ACT UP and Health GAP members returned a "bounced check" of 15 billion dollars to the Bush re-election campaign, representing the funds the administration promised but did not deliver.

  • 20th Anniversary

    Members return to Wall Street demanding single-payer health insurance, they began a two-and-a-half year coalition campaign with Healthcare-NOW! and Physicians for a National Health Program.

  • March to the United Nations

    AIDS activists from around the world including ACT UP march to the United Nations demanding that world leaders renew their commitments to AIDS treatment and prevention that they had promised in 2005 but did not provide.