Courtesy Donna Binder
AIDS ACTIVISM
ACT UP was one of many organizations launched all around the world to challenge discrimination against people with AIDS. On May 21, 1990 ACT UP “stormed the NIH” to protest the slow pace of research and the limited number of drugs available to treat the disease.
GUEST COLUMN
Sarah Schulman is an award-winning novelist and an AIDS activist and former member of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP).
Based on an exhibition at the National Library
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RESOURCES
Explore further the “Agita” story and topics such as science and society and health and human rights through class resources prepared by and for educators.
DOWNLOADS
Hear more about global health topics from leaders and advocates featured in the exhibition.
GET INVOLVED
Getting involved starts here. Find out what you can do to tackle the issues you care about.
VISIT
The Installation at the National Institutes of Health has closed. See the Traveling Exhibition at a library near you.