VII.A. General committees

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{"value"=>"<p>Subseries VII.A. General committees is arranged alphabetically; it includes correspondence, handbills, journal articles, minutes, press clippings, reports, subject files, and related material.</p> <p>The committees represented in this subseries include: AIDS Cure Project, Alternative and Holistic committee, Barbara McClintock Project to Cure AIDS, Coordinating committee, Democratic National Reform, DIVA TV (Damned Interfering Video Activists TV), Foreign National caucus, Gay Games Boycott working group, Immigration working group, Media committee, People of Color working group, and TB working group.</p> <p>The Coordinating committee was primarily administrative. It facilitated and handled routine business for which the floor did not have time. The Media committee was responsible for gathering published information about AIDS/HIV-related health, social, and political issues from newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals. This information, referred to as \"back table literature,\" was collated and made available to ACT UP members. Information found in the Media committee files is supplemented by Series VIII. Subjects and Series X. Published and near-print materials.</p>"}

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1985

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1985

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1995

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1985

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1995

Child components TOP

1. ACT UP against the New World Order
2. ACT UP Americas
3. Action committee
4. Ad Hoc working group for HR 2872
5. Addicts Rights caucus
6. AIDS Cure Project working group
7. Alternative and Holistic Treatment committee [20/2]
8. Apocalypse Now working group
9. Centers for Disease Control working group] (CDC)
10. City Actions working group
11. City and State Actions committee
12. Congressional Action working group
13. Coordinating committee [4/1]
14. Democratic National Platform committee
15. Disaster Relief Appeal group
16. DIVA TV (Damned Interfering Video Activists TV)
17. Election 1988 subcommittee
18. Financial Status committee
19. Foreign Nationals caucus
20. Fundraising committee and Treasurer's reports
21. Gay and Lesbian Teach-in committee
22. Gay Games Boycott working group
23. Global Action committee
24. Haiti working group [9/1]
25. Housing committee
26. Immigration working group [11/2]
27. Interagency Task Force subcommittee
28. Latino/a caucus [12/2]
29. Lesbian and Gay Pride committee
30. Majority Actions committee
31. Media committee [7/2]
32. National Health Care working group
33. Needle Exchange committee
34. New Jersey caucus
35. Outreach committee
36. Pediatrics committee
37. People of Color working group [2/2]
38. People with Immune System Disorders (PISD) caucus
39. Police Violence working group
40. Presidential project
41. Prison Issues committee [6/3]
42. Puerto Rico working group
43. Spanish Communications committee
44. Strategy Weekend working group
45. TB working group
46. Testing and Disclosure Issues working group
47. Treatment Information working group
48. White House working group
49. Women [3/2]
50. Youth Education Life-Line (YELL)