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DESCRIPTION:To mark the 25th anniversary of the founding of ACT UP (the AIDS Coalition 
 to Unleash Power) and commemorate the lives of almost 20,000 San 
 Franciscans who have died since the epidemic began, people with HIV/AIDS 
 and the AIDS activist community will gather on Friday, April 6-- Good 
 Friday, for a march from the Mission to the Castro.\n\nThe march will link 
 the issues of gentrification and lack of\naffordable housing faced by 
 people with HIV/AIDS and our communitiesvtoday by starting at Wells Fargo, 
 a major profiteer of the housing crisis. The march will continue to the 
 steps of Mission Dolores Church, marking Good Friday and protesting the 
 Catholic Church's continued role of condemning people to die of AIDS 
 globally and repression of sexual freedom and health here at home-- by 
 blocking access to condoms, and restricting access to reproductive health 
 and abortion. Ashes of those who died during the epidemic in SF will be 
 placed on the steps of Dolores Church.\n\n"San Franciscans died of AIDS. 
 20,000 of us. Almost 16,000 of us are living with HIV today. ACT UP was 
 founded to take on the powers of economic violence and sexual repression 
 that interfere to this very day in efforts to save lives," said X of ACT 
 UP, "Wells Fargo has made billions which people with HIV/AIDS struggle to 
 survive and stay in this city. Its 25 years since we started ACT UP and the 
 Catholic Church is still to blame. This Good Friday we will mourn our dead 
 and fight like hell for the living here in San Francisco and around the 
 world."\n\nThe 25th anniversary of ACT UP is commemorated by today's 
 activists and the Occupy movement. ACT UP was known for a confrontational 
 and effective style of direct action that has been widely influential to 
 organizer in today's movements-- Occupy SF and Occupy Oakland. Wells Fargo 
 is at the center of protest for affordable housing and an end to private 
 prison profiteering-- issues of major importance to people with AIDS and 
 the\nqueer community.\n\nThe march will end at Harvey Milk Plaza in a 
 commemoration of ACT UP and the many lives lost to HIV/AIDS, featuring a 
 reading of the names of activists in our community who died during the 
 epidemic in the Bay Area. All are welcome to attend.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/03/31/18710497.php
SUMMARY:AIDS is not Over: The Resurrection of ACT UP
LOCATION:Start of March: Gather at 4pm\nWells Fargo at 16th and Mission, 4:30 
 PM\nAshes action at SF Archdiocese/Mission Dolores Church: 5:30 
 PM\nMemorial and Commemoration of ACT UP at Harvey Milk Plaza: 6:30 PM
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/03/31/18710497.php
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