Jordan Peimer

Co-creator, ACT UP LA’s oral history project

Co-creator of ACT UP LA’s oral history project

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During the 1980s, ACT UP LA advocated for greater awareness of the AIDS epidemic. Now the organization is collecting 100 testimonies from its former members.

ACT UP LA chronicles 35 years of its AIDS activism

During the 1980s, ACT UP LA advocated for greater awareness of the AIDS epidemic. Now the organization is collecting 100 testimonies from its former members.

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