Why We Fight: Remembering AIDS Activism Panel

October 1, 2013

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The national and international response to the HIV epidemic lagged behind the passionate work of dedicated individuals who tended the sick, challenged prejudices against people living with HIV, educated their communities, and fought for resources and research.  Please join us on Tuesday, October 1st, at 6:30 p.m. as a panel of activists and writers reflect on the evolution of AIDS activism and contemporary challenges of the HIV epidemic.

Panelists will include:

Richard Berkowitz

Avram Finkelstein

Ann Northrop

Sarah Schulman

Edmund White

Moderated by Alisa Solomon

 

There is a small reception at 6:30 p.m.; the program will begin at 7 p.m.

Seating is limited. Please RSVP to Hannah Waldrip, hannahwaldrip@nypl.org.

Why We Fight: Remembering AIDS Activism opens in the Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III Gallery in the Schwarzman Building on October 4, 2013 and runs through April 4, 2014.

MAC AIDS Fund is the Lead Corporate Sponsor of the Why We Fight exhibition and related programming.

This exhibition is made possible through the generosity of Hermes Mallea and Carey Maloney, with additional support from the LGBT Initiative of The New York Public Library. Time Warner is a founding supporter of the LGBT Initiative.

Support for The New York Public Library's Exhibitions Program has been provided by Celeste Bartos, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and Adam Bartos Exhibitions Fund, and Jonathan Altman.