ACT UP Celebrates 30 Years With Anniversary March And Rally In NYC
On March 30, ACT UP, the powerful advocacy group formed at the height of the AIDS crisis, celebrated its 30th anniversary by holding a rally and a march in New York's West Village.
The new AIDS Memorial was the meeting site for the march as demonstrators gathered with signs, chanting "Act up! Fight back! Fight AIDS!" as members of the group have done for three decades now.
The march ended in Union Square where AIDS activists like Brent Nicholson Earle gave speeches recounting the history of ACT UP and the AIDS crisis.
"We will commit ourselves to resisting the current political environment based on fear-mongering, bigotry, and the disenfranchisement of vulnerable people, including people living with HIV and hepatitis C," the organizers wrote on the event's Facebook page.
Scroll through below to see photos and videos from the march that show why ACT UP is still needed 30 years later.
