ACT UP Golden Gate concentrated on issues involving treatment and treatment access while ACT UP San Francisco focused on broader social issues involving public policy and politics. Over the next several years the two ACT UP chapters worked separately and together on local and national AIDS issues.
ACT UP was the catalyst for changing the way the public, the medical establishment and the government responded to the AIDS crisis. Never before has there been a patients rights and advocacy group that has had such a tangible impact on society through direct action and civil disobedience.
Mission
We endeavor to identify and help solve problems for people with HIV and AIDS in order that they might survive long-term. Simply put, our goal is to keep people with HIV and AIDS alive.”,en”