Activism 1980-89
Content Warning: Homophobia, Discrimination
AIDS health protocols are protested as discriminatory. Protests, distributed policy posters and panels were hosted on campus dissecting the fear and homophobia surrounding the media’s presentation of the health crisis.
ACT-UP/RI Meeting Flyer, ACT-UP RI, 1989
ACT-UP RI meeting flyer, 1989
ACT-UP RI meeting flyer, 1989
AIDS: Activism, Video and the Media lecture series poster, 1989
AIDS: Activism, Video and the Media lecture series poster, 1989
AIDS: Activism, Video and the Media lecture series poster, 1989
New Rhode Island AIDS Law Notice, ACT-UP RI, 1989
New Rhode Island AIDS law notice, ACT-UP RI, 1989
New Rhode Island AIDS law notice, ACT-UP RI, 1989
RISD Student Tuition Increase Protest, RISD Archives Photo
RISD student tuition increase protest, RISD Archives photo
RISD student tuition increase protest, RISD Archives photo
RISD Student Tuition Increase Protest, RISD Archives Photo
RISD student tuition increase protest, RISD Archives photo
RISD student tuition increase protest, RISD Archives photo
RISD Student Tuition Increase Protest, RISD Archives Photo
RISD student tuition increase protest, RISD Archives photo
RISD student tuition increase protest, RISD Archives photo
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