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Mass uprisings against lynching - a Black queer voice; & Larry Kramer's Life
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Cara Page
Mass uprisings against lynching - a Black queer voice
Cara Page will provide a Black queer perspective on the tumultuous events of recent days, and what it means for LGBTQ people -- both white and of color. Page is a Black Feminist Queer cultural/memory worker, curator, and organizer. She co-founded the Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective, a network of healers and organizers intervening against violence & generational trauma. Among many other titles, she is also the former Executive Director of the Audre Lorde Project, an organizing center for, by and about Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Two Spirit, Transgender & Gender Non Conforming People of Color, based in Brooklyn.
Harlem Protest of Police Murder of George Floyd
Larry Kramer's Life
Larry Kramer: In Love & Anger
Long-time members of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, or ACT UP for short, discuss the legacy of Larry Kramer, a key figure in the history of the direct action group. The group was founded in 1987. That same year 13,329 died of AIDS in the US and there was only 1 overpriced drug ($10,000/yr) that wasn't good on its own . Every year the deathtoll was higher until 1995 when it peaked at 41,699. In 1996 it began to go down with the release of a then new class of drugs called protease inhibitors.
Author and writer Larry Kramer galvanized the AIDS movement in 1987 and helped found the direct action group ACT UP/NY, the first of 150 chapters in the US, Europe and Australia and other places in the world. Joining us to discuss his life will be ACT UP co-founder Eric Sawyer. Also joining us is Maxine Wolfe, with a long activist history in left and feminist groups. Documentary film maker Jean Carlo Musto will discuss her film "Larry Kramer In Love and Anger".
Jean Carlomusto’s film "Larry Kramer in Love and Anger," is widely available on HBO, paid Youtube, iTunes, Amazon and many other platforms.
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Repression Against Reclaim Pride by Police; & Mayor Resists Hotel Rooms for the Homeless Measure
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Interview with Natalie James, Chairperson of Reclaim Pride Coalition. RCP organized a Queer Pride March last year, separate from the corporate march. RCP has held two protests against Samaritan's Purse, (SP) an anti-queer, anti Muslim, anti-abortion "Christian" organization that, sponsored by Mt Sinai Hospital, set up a field hospital in central park. SP demanded that people wanting to work in the field hospital sign a "statement of faith" in SP's principles in order to work there. RCP's second press conference and rally, May 3rd, 2020, was shut down by the NYPD . We will also play sound from the press conference.
Interview with Celina Trowell, Vocal-NY representative, talking about the campaign to get homeless people stable housing in the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic. The city council is considering a measure to do this but DiBlasios staff members are opposed. Thus VOCAL-NY is mobilizing activism to pressure the Mayor to do the right thing and support the council measure . More at https://www.1927saveslives.org/