ATTENTION ACT UP Friends and Family:

In honor of Larry Kramer’s passing, we will be having a memorial on the evening of Thursday, May 28, at 8:00 PM ET at the NYC AIDS Memorial. There we will read an ACT UP statement written by Jay Blotcher and Eric Sawyer, have a large banner saying “LARRY KRAMER 🔺 1935 – 2020 ACT UP! FIGHT BACK! END AIDS” and placards with his name (see attached designed by Ivy Arce), and we’ll close with short memories and chant three times in his memory (with some anger of course).

We want to really emphasize mask-wearing and adhering to social distancing during the memorial. We will be livestreaming for folks staying at home or not local to NYC or the village (please be mindful that we cannot have an unmanageable amount of people).

We encourage everyone that is livestreaming to post a photo with the attached placard and a candle with a message saying #ThankYouLarry.

In health and solidarity, ACT UP New York.

#ACTUPFightBackEndAIDS

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Jason Rosenberg (he/him/his) 
Activist and Organizer 
Brooklyn, NY // @mynameisjro

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Founded in 1987, ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), is a diverse, non-partisan group of individuals united in anger and committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis. ACT UP currently meets every Monday night at 7PM ET via Zoom. Notes: you will be asked to contribute your first & last name and email address to access online meetings, and KN-95 masks are required for ACT UP NY in person meetings/actions/gatherings. All individuals are welcome!

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