The ACT UP Oral History Project interviews are listed in chronological order. To access individual interviews, please click on the photo or title of the interview. For a full alphabetical and chronological list of the interviews, please click here.

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INTERVIEWS 002-007 »

INTERVIEW #002
Robert Vazquez-Pacheco
December 14, 2002
Majority Action
INTERVIEW #003
Moises Agosto
December 15, 2002
ACT UP Puerto Rico
INTERVIEW #004
Gregg Bordowitz
December 17, 2002
Seize Control of the FDA
 
INTERVIEW #005
Jean Carlomusto
December 19, 2002
The First Wall Street Demo
INTERVIEW #006
Patrick Moore
January 14, 2003
Violence
INTERVIEW #007
Ming Yuen S. Ma
January 15, 2003
Challenging Power Relationships
 
INTERVIEWS 008-013 »

INTERVIEW #008
Alexandra Juhasz
January 16, 2003
Power & Privilege
INTERVIEW #009
Dudley Saunders
January 18, 2003
Treatment & Data
INTERVIEW #010
Maria Maggenti
January 20, 2003
Lesbians for Bush
 
INTERVIEW #011
Ann Philbin
January 21, 2003
ACT UP & the Art World
INTERVIEW #012
Mark Harrington
March 8, 2003
Exposed Uninfecteds & Long-Term Non-Progressors
INTERVIEW #013
Aldo Hernandez
March 17, 2003
The "Erotic Space" at Meat
 
INTERVIEWS 014-019 »

INTERVIEW #014
Michael Nesline
March 24, 2003
T-Shirts
INTERVIEW #015
Karin Timour
April 5, 2003
Insurance Discrimination Kills People with AIDS
INTERVIEW #016
Anne-christine d'Adesky
April 15, 2003
The Lesbian Subculture
 
INTERVIEW #017
Bill Snow
April 16, 2003
Vaccines
INTERVIEW #018
Karl Soehnlein
April 18, 2003
Killing the Buddha
INTERVIEW #019
Gedalia Braverman
April 20, 2003
Inside Moles
 
INTERVIEWS 020-025 »

INTERVIEW #020
Michael Petrelis
April 21, 2003
Action! Action! Action!
INTERVIEW #021
Russell Pritchard
April 24, 2003
The Death of Mark Lowe Fisher
INTERVIEW #022
Rick Loftus
April 26, 2003
Green-Haired Yahoos
 
INTERVIEW #023
Emily Nahmanson
April 27, 2003
The Sacrilegious Wafer Smasher
INTERVIEW #024
Kendall Thomas
May 3, 2003
Indicted at the Level of my Desire
INTERVIEW #025
Lei Chou
May 5, 2003
Safe Sex Education
 
INTERVIEWS 026-031 »

INTERVIEW #026
Iris Long
May 16, 2003
We Need Treatment & We Need Data
INTERVIEW #027
Ann Northrop
May 28, 2003
Strong and Angry
INTERVIEW #028
Richard Deagle
September 13, 2003
The First Arrest of the Day
 
INTERVIEW #029
Michelangelo Signorile
September 20, 2003
The ACT UP Media Committee
INTERVIEW #030
Mary Dorman
October 17, 2003
We're Ready to Proceed, Counselor
INTERVIEW #031
David Z. Kirschenbaum
October 19, 2003
Informed Consent
 
INTERVIEWS 032-037 »

INTERVIEW #032
Ron Goldberg
October 25, 2003
The ACT UP Timeline
INTERVIEW #033
Frank Jump
November 1, 2003
Are You on the List?
INTERVIEW #034
Roma Baran
November 5, 2003
Tom Cunningham
 
INTERVIEW #035
Larry Kramer
November 15, 2003
ACT UP's Greatest Achievement
INTERVIEW #036
Joy Episalla
December 6, 2003
Tim Bailey's Political Funeral
INTERVIEW #037
Jamie Leo
December 21, 2003
Father Achtung Torres
 
INTERVIEWS 038-043 »

INTERVIEW #038
Ron Medley
December 28, 2003
Crashing a Pataki Fundraiser
INTERVIEW #039
Karen Moulding
January 16, 2004
Trespass
INTERVIEW #040
Steve Quester
January 17, 2004
Brunch at Saks Fifth Avenue
 
INTERVIEW #041
Gregg Gonsalves
January 19, 2004
Pages Spewing Out of the Fax
INTERVIEW #042
Tom Kalin
February 4, 2004
A Room Bristling with Ideas and Energy
INTERVIEW #043
Maxine Wolfe
February 19, 2004
People, People, You Have to Listen
 
INTERVIEWS 044-049 »

INTERVIEW #044
Marlene McCarty
February 21, 2004
Blasphemy at the Venice Biennale
INTERVIEW #045
Andrew Vélez
February 26, 2004
Our First Major, Major Action
INTERVIEW #046
James Wagner
February 28, 2004
Veiling the Statue of Liberty
 
INTERVIEW #047
Jim Eigo
March 5, 2004
"A Queens Housewife"
INTERVIEW #048
Amy Bauer
March 7, 2004
Why We Do Civil Disobedience
INTERVIEW #049
Eric Sawyer
March 10, 2004
New Offices for DAS
 
INTERVIEWS 050-055 »

INTERVIEW #050
Peter Cramer
October 26, 2002
Abominations
INTERVIEW #051
Elias Guerrero
March 17, 2004
AIDS Remains a Political Struggle
INTERVIEW #052
Kate Barnhart
March 21, 2004
Students in Chains
 
INTERVIEW #053
Dan Keith Williams
March 26, 2004
300 People Do the Same Thing, Change Happens
INTERVIEW #054
Jay Blotcher
April 24, 2004
Rude and Rash
INTERVIEW #055
Neil Broome
April 25, 2004
Tube Tops & Bad Perms (The Freedom Ride)
 
INTERVIEWS 056-061 »

INTERVIEW #056
Andrew Miller
October 6, 2004
The Backbone of Direct Action
INTERVIEW #057
Jose Fidelino
October 13, 2004
A Conscience in ACT UP
INTERVIEW #058
Sandy Katz
October 15, 2004
Ronald Reagan — Murderer!
 
INTERVIEW #059
MaxZine Weinstein
October 16, 2004
Challenging Homophobia
INTERVIEW #060
SPREE
October 16, 2004
Tales from the National AIDS Hotline
INTERVIEW #061
Nettles (Yaron Schweizer)
October 17, 2004
An Accidental Action
 
INTERVIEWS 062-067 »

INTERVIEW #062
Stephen Shapiro
October 23, 2004
The Most Frequently Asked-for Material at the NYPL
INTERVIEW #063
Jim Lyons
February 16, 2005
Resisting Arrest & Assaulting an Officer
INTERVIEW #064
Vincent Gagliostro
July 8, 2005
Lowering the Price of AZT
 
INTERVIEW #065
Bill Dobbs
November 21, 2006
If you are an on-duty member of the NY Police Department...
INTERVIEW #066
Jim Fouratt
November 28, 2006
ACT UP Did That
INTERVIEW #067
Peter Staley
December 9, 2006
Invading the New York Stock Exchange
 
INTERVIEWS 068-073 »

INTERVIEW #068
George Carter
April 16, 2007
Information Provided Freely
INTERVIEW #069
Heidi Dorow
April 17, 2007
INTERVIEW #070
Marion Banzhaf
April 18, 2007
The Difference Between Life and Death
 
INTERVIEW #071
Catherine Gund
April 20, 2007
A Line We Were Willing to Cross
INTERVIEW #072
Richard Elovich
May 14, 2007
Medical Necessity and Needle Exchange
INTERVIEW #073
David Barr
May 15, 2007
ACT UPs Sprung Up Around the Country
 
INTERVIEWS 074-079 »

INTERVIEW #074
Douglas Crimp
May 16, 2007
Complexity into Sloganeering
INTERVIEW #075
Gerri Wells
May 24, 2007
Let Gerri Go!
INTERVIEW #076
Terry McGovern
May 25, 2007
The CDC Definition Excludes Women
 
INTERVIEW #077
Mark Milano
May 26, 2007
Vicious Young Republicans
INTERVIEW #078
Ken Bing
May 30, 2007
INTERVIEW #079
Bob Huff
May 31, 2007
 
INTERVIEWS 080-084 »
Missing images and video clips will be posted as soon as we receive additional funding. Sorry for the delay.

INTERVIEW #080
Garance Franke-Ruta
June 6, 2007
INTERVIEW #081
Matt Ebert
July 13, 2007
INTERVIEW #082
David Robinson
July 16, 2007
 
INTERVIEW #083
Michael Perelman
July 18, 2007
INTERVIEW #084
Patricia Navarro
July 20, 2007


BC Craig #085
6/23/2008

Robyn Hutt #086
6/25/2008

Jill Harris #087
6/27/2008

Rebecca Cole #088
6/30/2008

Donald Grove #089
7/1/2008

Herb Spiers #090
7/2/2008

Lola Flash #091
7/8/2008

Sharon Tramutola #092
7/9/2008

Risa Denenberg #093
7/11/2008

Karen Ramspacher #094
7/12/2008

Sandra Elgear #095
7/22/2008

Debbie Gavito #096
7/24/2008

Victor Mendolia #097
8/15/2008

Loring McAlpin #098
8/18/2008

Betty Williams #099
8/23/2008

Gonzalo Aburto #100
8/26/2008

Adam Rollston #101
8/27/2008

Brian Zabcik #102
9/9/2008

    
 
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