SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE NEWS

ACT UP/ACT NOW Calendar

The AIDS Coalition to Network, Organize, and Win (ACT NOW),
a San Francisco based organization for communication among
different ACT UP and similar groups around the world, is
sponsoring or co-sponsoring workshops, demonstrations, and other
events before and during the Conference.

* Sunday, June 17, day of workshops at the San Francisco
Women's Building (3543-18th St., at Valencia St.). * Workshops
on newsletter production; racism, drugs, and AIDS; U. S.
immigration policies; the Christian right wing; and alternative
treatments, 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. * Organizing forum, 2:00
p.m. to 5:00 p.m. * Workshops on organizing a needle-exchange
program; international AIDS organizing; AIDS and lesbian/gay
liberation; and reproductive rights and AIDS activism, 7:30 p.m.
to 9:00 p.m.

* Monday, June 18, San Francisco Women's Building. All day
activist meeting for planning and preparation for demonstrations,
press conferences, etc.

* Tuesday, June 19, demonstration against U. S. immigration
policies. A march to the San Francisco office of the U. S.
Immigration and Naturalization Service will gather beginning at
4:00 p.m. at Sansome and Market Streets.

* Wednesday, June 20, demonstration during Conference
opening, 1-5 p.m., corner of Howard and Third Streets near the
Conference site. * Also, Wednesday 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the
Women's Building there will be another activist orientation for
those arriving late, and to plan last-minute actions.

* Thursday, June 21, demonstration to focus on the "San
Francisco model." Gather at 11:00 a.m. at the old Federal
Building , 50 United Nations Plaza (the site of the AIDS/ARC
Vigil).

* Friday, June 22, actions planned to address women and
AIDS. Gather at 4:30 p.m., Fourth and Market Streets.

* Saturday, June 23, major HIV/AIDS march called by a
coalition of community groups including: ACT NOW, ACT UP/Los
Angeles; ACT UP/San Francisco; AIDS Service Providers of the East
Bay; American Association of Physicians for Human Rights; Asian
Pacific AIDS Coalition; Bayview Hunters Point Foundation; Black
Coalition on AIDS; Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and
Services; Gay Asian Pacific Alliance; Glide Memorial Methodist
AIDS Project; Latino Coalition on AIDS/SIDA; Lutheran Lesbian/Gay
Ministry; Mobilization Against AIDS; Operation Concern; PWA
Association of San Francisco; Project Inform; San Francisco AIDS
Foundation; San Francisco Interreligious Coalition on AIDS;
Stonewall Gay Democratic Club; Visiting Nurses and Hospice of San
Francisco; and Women's AIDS Network. Other groups may be added
as co-sponsors. Assembly begins at 9:30 a.m., at Justin Herman
Plaza (foot of Market Street near the Ferry Building); the march
will proceed up Market to the Civic Center area. For more
information, call the office of the HIV/AIDS march, 626-5676.

* Sunday, June 24. A demonstration during the Conference
closing is being scheduled so that participants can also get to
the Lesbian and Gay Freedom Day parade on that day.

In addition, ACT NOW parties are planned on Sunday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.



San Francisco: Housing Needed for Activists

If you can provide housing for ACT UP/ACT NOW members, at
any times during the period of June 15 through June 25, call Bob
Smith, 255-9790.


AIDS Activist International Contact List

ACT NOW is in touch with AIDS activist organizations in the
following cities or areas. International: Amsterdam, Berlin,
Brighton, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Paris, Sydney, and
Toronto.

In the U. S.: Albany, Ann Arbor, Atlanta, Austin, Boston,
Bloomington, Cape Elizabeth, Chicago, Cincinnati, Coconut Grove,
Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Hartford, Houston, Kansas
City, Long Beach, Long Island (Westbury), Los Angeles, Madison,
Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis (two organizations), Nashville, New
Orleans, New York, North Lauderdale, Oakland, Oklahoma City,
Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Providence,
Provincetown, Rochester, San Diego, San Francisco (two
organizations), Seattle, Shreveport, Syracuse, Tallahassee,
Washington DC (two organizations), and Wichita. Also, three
counties in California: Contra Costa, Orange, and Sonoma.

For More Information

For more information about events during the conference, or
how to contact AIDS activists in your area, call ACT NOW in San
Francisco, 415/861-7505, or fax to 415/863-4740.

Arts Events Sponsored by 69 Hours

"69 Hours," which is associated with the international
computer link described below, is sponsoring two events in San
Francisco during the conference:

* Personal and Political Performances on AIDS, two different
performances on Friday and Saturday, June 22 and 23 at New
Langdon Arts, 1246 Folsom St. $5 donation requested, but no one
turned away for lack of funds.

* A gallery show dealing with the epidemic will be open at
the Capp Street Project, 270 14th St., June 21-24. For hours and
other information, call 626-7747.