NATIONAL AIDS TREATMENT ACTIVIST CONFERENCE, WASHINGTON, DC, NOV. 10 11

ACT UP/New York is organizing a national meeting of AIDS
treatment activists in Washington, DC, on November 10 and 11,
just before the meeting of the ACTG (the AIDS Clinical Trials
Group, of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases). The need for the meeting became apparent during
work on ddC access issues, when different activist organizations
independently started working on the same problem without
knowing of each others' involvement. Potential projects include
setting up a nationwide "drug buddy" system (in which activists
work together to study and track the progress of a particular
experimental drug), coordinating efforts on women and AIDS,
and developing the "Count Down 18 Months" campaign,
suggested by ACT UP/New York, for activists from around the
world to campaign and develop research protocols to make all
major opportunistic infections truly manageable conditions.

For more information, call David Gold, 212/741-7790, or
Mike Barr, 212/765-7127.