Carden: Greater Community Aids Project
Dublin Core
Title
Carden: Greater Community Aids Project
Description
Documents from the Greater Community Aids Project, originally founded in the 1980s as the Gay Community Aids Project.
Contributor
Jerry Carden
Language
English
Collection Items
Safer Sex Pamphlet
Official GCAP documents that were passed out during the rise of the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. GCAP used their influence to spread sex help education and tips on how to protect oneself from AIDS. One of the tips they focused on specifically was…
"I Couldn’t Just Sit Back and Do Nothing” Jerry Carden Oral History Part 3
!["I Couldn’t Just Sit Back and Do Nothing” Jerry Carden Oral History Part 3](/omeka/application/views/scripts/images/fallback-video.png ""I Couldn’t Just Sit Back and Do Nothing” Jerry Carden Oral History Part 3")
Part 3 of 3 of the interview with Jerry Carden, founding chair of the Gay Community AIDS Project, (GCAP, now known as the Greater Community AIDS Project) speaking about his experience with AIDS activism in the Champaign-Urbana community during the…
"I Couldn’t Just Sit Back and Do Nothing” Jerry Carden Oral History Part 1
Part 1 of 3 of the interview with Jerry Carden, founding chair of the Gay Community AIDS Project (GCAP, now known as the Greater Community AIDS Project) speaking about his experience with AIDS activism in the Champaign-Urbana community during the 80s…
“I Couldn’t Just Sit Back and Do Nothing” Jerry Carden Oral History Part 2
Part 2 of 3 of the interview with Jerry Carden, founding chair of the Gay Community AIDS Project, (GCAP, now known as the Greater Community AIDS Project) speaking about his experience with AIDS activism in the Champaign-Urbana community during the…
Remodeling Work on the Champaign House
Two community activists doing renovation work on a local home that would be used for to provide housing for Champaign-Urbana residents living with AIDS.
GCAP Float
A page from Jerry Carden's photo album showing three different angles of a GCAP float created for a 4th of July Parade. The float includes squares created for the AIDS Memorial Quilt and a sign thanking volunteers for their contributions.