CAP - CASCADE AIDS PROJECT
Per Wikipedia: “Founded in 1983 and incorporated two years later, CAP is the ‘oldest and largest community-based provider of HIV services, housing, education and advocacy’ in Oregon and Southwest Washington.”
Cascade AIDS Project records, 1977-2016, Coll 859
Records of and materials compiled by Cascade AIDS Project, an organization that provides services and advocacy for people with AIDS in Oregon and Southwest Washington. The collection also includes materials relating to other AIDS activism and gay rights activism, most notably records of the Portland Chapter of AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power (ACT UP).
Collection Guide https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv11748
citations & references:
check out: Gay Monteverde collection of Cascade AIDS Project and AIDS education materials Gay Monteverde collection of Cascade AIDS Project and AIDS education materials - Archives West (orbiscascade.org)
Dates circa 1989-1993; 1999 “Newsletters, brochures, clippings, and volunteer badge relating to Cascade AIDS Project and to AIDS education, collected by Gay Monteverde. Cascade AIDS Project is an organization based in Portland, Oregon, that provides advocacy and services for people living with AIDS in Oregon and southwest Washington, and educates the public about AIDS and AIDS prevention. Gay Monteverde volunteered at Cascade AIDS Project for six months before being hired in 1989. As an employee of Cascade AIDS Project, she was head of the Speakers Bureau until 1993, when she went to work as an HIV educator for Multnomah County.” Repository Oregon Historical Society Research Library
check out: https://www.capnw.org/
check out: Wikipedia Cascade AIDS Project - Wikipedia
check out: History | Our House December 1 (ourhouseofportland.org)
check out: LGBTQ+ History in Portland | The Official Guide to Portland (travelportland.com) Portland saw its first AIDS-related death in 1982, and by 1983, Cascade AIDS Project and PALS (Personal Active Listeners) were formed. The 1980s also saw the beginnings of still-vibrant community institutions such as Esther’s Pantry, Portland Gay Men’s Chorus, Portland Lesbian Choir and Equity Foundation.
