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Volunteers as Witnesses: The Mobilization of AIDS Volunteers in New York City, 1981-1988

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In this article, I describe the role of volunteers in the AIDS epidemic in New York City between 1981 and 1988. I provide an overview of the role of volunteers in the development of social policy and the emergence of new service organizations. A broad range of social and cultural factors mobilized volunteers, and one community-based organization, the Gay Men's Health Crisis, played a central role in that mobilization.

Social Service Review

Volume 65, Number 4Dec., 1991

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https://doi.org/10.1086/603873

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