Steve Lew (born 1958 in Watsonville, California) is an American community organizer, LGBT rights activist and AIDS activist.
Steve Lew | |
|---|---|
| Born | Watsonville, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | LGBT and AIDS activism |
Biography
editIn 1987, Lew was an organizer for the first west coast conference for Asian Pacific Lesbian and Gays. Lew also co-founded the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance Community HIV Project in San Francisco. The organization grew into a national service organization, was renamed the Living Well project, and eventually merged with the Asian AIDS project to become the Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center in 1997.[1]
In 1995, Lew was appointed as a member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS.[2][3]
Lew is a currently Senior Project Director for CompassPoint Nonprofit Services in Oakland, California.[4]
References
edit- ^ Wat, Eric C. (2002). The Making of a Gay Asian Community. Lanham, Maryland, United States: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. p. 204. ISBN 0-7425-1110-3.
- ^ "The White House Office of the Press Secretary". President Clinton Signs Executive Order for Creation of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS and Announces Twenty-Three Memberse of the Council. June 15, 1995. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
- ^ Dunlap, David W. (June 16, 1995). "Clinton Creates Group to Improve Campaign Against AIDS". The New York Times. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
- ^ "Bio: Steve Lew". CompassPoint Non-profit Services. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.