What is the name of the first New York-based organization that has been organizing demonstrations, protests, and riots in an effort to eliminate AIDS, founded in 1987?

Act up-founded in new york city in march 1987, act up is an all-volunteer organization which has had chapters in all major u.s. cities as well as in paris, london, and sydney. first act up demonstration wall street - march 24, 1987 in 1987, outraged by the governments mismanagement of the aids crisis, concerned individuals united to form the aids coalition to unleash power (act up). act ups first demonstration takes place three weeks later on march 24th 1987 on wall street, the financial center, to protest the profiteering of pharmaceutical companies (especially burroughs wellcome, manufacturer of azt). seventeen people are arrested. shortly after the demonstration, the food and drug administration (fda) announces it will shorten its drug approval process by two years. act up is still a strong force today, completely run by volunteers with zero paid staff. sources: https://www.actupny.org