Steve Lew Explained

Steve Lew
Birth Place:	Watsonville, California
Nationality:	American
Known For:	LGBT and AIDS activism

Steve Lew (born 1958 in Watsonville, California) is an American community organizer, LGBT rights activist and AIDS activist.

Biography

In 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]

Notes and References

1. Book: Wat, Eric C.. The Making of a Gay Asian Community. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.. 2002. 0-7425-1110-3. Lanham, Maryland, United States. 204.
2. Web site: The White House Office of the Press Secretary. June 15, 1995. October 19, 2014. President Clinton Signs Executive Order for Creation of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS and Announces Twenty-Three Memberse of the Council.
3. News: Clinton Creates Group to Improve Campaign Against AIDS. Dunlap. David W.. The New York Times . June 16, 1995. October 19, 2014.
4. Web site: Bio: Steve Lew. October 19, 2014. CompassPoint Non-profit Services. October 19, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141019220640/http://www.compasspoint.org/board-and-staff/bio/712. dead.