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In honor of World AIDS Day, Frannie Peabody Center has partnered with Pride Portland’s HIV Advisory Board, PFLAG Portland, and the Equality Community Center to host quilt block 2132 which contains the panel made for one of Maine’s most well remembered AIDS and LGBTQ activists Cameron Duncan. Along with the quilt block will be a new panel made for gay author and AIDS activists John Preston (1945-1994), and informational exhibits about the history of HIV/AIDS in Maine.
The origins of the National AIDS Memorial began over 40 years ago at the height of the AIDS pandemic when a small group of San Franciscans devastated by the AIDS crisis sought to find a sacred space to honor loved ones who were lost to AIDS. This small act of craft and kindness has blossomed into the iconic memorial we know today. Within each of the Quilt’s nearly 50,000 panels are sewn the names of more than 105,000 lives lost to AIDS. Each year, thousands of panels of the Quilt are displayed throughout the U.S. and world as a message of healing, hope, remembrance, and history about the AIDS epidemic in America. By sharing the story of the struggle against HIV/AIDS, we remember, in perpetuity, the lives lost, we offer healing and hope to survivors, and we inspire new generations of activists in the fight against stigma, denial, and hate, for a just future.
Schedule for Testing and AIDS Quilt Viewing
No RSVP is necessary to drop in for testing or to see the quilt. Please follow the Equality Community Center's guidelines on masking and social distancing.
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