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August 22, 2022 10:08 ET | Source: National AIDS Memorial

Change the Pattern: Sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt Honoring Black and Brown Lives Lost to AIDS will Travel throughout the South in the Fight to End the Epidemic

ATLANTA, GA, Aug. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National AIDS Memorial is bringing sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt to communities throughout the Southern U.S to highlight and honor Black and...
June 14, 2022 10:02 ET | Source: National AIDS Memorial

35 Years since its first panels were stitched, The AIDS Memorial Quilt remains a powerful teaching tool for health action, remembrance and social justice

San Francisco, CA, June 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- It has been 35 years since the first panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt were stitched together, sparking a national movement for action, justice...
June 05, 2021 18:28 ET | Source: National AIDS Memorial

National AIDS Memorial Brings Leaders in the AIDS Movement Together to Honor Lives Lost, the Survivors and Heroes Forty Years into the AIDS Epidemic

San Francisco, CA, June 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leaders of the AIDS movement came together in the National AIDS Memorial – the nation’s federally-designated memorial to AIDS – to mark forty...
April 09, 2021 12:38 ET | Source: National AIDS Memorial

National AIDS Memorial Celebrates Recent Pedro Zamora Scholars for their Community Engagement on National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day

San Francisco, April 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National AIDS Memorial is marking National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day by celebrating its most recent Pedro Zamora Young Leaders...
March 19, 2021 14:27 ET | Source: National AIDS Memorial

AIDS Memorial Quilt Virtual Exhibition and Stories Raise Awareness About Rise in HIV Infection Rates in Certain Native Community Populations

San Francisco, March 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- March 20th is National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NNHAAD), a national mobilization effort designed to encourage American Indians, Alaska Natives...
March 10, 2021 13:37 ET | Source: National AIDS Memorial

National AIDS Memorial Announces First Recipient of the Mary Bowman Arts in Activism Award

San Francisco, March 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National AIDS Memorial has announced Isabel Fatima (Ima) Diawara of Los Angeles as the first recipient of the Mary Bowman Arts in Activism...
February 10, 2021 12:24 ET | Source: National AIDS Memorial

Timothy Ray Brown “The Berlin Patient” Memorial Campaign and Community Consortium Announced

San Francisco & Palm Springs, Feb. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A consortium HIV/AIDS organizations have launched the Timothy Ray Brown “The Berlin Patient” Memorial Campaign (TRB Memorial...
February 04, 2021 13:04 ET | Source: National AIDS Memorial

National AIDS Memorial Observes Black History Month with AIDS Memorial Quilt Virtual Exhibition Honoring Black Lives Lost to AIDS

San Francisco, Feb. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- During Black History Month, the National AIDS Memorial honors Black lives lost to AIDS with a specially curated selection of 56 blocks of the AIDS...
December 01, 2020 18:25 ET | Source: National AIDS Memorial

Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. David Ho Honored on World AIDS Day with National AIDS Memorial’s Leadership Recognition Award

San Francisco, Dec. 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National AIDS Memorial’s annual World AIDS Day commemoration brought together powerful voices from the AIDS and Covid-19 pandemics together for...
November 20, 2020 14:51 ET | Source: National AIDS Memorial

Powerful, Inspirational Voices on the Frontlines of the AIDS and Covid-19 Pandemics Speak Out on World AIDS Day – December 1st

San Francisco, Nov. 20, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 2020 marks 40 years since the first cases of AIDS were reported in the United States, a pandemic that has led to nearly 700,000 lives lost and still...