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cw* MftNMf t» tw names SUNDAY. MAY 13 • Op*«n® CwMiony’ 1 pm OuM Hours; Mpm EMUMwdtt MONDAY, MAY 19 MOuMHowft TO »nMI pm EMUBaimom fWtSOAY, MAY 14 MQuMHoun tO#m 4pm EMU Baaroom WEDNESDAY, MAY IS M What'a StappmQ u# Now A LOOfe At flACiftHI. HfV/AlOS Pravantkvt an* Acfentm PmIGtaauMMn Siudarw MaaMs C«nMr 68pm SATUROAY, MAY IS MAIDS Action CatabrsSpn Saturday Martial MONDAY, MAY 90 MEtom 0#ap WMNn tha W*8 : AtncanAmanean Woman arm AIDS m Pnwn Gadtng*fH»B S4pffl, TUESDAY. MAY 91 M Artist*" AIDS Awamanaaa Snowcaaa Varwty Snow 9 pm WIONESOAV. MAY 29 M Ho* and HMftft? Safe* wS ay m * fr ,r ift i„ rf. of* w YTOflWl Ban Under Room to 8pm SUNDAY. JUNE 9 M i«w fopatnar, Taam Apart UO Thaatar Production Bommon Tfcaatt* T pm at i Cai 346-44QS tor ttckata SUNDAY. MAY IS M HtV ftw Walk at Alton Bata* Park HANDS: Eight groups contribute to panel for guilt ■ Continued from Page 1 braird have bma victims of HIV and AIDS * The ASUO Woman * Center, Native American Student Union (NASU), HU. i Student Union, )«ws«h Student Union/Hillei. PuihetUnk Cttndl. Anion/Pacif tc Ametu an Student Union iAPA.SU). U.I1A and MECbA el) created segment* for (he panel "I think it1* really important for *11 student goiup* to show thou solidarity with thU because 11 affect* us all, especially at the UnivereHy," said Sarah Ho sen bar*, a member of the JSU and HUM The Quilt represents the mayo attraction in a month devoted to AIDS education at the University, said Ronnie hauler a rarnnsemta live from the Women • (enter "The whole purpose is to pro vide an opportunity for people to educate themselves.* said Annie Dorbruhl. a Student Health Cam ter health edit. atra "It’s hopeiul ly a *pnngbo*fd (or people lo grieve and raiaa that? awasvnm* * laro* County alro ornated a rlt panel to r*pre**«t AIDS th* in the county Thu pan#! d*plctt th» Three Sitter* Maun* Utitt* in the background and two converging river* More than a hundred colorful leave* fill the foreground, each with a name written on It * Thera* a name on a leaf for each perron who ha* died of AIDS in taro* County “ Mid Helen Pettitt. an HIV prevention and education *pecialiat with taro# County Public Health “It it a work In progm** * The Quilt will add a new dim«n*ion in AIDS awarenea*. community member* Mid Too often, the number of AlliS death* la ton (detract lor people to grm«p, they Mid 'll add* a fare to the name* and ttalittlc*," Mid Doug Moon, a member of the HIV AliMora 'If* pretty powerful “ . _ **«»« W MUOKI' VMCXf awem >ot*o* Btrch of L*r*« County too*• at th* Inn* County p*r**l of ttt* AJD8 Memorial Ouirt Bwch lost her ton. Robert Btrch. to AIDS Th» wthibmon of lh« Quill will Uw:lud« Information labia* and vniuntwr* lo h*lp with vltitor*' amotion*. Pnltttt Mid The*e arc our mothers, father*. brother*." *hc •aid. "Thca* could bo ray neigh bor* These could be my friend* HISTORY: Quilt honors those who have died because of AIDS m wommurc nwn r»gm 1 1,025.073 AIDS cam in adult* and children nmortod la it* World IWIlh Organiralian u of 31. 1994 In the Untied Stale* AIDS U I he loading i«uh of death among Amwiuw age* SS 44 Tha NAMES Project Foundation twmli naiMi dlanlaya of portion* of the Quilt world wld# and Include* local chapter* In many cilia* including Portland On* hundred Maty panel* of the quill wilt h* dt.plaved in the EMU Ballroom h»m Sun day lo Tuaaday A '"CJaallt committee" waa created by revet al fat uity and community member* U*t Augtwt to being the Quill to Eugene "tl la one of the moat aatiafymg mojecta P*a worked na»." **id Annie Dochnanl. committee memlwr and health edu< aim at the Student Heellh < * met "Everyone wanted to he Involved " Portion* of the Quill will be dlaplayed in more than 100 cilia* in addition lo Eugene ihit year The Quilt wilt he duplayed In it* entitety thtavear for the flret time Moc* 1992 in Wadi Ington. D C over Colombo* Day weekend m October It i* estimated that by October the Quilt wtll Include a* many a* 45.000 panel< and COT** more than 27 acre*. or the alee of 29 football field* 'It may be the laat time the Quilt U ever fully displayed because it ha* |ust gotten too btg.” said Bonnie Motet, committee member and directcw of the ASIJO Women * < ante* The ft rat Quilt panel tea* treated by long titn* gay right* activist dev* (ones in memo ry of Marvin Feldman lone*' friend (one* (uoceaved the idea for the Quilt a* he wa* taping placard* with name* of thoa# who have died from complication* of AIDS onto th* San Franc i*co Federal Building A* he •toad on • Udder in • «m of candlelight, the many placard* reminded him of a quilt About a year later The NAMES Protect AIDS Memorial Quilt organisation wai founded A* «warena** of (he Quilt grew, no did the Cl*, vcdunieer* and fund*, which had raUed during tour* of the Quilt The Quilt wa* duplayed for the fir*! time in Washington. D C. on (he Capitol Mall dur ing the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Right* on October tt. 1987, It covered a space larger than a football Hold and included 1.920 panels The Quilt returned to Washington. D C. in October 19H* when 8.288 panels were dis played in front of the White House, and vol unteer* began the tradition of reading all the names represented by each Quilt panel In two I he Quilt was displayed one again in Washington. D.C Them in October 1992 the entire Quilt, con sifting of panels from every U.S. state and 28 countries, returned to Washington. D.C. after traveling in sections to citiaa ail over the United States. Today the Quill includes panels from every U S. state and 39 countries, and there are SO NAMES Project chapters in the United States and 33 independent Quilt initiatives around the world. "1 had strongly about being with the people who are affected by the disease." Frank said "Therefore, it is important to be involved as well as be with people who have a disesase that will eventually kill them " " The Quilt ia a way to memorialise these people — once a person dies doesn't mean they don't exist anymore." L NAMES PROJECT ; AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT SEF. rr AND UNDERSTAND May 12-14,1996 lit Manorial Mates BaUraam UR^mtty of Oregon • 346-0641 Sr C3f JJi. of jJJjjJJJI » mmm _r III i *; U; Cg: j{ f 1 A 8 2 3S UkJ a • .-C<Nn in [h NAMES Project. f AIDS' (f\) Memorial Quilt Calendar of Events Wednenday, May 15th, 1996 What i Stopping Us Non A lawk at Racism, HJV'/A/DSPrevention and Activism, A Panel Discussion Facilitated by Michelle Maher, Health Education Program, Student Health Center 6-00-8:00 p m., Ben Under Room, EMU Monday, May 20th, 1996 Hum Deep Within the WetL African-American Women with AIDS in Prison l>r Nina Wright, Professor, Syracuse University 7rOO-9:(X) p.m , Gcriinger Lounge Wednesday, May 22nd. 1996 Hot and Healthy Safer Sex for Women Educational Workshop Uttle Apple Productions 6:00*8:00 pm. Ben Under Room. EMU Sunday, June 2nd, 1996 Ups Together, Teeth Apart UO lheater Production Benefit show for xxx 7 CK) p m , Robinson Theater, UO Campus Call Jumper «| yuMtSii far ncken