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World AIDS day events are planned to remember
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n Dec. 1,1994, nearly 186 countries
around the world will commemorate
World AIDS Day. Here in Oregon
and Washington, a variety of events
are scheduled to help draw attention
to the continuing pandemic, and the
pand worldwide efforts to slow the spread of HIV
infection.
The NAMES Project Portland Chapter will
host an event with presentations of new panels for
the AIDS Memorial Quilt. This will be an oppor
tunity to gather with friends in observance of
World AIDS Day.
New panel check-in begins at 6 pm in the lobby
of the State Health Division Building at 800 NE
Oregon St. Local musicians will be on hand to
entertain during the check-in process. At 7:30 pm,
Claudia Webster of the State Health Division will
give an introduction, fol
lowed by new panel pre
sentations and the read
ing of names. Four 12
foot by 12 foot panels
from the AIDS Memo
rial Quilt will be on dis
play.
The quilt began in San
Francisco as one man’s response to the AIDS
epidemic. Motivated by the tragedy of so many
deaths, Cleve Jones searched for a way to demon
strate for others the enormous loss and frustration
affecting him and so many of his friends.
In June of 1987, Jones spray-painted his friend’s
name, Marvin Feldman, onto a piece of cloth
approximately the size of a grave. Friends, ac
quaintances and strangers joined the effort by
making panels of their own. Today the quilt incor
porates 27,730 panels, each 3 feet by 6 feet, from
all 50 states and 29 foreign countries.
The NAMES Project displays sections of the
quilt to encourage viewers to better understand
and respond to the AIDS pandemic. The quilt
provides a positive means of expressing the feel
ings attendant on the loss of a loved one. It also
offers a means to raise vital funds for people living
with HIV and AIDS.
World AIDS Day will also be marked this year
by a candlelight vigil in Vancouver, Wash. The
O
theme of this year’s vigil is “AIDS and the Fam
ily,” reflecting the effect of the disease on every
one it touches. The program will involve speakers
from the community, including persons living
with or affected by HIV. Music, poetry, teen
need
to ex
theater,
a slide and music presentation, and vari
ous spiritually motivated rituals will accompany
the candlelight ceremony.
Beginning at 7 pm on Dec. 1, the vigil will be
held at the First United Methodist Church, 401 E
33rd St., in Vancouver. The program is wheel
chair accessible and will be interpreted for the
hearing impaired.
The event is cosponsored by the Southwest
Washington Health District, the Southwest Wash
ington Consortium on HIV/AIDS, Life Force/
People with Aids Coalition of Clark County, and
the Greater Vancouver Interfaith Association. Thi s
is the fourth year that a
vigil has been held in
Vancouver to acknowl
edge this day.
A candlelight worship
service, “Hand in Hand
for AIDS: An Interfaith
C o n n e c tio n ,” is also
planned. The service is
held to remember those who have died, to honor
those who live with HIV/AIDS and their
caregivers, and to rededicate efforts to the struggle
to help those who are infected with the virus. The
event is sponsored by the regional AIDS Inter
faith Network and the NAMES Project of Port
land.
This event will take place simultaneously in
14 locations throughout Oregon and Washington.
A 12 foot by 12 foot section of the AIDS Memo
rial Quilt will be on display at each of the loca
tions. Portland sites will be St. James Lutheran
Church, 1315 SW Park Ave., and Congregation
Neveh Shalom, 2900 SW Peaceful Lane. Churches
in Coes Bay, The Dalles, Salem, Eugene, Leba
non, Wilsonville and Estacada will be among
those holding ceremonies around Oregon.
If HIV/AIDS has touched your life, or that of
a friend or relative, you are invited to join others
who care at these events to commemorate World
AIDS Day.
Today the quilt
incorporates 27,730 panels,
each 3 feet by 6 feet, from
all 50 states and 29 foreign
countries.