Heather Cox Richardson and 250 to 250: AIDS Memorial Quilt, Narrated by Cleve Jones
Cleve Jones is a human rights advocate, author, and lecturer who joined the gay liberation movement in 1972, co-founded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation in 1983, and founded the AIDS Memorial Quilt—one of the world’s largest community arts projects—in 1987.
In 1981, people learned about a new disease called HIV/AIDS.
- By 1985, many people were sick or had died from the disease.
- People were afraid of HIV/AIDS.
- Many people treated those with HIV/AIDS unfairly.
- The government did not act quickly to help.
Friends and families created the AIDS Quilt to remember people who died.
- The quilt is made of thousands of cloth panels.
- The AIDS Quilt became the world's largest community art project.
- The quilt traveled across the United States and other countries.
- It helped people learn about HIV/AIDS.
- It encouraged support for research, treatment, and care.
- Millions of people around the world have died from AIDS.
HIV/AIDS is still not completely gone.
- People continue to work for a vaccine and a cure.
- The fight against AIDS brings people together to build a healthier and more just world.
POP Interview and Quiz:
N-400 Part 9:7.g. Have you ever caused harm or suffering to any person because of their race, religion, national origin, membership in a particular group, or political opinion?USCIS 100:55. What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?USCIS 128:124. The Nation’s first motto was “E Pluribus Unum.” What does that mean?
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