Saturday morning in Golden Gate Park, the AIDS Quilt went on display again in the city where it was created.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Thirty-five years ago, in the midst of the terrifying AIDS epidemic, three San Francisco activists created a public art piece as a means of protest. It would become known as the AIDS Memorial Quilt and, on Saturday, its anniversary was observed with the largest display of the quilt San Francisco has ever seen.
"All my friends were dying. The government did nothing," he said. "Our churches kicked us out. Our families abandoned us." "It was such a powerful symbol," Jones recalls. "Everybody told me it was the stupidest thing they ever heard of but it ended up becoming the world's largest community arts project."
"Keep in mind that happened organically. There was no internet. There was no social media. This happened word of mouth," Cunningham said."The message really is: look at what this powerful symbol did -- the largest community arts project that was started in a little room and, today, it is changing the face of the epidemic and speaking to the nation about justice."
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