"During the AIDS crisis, I could go and do something," says chief coordinator Gert McMullin. "But now, I can't. I'm not used to sitting around and not helping people." Gert McMullin has been with the ...

Ceremonial Unfolding of the Quilt at Historic Display Ceremonial Unfolding of the Quilt at Historic Display, June 11-12, 2022 (Credit Amy Sullivan) San Francisco, CA, June 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ...

Thirty-five years ago, Cleve Jones had an idea to memorialize lives lost to AIDS — and get the country's attention Today the AIDS Memorial Quilt, which recently returned to San Francisco after 20 ...

Today, the AIDS Memorial Quilt numbers more than 50,000 panels that honor the lives of some 105,000 people who died of AIDS. Photo by Rommel Demano/Getty Images In 1985, gay rights activist Cleve ...

The event, held in observance of World AIDS Day, will highlight both the progress made and the ongoing fight against HIV and AIDS. Nearly 50,000 panels — crafted with love, grief, and defiance — bear ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — In its entirety, the AIDS Memorial Quilt comprises nearly 50,000 three-by-six-foot panels. Sadly, it continues to grow. It is now “so large that it is never displayed in its entirety, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- The San Francisco-based National AIDS Memorial organization this week announced a 50-state AIDS Memorial Quilt virtual exhibition, which will run from Nov. 16 to March 31, ...

What started out as a final project for her eighth-grade history class turned into a “healing experience for everyone who lost someone.” Meet Madeleine Fugate, the 13-year-old who created the COVID ...

The AIDS Memorial Quilt is getting a new home and returning to the place where it was created. The famed quilt is moving from Atlanta back to San Francisco, where it will take up permanent residence.

Close to 50,000 panels that make up the AIDS Memorial Quilt are moving from Atlanta to the Bay Area. About 54 tons worth. The project began thirty-three years ago and now memorializes over 105,000 ...