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...quilt includes contributions from Romania, Uganda, Taiwan, South Africa, Guatemala and Holland. The tours and other fundraising efforts have raised $3.2 million for direct services of those affected by the disease. The styles of the panels vary greatly. Some commemorate parents and children—such as activist Elizabeth Glaser and her daughter Ariel—while others celebrate the famed—including Arthur Ashe, Perry Ellis, Eazy E, Keith Haring, Michel Foucault, Rudolf Nureyev and author Arnold Lobel...
Between three white columns hang a handful of panels that depict life stories through words, images, objects. There’s the story of Larry Dahl, gay activist, music lover and father; Dr. Woody Mosely, a Major in the U.S. army; Steven J. DuBois, who loved Disney World—and whose nephew loved him, as a note attached to the quilt testifies; and Pedro Zamora, the young man who brought HIV/AIDS awareness to the youth of America...
...Take My Advice is his sense of balance regarding the past, and his willingness—especially manifested through his cutting-edge scientific research—to “live in the now” after drawing what lessons he can from bygone years. This balance is what activist John Zerzan lacks in his contribution, which rails against “the cancer-like domination of technology” and ends with a revolutionary invitation to “come alive and fight...
Nishit Saran ’98, an award-winning filmmaker, gay rights activist and essayist in his native India, died last Wednesday after a car accident in New Delhi...
Kaplan, an AIDS activist since high school, encouraged others “who weren’t driven by personal experiences” to join her in the fight against HIV-AIDS. Other students from local universities including Brandeis, Tufts, Boston University, Boston College and Mount Holyoke joined those from as far away as the University of Maryland...