November 26, 2008

There will be a one-day display of three, 12x12-foot sections of The AIDS Memorial Quilt, part of global commemoration of World AIDS Day on December 1st.

Installation will take place at Blazer Hall, Residence Life Center, 1111 16th St. South. on the ground floor facing UAB Green at 9:15 a.m. and public viewing will be 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.  Admission is free.

Safe Zone, Student Housing & Residential Life, Student Life and SHAPE will host a display. 

The display is part of a national effort to have every section of The Quilt on display this World AIDS Day in the hopes of raising awareness and saving lives. World AIDS Day is the ideal time to remind the community that HIV/AIDS still poses a lethal threat and a display of The AIDS Memorial Quilt is a vivid and poignant way to illustrate what has been lost and what is at risk. With more than 47,000 handmade panels created in memory of nearly 90,000 individuals lost to HIV/AIDS, The Quilt is the largest, on-going, piece of community folk art project in the world. The NAMES Project Foundation is the international organization that is the custodian of The AIDS Memorial Quilt.

For more information call Debbie Morgette, Ed.S., 975-4412.