New York City Night People
1667
Names on Quilt Block: Steven Cohn, Jason Cohen, Henry Winslow, Steve Rubell, Julio Morales, Kenny Webb, Jim Leys, Bobby Wilson, and Sy Lechter
Albany Medical Center
1672
Names on Quilt Block: Tim Welzanuk, “Sal”, Louis Lawes, Billy Spence, Lawrence Martin, and Joseph Gary Konopski
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Albany Medical Center has been a leader in HIV/AIDS care since the 1980’s, providing services to people living with HIV/AIDS, regardless of their ability to pay. They coordinate support services for patients by working with community organizations and government agencies and offer HIV prevention and post-exposure services. Visit their website for more information.
The Albany Medical Center Specialized Care Center for Adolescents and Young Adults is represented at the 2024 Ending the Epidemic Summit and World AIDS Day as an exhibitor. Be sure to stop by and check out their table!
Albany Medical Center has been a leader in HIV/AIDS care since the 1980’s, providing services to people living with HIV/AIDS, regardless of their ability to pay. They coordinate support services for patients by working with community organizations and government agencies and offer HIV prevention and post-exposure services. Visit their website for more information.
The Albany Medical Center Specialized Care Center for Adolescents and Young Adults is represented at the 2024 Ending the Epidemic Summit and World AIDS Day as an exhibitor. Be sure to stop by and check out their table!
City University of New York, College of Technology
2038
Names on Quilt Block: Thomas J. Ryan Jr., Daisy Keys, Anna Vivian, and Jonathan Betancourt
A City Remembering – Binghamton, New York 1991
2476
Names on Quilt Block: Rondretta Billingslea, David Mark Vyverberg, Edwin Clark Holt, and Bob Bulkeley
Names on Quilt Block: Program for Children with AIDS – New York Hospital
2537
Names on Quilt Block: Ed Leighton, Diego Peña, Thomas Ramsey, Charles Lloyd Russell, and Vincent J. Cafiero
Gay Men's Health Crisis - Buddy Team
2609
Names on Quilt Block: William A. Creger, William E. Howard II., Tom Horan, John Pietrofere Jr., Richard "Rick" Simmons, and Ted Haughton
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The Gay Men’s Health Crisis was first started as an informal gathering of eighty men in Larry Kramer’s apartment in 1981 in response to what was at the time “gay cancer” and how to raise funds for research. A year later Nathan Frain, Larry Kramer, Larry Mass, Paul Popham, Paul Rapoport, and Edmund White officially established the Gay Men’s Health Crisis and set up an answering machine as the world’s first AIDS hotline. It received over 100 calls in the first night! By 1984 the Gay Men’s Health Crisis then published its first safe sex guidelines, “Health Sex is Great Sex”. They group continued to hold fundraising events and in 1986 held the first AIDS Walk in New York City for over 4,500 participants. In 1997 they began providing onsite HIV testing and counseling services through their Center for HIV Prevention and Education. They expanded their AIDS hotline to email in the year 2000 and continued hosting AIDS walks annually. In 2005 the AIDS Walk raised a record breaking $5.8 million. They continued expanding their service offerings and advocating in the State and Nation’s Capitols in the following years. Today they continue to provide resources and services for people living with HIV/AIDS and for prevention. For more information visit their website.
The Gay Men’s Health Crisis was first started as an informal gathering of eighty men in Larry Kramer’s apartment in 1981 in response to what was at the time “gay cancer” and how to raise funds for research. A year later Nathan Frain, Larry Kramer, Larry Mass, Paul Popham, Paul Rapoport, and Edmund White officially established the Gay Men’s Health Crisis and set up an answering machine as the world’s first AIDS hotline. It received over 100 calls in the first night! By 1984 the Gay Men’s Health Crisis then published its first safe sex guidelines, “Health Sex is Great Sex”. They group continued to hold fundraising events and in 1986 held the first AIDS Walk in New York City for over 4,500 participants. In 1997 they began providing onsite HIV testing and counseling services through their Center for HIV Prevention and Education. They expanded their AIDS hotline to email in the year 2000 and continued hosting AIDS walks annually. In 2005 the AIDS Walk raised a record breaking $5.8 million. They continued expanding their service offerings and advocating in the State and Nation’s Capitols in the following years. Today they continue to provide resources and services for people living with HIV/AIDS and for prevention. For more information visit their website.
For the Women of West 20th Street, New York City
2612
Names on Quilt Block: Bo Spitler, Michael P. Yellin, Thomas J. Bradley, Stephen P. Branch, and Tom McClay
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This quilt features a panel in honor of the women of West 20th Street, NYC. This street is home to Bayview Correctional Facility, a women’s prison located in the heart of Manhattan. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, in 1990 there were over 4,500 cases inmates with HIV/AIDS in 45 different state prisons. Within two years state and local departments of health were providing HIV testing and counseling and uncovering thousands of new cases of HIV/AIDS among inmates. In the Bayview Correctional Facility there were efforts to provide weekly HIV/AIDS education/support groups for female inmates. The groups focused on communication with family members and close contacts about risk behaviors, locating medical care, and other HIV-related information. This panel serves as a somber reminder of the women lost to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
This quilt features a panel in honor of the women of West 20th Street, NYC. This street is home to Bayview Correctional Facility, a women’s prison located in the heart of Manhattan. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, in 1990 there were over 4,500 cases inmates with HIV/AIDS in 45 different state prisons. Within two years state and local departments of health were providing HIV testing and counseling and uncovering thousands of new cases of HIV/AIDS among inmates. In the Bayview Correctional Facility there were efforts to provide weekly HIV/AIDS education/support groups for female inmates. The groups focused on communication with family members and close contacts about risk behaviors, locating medical care, and other HIV-related information. This panel serves as a somber reminder of the women lost to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Threads of Love, Upstate New York
2719
Names on Quilt Block: James Masso, Aaron Carter, Ann Snow, Christina Sheffield, Debbie Hunter, Debrah Beattie, Gerlene Smalls, Ginny Cuttaia, Johnathon Daniels, Margie Daniels, Mary Radimer, Richard Noel Robinson, Sandra Cook, Sharon Noreault, Sheri DeLarm, Sister Helen, Ti Cando, Tony Hicks, and Edward "Eddie" Higbee
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The Alliance for Positive Health (formerly the AIDS Council of Northeastern NY) is a leader in fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic and serves 15 counties in Northeastern New York. Visit their website for more information.
The Alliance for Positive Health is an exhibitor at the 2024 Ending the Epidemic and World AIDS Days. Be sure to stop by and check out their table!
Other New York Groups on the Quilt Block: Act Up Albany, Adirondack AIDS Task Force, Adirondack Medical Center, AIDS Task Force of Green County, Albany County AIDS Task Force, Albany Medical Center AIDS Program, Centro Civico Amsterdam - Upstate NY, Champlain Valley Substance Abuse, Columbia County Youth Project, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Damien Center, Elizabethtown Community Hospital, Essex Co. Nursing Service, Fulton & Montgomery AIDS Task Force, North Country HIV/AIDS Coalition, NYS AIDS Institute, Planned Parenthood, Northeastern NY, Schenectady County AIDS Task Force, Schenectady Family Health Services, Social Security Administration, SUNY Plattsburgh, Support Ministries for Persons with AIDS, Threads of Love Upstate New York, Troy-Area AIDS Coalition, Visiting Nurse Association, Wellness Network - Albany, NY, and Threads of Love Upstate New York
The Alliance for Positive Health (formerly the AIDS Council of Northeastern NY) is a leader in fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic and serves 15 counties in Northeastern New York. Visit their website for more information.
The Alliance for Positive Health is an exhibitor at the 2024 Ending the Epidemic and World AIDS Days. Be sure to stop by and check out their table!
Other New York Groups on the Quilt Block: Act Up Albany, Adirondack AIDS Task Force, Adirondack Medical Center, AIDS Task Force of Green County, Albany County AIDS Task Force, Albany Medical Center AIDS Program, Centro Civico Amsterdam - Upstate NY, Champlain Valley Substance Abuse, Columbia County Youth Project, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Damien Center, Elizabethtown Community Hospital, Essex Co. Nursing Service, Fulton & Montgomery AIDS Task Force, North Country HIV/AIDS Coalition, NYS AIDS Institute, Planned Parenthood, Northeastern NY, Schenectady County AIDS Task Force, Schenectady Family Health Services, Social Security Administration, SUNY Plattsburgh, Support Ministries for Persons with AIDS, Threads of Love Upstate New York, Troy-Area AIDS Coalition, Visiting Nurse Association, Wellness Network - Albany, NY, and Threads of Love Upstate New York
Glenville, NY
2749
Names on Quilt Block: Frank Campagna, Gerrian Scott, Blaine Schill, James Daniel Wango, and Thomas E. Perry
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Thomas E. Perry was born in Albany and was a 1975 graduate of Niskayuna High School. He attended Schenectady County Community College in 1979. He received an associate's degree in liberal arts in 1983 from Palm Beach Junior College in Boca Raton, Florida, and a bachelor's degree in marketing-interior design from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. Mr. Perry worked as a visual technician in Bloomingdale's in Boca Raton from 1984-1986. He then worked at Jordan Marsh in Pompano Beach, Florida, as a visual merchandising executive from 1986 until the spring of 1991. He was also a free- lance interior designer who designed many private homes in South Florida, including one for designer Calvin Klein. Mr. Perry had resided in South Florida area of Boca Raton and Deerfield Beach for 12 years until he returned to Glenville, New York in the summer of 1991.
Thomas E. Perry was born in Albany and was a 1975 graduate of Niskayuna High School. He attended Schenectady County Community College in 1979. He received an associate's degree in liberal arts in 1983 from Palm Beach Junior College in Boca Raton, Florida, and a bachelor's degree in marketing-interior design from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. Mr. Perry worked as a visual technician in Bloomingdale's in Boca Raton from 1984-1986. He then worked at Jordan Marsh in Pompano Beach, Florida, as a visual merchandising executive from 1986 until the spring of 1991. He was also a free- lance interior designer who designed many private homes in South Florida, including one for designer Calvin Klein. Mr. Perry had resided in South Florida area of Boca Raton and Deerfield Beach for 12 years until he returned to Glenville, New York in the summer of 1991.
Western New York AIDS Community Services
2935
Names on Quilt Block: Salvatore J. Costantino, Allen Benson, Karl C. Tillotson, Donny Sheeley, John Kenneth Church, Daniel Baross, and Reverand J. Patrick Dunlap