Description
A gift of gratitude to a visionary leader for equity, healing,
remembrance and change. One blue marble for Cleve Jones, human rights
activist, who transformed the simple act of quilting into a epic
expression of grief and love for countless lives lost. He conceived of
the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, which has become, at 54 tons, the
world's largest piece of community folk art as of 2016. He conceived the
NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, which has become, at 54 tons, the
world's largest piece of community folk art as of 2016. In 1983, at the
onset of the AIDS pandemic, Jones co-founded the San Francisco AIDS
Foundation, which has grown into one of the largest and most influential
AIDS advocacy organizations in the United States. Thanks to technology,
you can now explore the 28,000 panels by searching for a name of a
friend or loved one with the National AIDS Memorial Virtual Quilt. https://www.aidsmemorial.org/interactive-aids-quilt