AIDS in East Central Illinois: The Response and Those Lost
- Event Type
- Lecture
- Sponsor
- Greater Community AIDS Project of East Central Illinois, the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District, Uniting Pride of Champaign County, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Urbana Champaign, and the Spurlock Museum of World Cultures
- Location
- Spurlock Museum
- Date
- Jun 11, 2022 1:30 pm
- Contact
- Spurlock Museum
- spurlock-museum@illinois.edu
- Views
- 19
- Originating Calendar
- Campus Humanities Calendar
In conjunction with the exhibit Sewn in Memory: AIDS Quilt Panels from Central Illinois, this presentation explores the AIDS crisis in the Champaign-Urbana Area. Experts will share some history from the local LGBTQ+ community, the first responses to the AIDS pandemic, the mobilization of public health, and the current local challenges with HIV/AIDS. There will be a screening of some oral histories with people at the front line of the crisis, produced by Illinois Public Media. Speakers include Jerry Carden, co-founder of GCAP; Mike Benner, current Executive Director of GCAP; and Julie Pryde, Public Health Administrator, Champaign-Urbana Public Health District.