The AIDS Memorial Quilt Comes to the City of North Miami

The City of North Miami is honored to host a panel of the AIDS Memorial Quilt for public display from Monday, June 1 – Sunday, June 7 at the Scott Galvin Community Center. As the largest community arts project in the world, the AIDS Memorial Quilt is a teaching tool to help educate people about HIV/AIDS, its continued impact today, and to remember the 700,000 U.S. lives lost in the four decades since the first cases were reported. Quilt displays help support local HIV/AIDS service organizations, LGBTQ+ centers, and raise awareness about the issues of health and social justice. Today, there are roughly 50,000 panels dedicated to more than 110,000 individuals in this epic 54-ton tapestry. The public is invited to view the AIDS Memorial Quilt anytime during the hours of 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. at the Scott Galvin Community Center, located at 1600 NE 126th Street, North Miami, FL 33181. Attendance is free and prior registration is not required. In addition to the display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, Councilman Burns is also sponsoring a special screening of the movie Philadelphia on Thursday, June 4. Philadelphia is one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to explicitly address HIV/AIDS and homophobia, and to also portray gay people in a positive light, for which Tom Hanks won Best Actor at the 66th Academy Awards. Attendance at this screening is free as well, but registration is encouraged. Interested attendees can RSVP at https://aidsquiltmovie.eventbrite.com.

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