SFO MuseumFeb 26

In 2003, the NAMES Project initiated “Call My Name” to reflect the changing dynamic of the AIDS epidemic and its disproportionate impact on people of color. Through focused panel making and displays, “Call My Name” raises awareness of the negative effects that stigma and prejudice have on prevention and treatment. In 2004, AIDS-related illnesses were the leading cause of death for African American women between the ages of twenty-five and thirty-four.

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While modern medicine has drastically slowed death rates, in 2021, Black gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States faced a 1-in-3 lifetime risk of acquiring HIV. The following year, Latinx gay, bisexual, and other MSM accounted for more new HIV infections than in any other ethnic group in the country. That summer, the National AIDS Memorial and Southern AIDS Coalition launched “Change the Pattern,” a tour of Quilt panels that honored Black and Brown lives.
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"The AIDS Memorial Quilt" is on display, pre-security, in the Mayor Edwin M. Lee International Terminal Departures Hall and online at: https://bit.ly/AIDSQuiltSFO

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