The Aliveness Project

A week ago, we welcomed the AIDS Memorial Quilt home to Minnesota. Since then, our community has gathered, remembered, and stood together in the presence of panels that hold so much love and loss.

We are incredibly grateful for the gift Randy is to our community and for his willingness to share his story. It is so inspiring to hear him share the memory behind the panel he made for his partner, and how the Quilt continues to carry his partner’s legacy forward.

Every panel is a person who was loved and a life still remembered. These are the stories the Quilt holds, and why bringing it to Minnesota meant so much.

There’s still time to see it. The Quilt is on display at Queermunity through June 14, free and open to all. Come spend time with it. Bring someone you love.

To us, National HIV Long-Term Survivors Day signifies hope.
Hope that those who’ve been living with HIV will feel celebrated in all that they’ve gone through and that they’ve accomplished. HIV long term survivors symbolize all of the hard work community advocates and activists have done to ensure folks can access health care, create new medications, and reduce stigma. Take a moment and listen to Randy’s story. Life is a gift, and we are excited to celebrate and fight for it.

Thank you to Randy for allowing us to share your special story.
We appreciate, and love you for not only paving the way for us younger folks, but showing us that there is still hope even in the darkest of times.