Were you around during the era of GRID and ACT UP? Did you lose friends or family? Then the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) and the Windy City Times want to hear your account of that time. We are teaming up to produce a nine-month series called AIDS @ 30 to recognize the 30th year of AIDS in America, remember the early days of the epidemic, honor those we lost, and celebrate long-term survivors.
AIDS @ 30 will draw from more than two decades of photographs and articles from the Windy City Times and other Chicago publications, but we need your stories to give this project real life. The weekly features will run in the Windy City Times from April through December, tracing the epidemic’s history from the early 1980’s. The series will feature profiles of local advocates, organizations, those lost to AIDS, and uncover personal stories of family members, friends and people who have lived with AIDS for 20 years or more.
Is there a particular person, organization or story you think needs to be highlighted in AIDS @ 30? If so, please contribute your story ideas!
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