L&C AIDS Summit 2008
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Cleve Jones, Meet & Greet
Lewis & Clark College
Howard 245
3pm – 5pm
Come chat with Cleve Jones, noted AIDS activist and founder of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, before his keynote speech.  Cleve Jones, keynote
Lewis & Clark College
Council Chambers
7pm
Cleve Jones, founder of the NAMES Project and AIDS Memorial Quilt, pioneered the HIV/AIDS movement in the United States. Jones founded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation in 1983. His idea to visualize the number of AIDS related deaths lead to the creation of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in 1987 which introduced the AIDS epidemic to mainstream America. The AIDS Memorial Quilt is currently the largest community arts project, commemorating the lives of over 80,000 Americans killed by AIDS. Cleve Jones has met with many distinguished heads of states, including President Bush, President Clinton and Nelson Mandela, as well as participated in many national and international AIDS research projects and conferences. In 2000, Jones
published his book “Stitching a Revolution” about the AIDS Memorial Quilt and the AIDS revolution in America and is currently working as a consultant on the Gus Van Sant film, "MILK," currently vin production in San Francisco, with Sean Penn as Harvey Milk, James Franco as Harvey's partner Scott Smith and Emile Hirsch as himself.
Cleve Jones, homepage  AIDS Memorial Quilt Display
Templeton Student Center
Council Chamber Foyer
A portion of the AIDS Memorial Quilt will be on display at Lewis & Clark College from 11am to 10pm March 4-6. Please stop by to see this historic Quilt and honor those who have lost their lives to AIDS.
Founded in 1987, the AIDS Memorial Quilt is the largest community arts project in the world. Each "block" of The AIDS Memorial Quilt measures approximately twelve feet square, and a typical block consists of eight individual three foot by six foot panels sewn together. There are over 40,000 colorful panels that memorialize the life of a person lost to AIDS.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
L&C Professor of Biology, Deborah Lycan
Lewis & Clark College
Miller 102
7pm - 8:30pm
Professor Lycan will lecture on the medical and biological aspects of HIV/AIDS. This lecture is designed for everyone; you do not need to have a background in biology or medicine to understand. She will talk about the basic way HIV/AIDS infects the body, what types of medicine are available to HIV/AIDS patients, the biological way in which these medications work, and the socio-economic aspects behind HIV/AIDS treatment.
A small chat
Miller 102
8:30pm
A group of L&C biology students will be meeting after Professor Lycan’s lecture to discuss current bio-medical situation surrounding the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This discussion is designed for people who know about biology and/or medicine. Please contact aweis@lclark.edu for supplementary readings.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
John Motter, HIV Stops With Me, & Maricela Berumen, Cascade AIDS Project
John Motter, spokesmodel for HIV Stops With Me, HIV Program Coordinator for Volunteer Kenya, Co-Chair of the Ryan White Planning Council, and Cascade AIDS Project's Public Policy Coordinator, will speak about his journey as an HIV positive gay man. Motter lived in Washington D.C. during the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in America, witnessing the first candlelight AIDS march on Reagan's White house and the historic display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt spread out across the mall. Additionally, Motter has spent time volunteering in rural, western Kenya.
Maricela Berumen is a client and staff at Cascade AIDS Project as well as a community health worker. She will speak about her experience working with the wonderful programs Kids Connection, which serves families affect and infected by HIV/AIDS.
Questions? contact Whitney Ellis
wellis@lclark.edu
1-925-457-5215
All events are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. A Special Thanks to Our Sponsors
L&C Student Academic Affairs Board
L&C General Allocations Board
L&C United Sexualities
L&C Office of Multicultural Affairs
L&C Department of Biology
Cascade AIDS Project
HIV Stops With Me
Brother to Brother, Portland OR
The NAMES Project Foundation, AIDS Memorial Quilt
Greater Portland Intercollegiate Queer Society, GPIQS
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