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Your donation will help us continue turning lessons from the HIV/AIDS movement into action by leveraging our powerful history to drive liberation from stigma, discrimination, and othering.

AIDS Memorial Quilt blocks featured in the National AIDS Memorial Grove.

The AIDS Memorial Quilt

Three decades ago, our nation was in a struggle to combat two diseases impacting society. One is rooted in public health and the other is rooted in prejudice, discrimination, and injustice.

During the darkest days of the AIDS epidemic, a community came together to create the Quilt. Its activist beginnings remain a powerful teaching tool for health equity, social justice, and hope for the future.

The AIDS Memorial Quilt continues to comfort our nation as a symbol of hope, but also a poignant reminder of how we can change hearts and minds through action and love.

Historic AIDS Memorial Quilt Display - First Time Inside the White House

This year's World AIDS Day was a historic one! On December 1, President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden hosted AIDS survivors, advocates, and family members who lost loved ones to HIV/AIDS for a large display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt at the White House, the first time it has been displayed there.

Watch the historic moment here:

Above: President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden at December 1 Quilt Display on the South Lawn of the White House

Quilt Legacy + Impact. Your Support at Work

50,000 Panels - The AIDS Memorial Quilt is the largest community folk art project in the world and has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
- The Quilt includes panels from every U.S. state, most U.S. territories, and 50 countries
- 110,000 individual names sewn in the Quilt
- A 54 Ton Tapestry - current weight of Quilt

Community Display Program - The Quilt travels to more than 500 communities, directly touching an estimated 1.5 million people.
- More than 20 million people have viewed its panels at thousands of displays over the past 37 years

Change the Pattern (formerly named Call My Name Program) - Ensures the stories of Black and Latinx lives lost to HIV/AIDS are honored with panels on the AIDS Memorial Quilt. Through the making and display of panels this powerful program is helping ensure the Quilt reflects the epidemic’s impact within marginalized and communities of color.

24 Quilt Repair Workshops - We offer 24 Quilt repair workshops in San Francisco and the East Bay

Library of Congress - Over 200,000 archival materials + ephemera (includes letters, photographs, memorabilia) all archived at the LOC’s American Folklife Center.

AIDS Memorial Quilt display in Washington, D.C.

Support the AIDS Memorial Quilt and help ensure the care and protection of all 50,000 panels dedicated to the memory of loved ones lost to AIDS.

By National AIDS Memorial

Support the AIDS Memorial Quilt and help ensure the care and protection of all 50,000 panels dedicated to the memory of loved ones lost to AIDS.

The AIDS Memorial Quilt, considered the largest community folk arts project in the world, with more than 110,000 names stitched into its 54 tons of fabric, connects the history of the AIDS pandemic to the ongoing fight against stigma and prejudice.