Getting To Zero March To The Key West AIDS Memorial

On World AIDS Day, Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 4:30pm please join the Friends of the AIDS Memorial, city and county officials and Key West residents and friends in front of the historic Glynn Archer School on White Street. There will be a short candlelight march to the only official AIDS Memorial in the United States at White Street Pier.

World AIDS Day theme this year is: “Getting to Zero;” Zero New HIV Infections, Zero Discrimination and Zero AIDS Related Deaths. Backed by the United Nations the “Getting to Zero” campaign runs through 2015 and builds on last year’s successful World AIDS Day “Light for Rights” initiative encompassing a range of vital issues identified by key affected populations.

A brief ceremony will commence at approximately 5:00pm at the Key West AIDS Memorial. The program will include speakers, live music and the reading of names on the Memorial.

The Key West AIDS Memorial is a tribute to the people who have died of AIDS. Their names are inscribed on flat black granite monuments which are embedded in the walkway approaching White Street Pier on the Atlantic Ocean. The Memorial was dedicated 18 years ago on World AIDS Day, December 1, 1997.

It was built with private funds, and then donated to the City of Key West. At the time of dedication, 730 names were included, listed in random order. In succeeding years, additional names have been added. There are now 1,250 names engraved on the Memorial. The Key West AIDS Memorial is an official City of Key West park.

The Memorial is maintained by the Friends of the AIDS Memorial whose mission is to preserve and enhance the Key West AIDS Memorial and to ensure the dignity and respect for those whose names are engraved there.

Anyone wishing to nominate a deceased friend or relative for inclusion on the Memorial for World AIDS Day 2016, join the Friends of the AIDS Memorial, make a donation or obtain more information, please visit: KeyWestAIDS.org

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