Pictures from World AIDS Day - Lake Worth

These were taken today in what was the largest display of the AIDS Names Project Quilt in the state. The panels were to be displayed outside, but the threatening weather all day necessitated the move indoors. A good move it was too as many who passed through the sanctuary at Calvary First United Methodist Church commented that it looked as if the church was filled with the spirits of those represented on the panels. Eric Miller, Co-Chair of the Names Project South Florida Chapter spoke at the candlelight vigil. Along with Scott Fox, Executive Director of Compass, Eric presented a panel dedicated to the late Micheal Brown who was murdered earlier this year. Micheal Brown served on the board of directors for the South Florida chapter of the NAMES Project, bringing the AIDS Memorial Quilt to distant locations such as South Africa, in addition to cities all over the United States. He is the only person known to be memorialized with a panel that did not die from HIV, the virus which causes AIDS.

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