1. THE NAMES PROJECT
MEMORIAL AIDS
REMEMBRANCE, ART, AND
QUILT
EDUCATION

2. WHAT IS
THE MEMORIAL
QUILT?

3. THE IDEA

4. THE
PROBLEM
WITH DYING

5. MEMORIES
CREATED IN
PANELS
Tens of thousands of coffin-sized panels
make up the 12’ x 12’ blocks of The Quilt.
Cleve Jones made the first panel of The
Quilt, for his close friend Marvin Feldman.

6. MEMORIES
CREATED IN
PANELS
The Quilt, on display at the mall in
Washington, D.C. Its massive size makes
its message hard to ignore, which was
something Cleve Jones intended.

8. MEMORIES
CREATED IN
PANELS
A Center Square is present at every
viewing of The Quilt, for patrons to write
down any thoughts, feelings, or messages
they may have.

9. MEMORIES
CREATED IN
PANELS
Letters accompanied many of the panels
that were sent in. This person included
their message in the panel itself.

11. MEMORIES
CREATED IN
PANELS raised
Awareness was when celebrities
like Rock Hudson were honored with
panels for The Quilt

12. MEMORIES
CREATED IN
PANELS will take multiple panels
The NAMES Project
for one person. Pedro Zamora, who gained
recognition for coming out as HIV+ on MTV’s
The Real World, has 21 panels.

13. MEMORIES
CREATED IN
PANELS
Some quilts lacked last names or any
name at all. Some victims didn’t want their
families to know they’d died of AIDS or
even that they were gay, and there were
family members who didn’t want others to
know they’d had a loved one who died of
AIDS.

14. THE QUILT
AS INSPIRATION
NAMES Project Chapters and other mediums of memorial
NAMES CHAPTERS
21 NAMES chapters currently reside in the
United States, helping to collect panels,
organize viewings, and raise funds for
AIDS organizations in their communities.
BOOK OF LETTERS
The NAMES Project Book of Letters was
published in 1992, and contains the letters
that accompanies panels submitted for
The Quilt
COMMON THREADS
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
was a documentary, released in 1989. It is
a collection of profiles, depicting people
remembered on The Quilt.

15. EDUCATION
WHAT WE NEED TODAY
AMERICANS AGES 13-29 ARE EXPERIENCING A RAPID RATE OF INFECTION
Approximately 48%
of adolescents
infected with HIV are unaware they have
theHave Changed
Needs
virus. Why So High? Awareness
Although there is still a negative Facts about HIV infection and People who don’t seek out
stigma and misinformation transmission are available, testing information don’t learn anything.
surrounding AIDS in many is available, so why is this rate of Leading by example and holding
communities, it is not the new infection still so high? Have people community leaders and physicians
“mystery” disease it was in the become complacent or forgotten responsible is key.
1980s. how serious HIV is? Is it just
adolescent/young adult
“invincibility” syndrome?

16. KNOW YOUR STATUS
RAISE AWARENESS
It is important that EVERYONE help foster a
“Know Your Status” environment, for the benefit
of those within and outside of the LGBTQ
community.