2008 Events
Home
December 1 - 3
OnCenter Complex
Syracuse, New York
The Central New York HIV Care Network hosted the 2008 Central New York AIDS Memorial Quilt Exhibition at the OnCenter (Onondaga County Convention Center) in Syracuse, New York from December 1 through December 3, 2008. The AIDS Memorial Quilt Exhibition afforded the community a rare opportunity to view Quilts produced by the Syracuse NAMES Project, which assists individuals, families and organizations in making Quilt panels to memorialize loved ones lost to AIDS.
The 2008 CNY AIDS Memorial Quilt Exhibition also provided a graphic reminder of the human and social cost of the HIV/AIDS epidemic by presenting 34 memorial quilts made with loving care by the Syracuse NAMES Project. More than a dozen area schools participated in tours of the exhibition. Scores of volunteers participated in fund-raising, event planning and promotion, visitor orientation, and general staffing duties. More than 40 area merchants contributed products and gift certificates for a silent auction conducted during the Opening Reception. Community leaders, including Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor, spoke with feeling at the Opening Ceremony, the Faith Leaders Ceremony and the Closing Ceremony to lend their voices in support of in-creased community awareness and response in accordance with the 2008 World AIDS Day theme, Leadership in the Fight against AIDS. Read Dr. Cantor's speech>>
On behalf of the Network, I'd like to convery our sincere thanks for the support we received from the entire Syracuse community. Your support made this notable event possible. Now that the event is behind us, we urge everyone to continue looking for ways to help promote HIV/AIDS awareness through dissemina-tion of HIV/AIDS information in the workplace, through peer-to-peer and friend-to-friend communication and support, and through any other measures that may help to replace stigma, fear and discrimination with understanding, compassion and support. The Central New York HIV Care Network and its member programs stand ready to provide information and answer questions for anyone interested in learning more about the epidemic.
Sincerely,
Stephen E. Waldron, Ph.D
Network Coordinator
|
Video (courtesy of syracuse.com) |
||
|
|
Slideshow |
Schedule of Events
| Dec. 1 | 9:00 am | Installation Ceremony |
| 5:30 pm | Opening Ceremony & Reception | |
| Silent Auction | ||
| Dec. 2 | 5:30 pm | Stop the Silence: A Gathering of Faith Leaders in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS - Program |
| Dec. 3 | 9:00 am | Quilt welcomes American Red Cross Real Heroes Breakfast guests |
| 6:00 pm | Closing Ceremony (dedication of new quilt panels) |
This event was supported by:
Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise
Central New York HIV Care Network
A program of Central New York Health Systems Agency, Inc.
5700 Commons Park Drive
East Syracuse, New York 13057
Phone (315) 472-8099
Fax (315) 472-8033