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Every October for the past six years, a large quilt has been displayed in the main foyer of Pacific University’s library.
The quilt is composed of a patchwork of names and images that appear to be a collage rather than a single piece of art. But despite the seeming disorder of panels, the Pacific quilt is just one of many throughout the world that are collectively working toward the common goal of AIDS awareness.
Cleve Jones, founder of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, visited the Forest Grove campus Oct. 26 to speak about his life, AIDS awareness and the fight for full equality among the Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) community.
Jones said he became a political activist through the encouragement of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California and the subject of the 2008 Hollywood film “Milk,” featuring leading man Sean Penn.
After moving from Phoenix, Ariz., to San Francisco, Calif., Jones was urged by Milk to study political science at San Francisco State University and became an intern in Milk’s office.
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