Steve.Pershing@asuvax.asu.edu (Steve Pershing) (05/31/89)
The following item is from Warren Cox, a user on the Questor
Project CBIS in Vancouver, BC, Canada:
6TH ANNUAL
INTERNATIONAL AIDS CANDLELIGHT MEMORIAL
VANCOUVER, B.C.
CANADA
The 6th Annual International Aids Candlelight Memorial was
held at Alexander Park in Vancouver, B.C. tonight May 28, 1989,
and was well attended from the community.
Gordon Price, Alderman from The City of Vancouver brought
his personal greetings and tributes for us all to hear.
Greetings were also read on behalf of Sven Robinson, Member
of Parliament for Burnaby South.
Warren Jensen from Persons With Aids Society, delivered his
own personal remembrance of Kevin Brown. Kevin Brown was a very
outspoken advocate of The PWA Society and in specifically People
with Aids. Kevin recently passed away after a long and
courageous battle with the Aids virus. Kevin and all the persons
that have passed away with Aids will be remembered and missed
from all our lives.
Several individual speakers came to the mike and shared
their own personal grief and allowed the healing to start for us
all. People, straight, gay, mothers, lovers, and friends all
there for one purpose, to remember someone they have lost or are
about to lose. All with faith that there will be a cure for
this dreaded disease that is sweeping our world.
A presentation of The Canadian Quilt Project and a showing
of eight panels being sent to Halifax to join the tour to
represent B.C. and eventually arrive in Vancouver on July 13,
1989.
Closing remarks and everyone singing The Sufi Song led by
Donald Scanlon to end the evening.
I am a circle, I am healing you.
You are a circle, You are healing me.
Unite us, we are one. Unite us, we are one.
This memorial was funded by the Vancouver Persons With Aids
Society and Aids Vancouver.
Correspondent Warren Cox
Vancouver, B.C.
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