PHOTOS: RVA Remembers

Yesterday marked 2011 World AIDS Day. To commemorate the event, the Fan Free Clinic sponsored a unique event downtown in which 400 red umbrellas were opened in symbolic memory of those who have died from the disease.

December 2, 2011; 10:13 AM • by Patience Salgado

December 1st is World AIDS Day. To commemorate this year’s event, the Fan Free Clinic sponsored RVA Remembers. At 12 o’clock, 400 red umbrellas opened simultaneously to symbolize a recommitment to education, prevention, and hope in the battle against HIV / AIDS.

The event also recognized those living with HIV / AIDS today, the friends and family that have died… and those that will die.

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Patience Salgado

December 2, 2011 10:13 AM 4

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  1. Lianna on said:

    These are beautiful, great job!

  2. Michael on said:

    This was such a moving experience, and you’ve captured it beautifully. Thank you so much!

  3. pw on said:

    I so miss my friend Edwin Wray. I wish I had known about this event. I would have been there, holding a red umbrella, thinking of him.

  4. Rebecca Minton on said:

    I am so thankful to have participated in such a moving and emotional event. I sensed so much love while I was there…I’ll never forget it.

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