Do you know of a place in the DMV where HIV history was made? Do you know a local hero who made a significant impact on DMV HIV history but was never fully recognized for their efforts? Now is your chance to make sure they are acknowledged.
More Information About Submissions
The submission form will allow you to submit suggestions for places and people of interest to be considered for inclusion in the DMV HIV History Project.
Places to be considered will fall into one or more of these categories:
- Places where support or care was provided to people living with HIV by other people living with HIV
- Places where support or care was provided to people living with HIV by their community members
- Places where advocacy, grassroots organizing, civil disobedience or demonstrations in support of social change related to HIV happened
- Places where members of communities disproportionately impacted by HIV convened in a safe space to discuss HIV
People to be considered may be living or deceased and will fall into one of the following categories:
- People living with HIV whose advocacy and/or work contributed to the wellness of other people living with HIV during the early HIV epidemic
- Volunteers or informal workers whose advocacy and/or contributed to the wellness of people living with HIV during the early HIV epidemic
- Healthcare or social services workers whose advocacy and/or work contributed to the wellness of people living with HIV during the early HIV epidemic
- Social justice or movement leaders whose advocacy and/or work contributed to the wellness of people living with HIV during the early HIV epidemic
Contact the DMV HIV History Project at [email protected]
About the DMV HIV History Project
The DMV HIV History Project will celebrate places and people in the DMV who have made significant impact on our regional response to HIV. The project will catalogue oral history and create a series of HIV historical markers across the DMV. These markers, some of which will become permanent fixtures of the landscape, will tell the diverse stories of our region’s legacy of HIV activism, and educate the public about the movement that led to today’s Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative.
The DMV HIV History Project is a project of the Community Engagement and Education Committee (CEEC) of COHAH.