Location: Los Angeles, California
Artists: Paul Botello, Hugo Crosthwaite, Miguel Angel Reyes, Cathy Gallegos, Alex Alferov, Yolanda Gonzales (original artist-mural was reproduced by Wick Alexander)
Founded in 1993, The Wall Las Memorias Project is a non-profit HIV / AIDS organization located in northeast Los Angeles.
Over the past thirteen years, the campaign for the AIDS Monument, Las Memorias, has become a movement for awareness and education. In order to gather support of the community, The Wall Las Memorias Project developed innovating HIV / AIDS education and awareness programs serving all segments of the community. Funded by the County of Los Angeles, California Endowment and City of Los Angeles, the agency provides HIV / AIDS education and prevention services to Latino Men (Latino Mens Group) and communities of Faith (Project Faith).
To serve as a focal point and address the issues of cultural silence in the community, the organization constructed the first publicly funded AIDS monument in the nation. The monument is located at Lincoln Park in Northeast Los Angeles and contains porcelain enamel murals depicting life with AIDS as well as gardens and the Arch of Hope. The monument received the financial support from the State of California, the city of Los Angeles and numerous corporations and foundations.
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