Event: Empowered Voices: Women Living With HIV/AIDS
Presented with The Generations Project
Saturday, September 28, 2024
Gallery:
Storyteller Clips
About the Event
On a rainy Saturday, September 28, the New York City AIDS Memorial once again welcomed the Generations Project to produce an afternoon of live storytelling, focusing on the stories of six women living with HIV/AIDS, which have been too often overlooked or marginalized throughout the epidemic. This inspiring event, emceed by drag chanteuse Castrata, was organized alongside activist Shirlene Cooper and featured members of the Visual AIDS’ Women's Empowerment Art Therapy Group, which she founded. “We have many, many stories,” says Cooper, “and I want to make sure women’s voices remain on the frontlines.”
About the Collaborators
The Generations Project was founded to cultivate an intergenerational community and preserve LGBTQ+ history through oral story-sharing. They produce and film live storytelling events and facilitate programs to foster connection and empathy across all ages, classes, and sexual and gender identities enabling the sharing and preservation of our history and telling our stories in our voices. By revitalizing the oral tradition, we create opportunities for in-person gatherings and community-building, ensuring the handing down of LGBTQ+ experiences to future generations and uplifting marginalized voices. Since 2021, the New York City AIDS Memorial and the Generations Project have collaborated on several live, storytelling events at the Memorial site, including the series REVIVAL (June-October 2021) and Meet Me On The Dance Floor (June 2022).
Support
This event is presented in collaboration with the Generations Project. Storytelling and other community programming at the New York City AIDS Memorial is generously supported by the Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation.
Photography: Alexander Sargent