"Teacher With AIDS Virus Invited to Clinton Inaugural"

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"Teacher With AIDS Virus Invited to Clinton Inaugural"

United Press International (12/29/92)

Abstract: Worcester, Mass.--An HIV-positive teacher will speak about compassion for AIDS patients at President-elect Bill Clinton's inauguration on Jan. 18. Michael Quercio, a teacher at the Worcester Academy in Massachusetts, was selected to join 53 Americans in offering their personal experiences at an inaugural event entitled, "Faces of Hope." Quercio met Clinton in October at a fund-raiser and said that Clinton showed understanding and compassion for people affected by the disease. At the academy, Quercio works to educate high school students about AIDS. He tells them to "leave their brains at the door and bring their hearts to class." Quercio will discuss what it is like to live with HIV infection at the inaugural event. "I want to bring more anecdotal experience of friends I've lost and people I know living with AIDS." Quercio said he will not talk about government policy or statistics, but will focus on people and life. "People need to stop the judgment of people living with AIDS," he said. "To be considered as a 'face of hope' in this country is a tremendous honor and a feeling of tremendous responsibility. All I want to do is bring home the message of people living with it," Quercio added.

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