World AIDS Day; Moving Religious and Community Event Reveals Loss to AIDS in the Latino Community

World AIDS Day; Moving Religious and Community Event Reveals Loss to AIDS in the Latino Community

Business Wire - November 18, 1999

EAST LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 1999--The Wall/Las Memorias Project will present the sixth annual "Noche de Memorias" (Night of Memories) on World AIDS Day, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 1999, to honor and celebrate the lives of friends and family who have died of AIDS. The evening's schedule of activities will take place near or at Lincoln Park where The Wall Project will erect a monument with the names of several thousand residents of Los Angeles who have died of AIDS. The monument is expected to be completed in the coming year.

The schedule of activities for Noche de Memorias is:

-- 6 p.m. with a liturgical service at Sacred Heart Church, 2210 Sichel Street, in Lincoln Heights

-- 7 p.m. Candlelight procession to Lincoln Park

-- 7:30 p.m. Noche de las Memorias program in Lincoln Park, 3450 Mission Road

"A tremendous healing takes place when we remember and honor a loved one," said Richard Zaldivar, president and founder of The Wall/Las Memorias Project. "That is why we call this event Noche de Memorias, or Night of Memories. Tonight, we gather to share our love, our grief and our commitment to ending HIV and AIDS, not only in the Latino community, but everywhere."

The Noche de Memorias incorporates many of the religious traditions of the Latino community, including an ecumenical religious service and other expressions of spirituality and faith.

"The Noche de las Memorias is an opportunity to see ourselves as the Body of Christ," said Father Chris Rosales, a member of the Noche de Memorias planning committee and a teacher at Salesian High School. "This disease affects us all and we respond as the Church to comfort and support each other."

The Wall/Las Memorias Project is a Latino-focused organization and movement dedicated to AIDS education, emotional support and empowerment. Although one of its major goals is the construction of a memorial in Lincoln Park to honor those who have died of AIDS, its primary focus is the education and empowerment of Latino men.

CONTACT: The Wall/Las Memorias Project Richard Zaldivar/Eddie Martinez, 323/257-1056
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