NAMES Project Northern New England
Civic & Social Organization - Salem, New Hampshire, United States
NAMES Project Northern New England Employees
NAMES Project Northern New England Details
We are the NAMES Project Northern New England and we are one of the chapters of the NAMES Project Foundation. The overarching goal of The NAMES Project Foundation is to facilitate maximum exposure of The Quilt by forming partnerships to increase community display and panel making opportunities. Through targeted initiatives that encompass a broad spectrum of community level partners, The AIDS Memorial Quilt reaches populations most at-risk for HIV infection and provides factual, culturally compatible information in order to: assist individuals in making informed, responsible life choices; and encourage individuals and groups to respond to the pandemic with compassion and resolve. Through The Quilt, The NAMES Project Foundation unites social groups, crossing the barriers of age, race, social class, culture and sexual orientation.Displays are the backbone of The Quilt's work. Sections of The AIDS Memorial Quilt are continuously on display across the country in schools, churches, synagogues, community centers and a variety of other institutional settings. The Quilt is used as a companion to HIV/AIDS education programs in schools, colleges and other community forums.The NAMES Project, chapters and volunteers all work together to maximize The Quilt's potential to humanize, memorialize, educate and advocate through community-based displays. All donations received at locally hosted Quilt displays go directly to fund local AIDS service organizations, raising over $4.2 million to date.Data collected at Quilt displays reveals that the experience is indeed so powerful that a majority of viewers are motivated to seek further information about HIV and AIDS after seeing The Quilt – between 80-90% seek information on HIV transmission facts and prevention after viewing The Quilt. This is a remarkable achievement for one single health education resource tool.
