BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:Central Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230503T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230503T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Opening Reception - Change the Pattern (CtP) National AIDS Memorial (NAM) with Bank of America DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception\nWednesday\, May 3\, 2023\n5:00 - 7:00 PM\nBank of America Tower\, 800 Capitol Street\, 12th Floor\n\n \nThe Chamber is proud to collaborate with Corporate Partner\, Bank of America\, on a very special event with the National AIDS Memorial (NAM).\n\nBank of America is a proud sponsor for the upcoming National AIDS Memorial's (NAM) Change the Pattern event and traveling exhibit taking place in Houston May 3rd thru May 7th. \n\nNAM is bringing sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt to communities throughout the Southern U.S to highlight and honor Black and Brown lives lost to HIV and AIDS as part of Change the Pattern\, a new initiative to reimagine the response to the epidemic in the region. \n\nChamber Members are invited to join Bank of America and NAM for a Change the Pattern opening reception on Wednesday\, May 3rd from 5PM to 7PM. This event is complimentary for Chamber Members courtesy of Bank of America.\nRegistration Deadline: Monday\, May 1 at 5 pmNote: Limited registrations are available for this special event. Event parking in the Bank of America garage is $8.00 if paid in advance at time of registration.\n\nABOUT NAMThe National AIDS Memorial is the steward of The AIDS Memorial Quilt\, started over 30 years ago as a way to bring attention to the AIDS crisis and honor loved ones lost to the disease. The Quilt now includes over 50K panels and honors more than 105K men\, women\, transgender and non-binary people who died from AIDS. NAM works to ensure that the lives of people who died from AIDS are not forgotten and the story of AIDS is known by future generations\, so that never again will a community be harmed because of fear\, silence\, discrimination\, or stigma.\n \nABOUT CHANGE THE PATTERNNAM is reimagining the fight to end HIV in the South as they bring the AIDS Memorial Quilt and powerful events and programming to twelve Southern states most impacted today. In the fight to end AIDS in the Southern U.S.\, the National AIDS Memorial has partnered with the Southern AIDS Coalition to bring sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt honoring Black\, Brown\, and LGBTQ+ lives lost to HIV and AIDS to communities throughout the region to raise awareness about the HIV crisis that persists today within communities of color and marginalized populations. \n\nThis traveling exhibit is underwritten by The National AIDS Memorial\, Southern AIDS Coalition and Gilead Sciences are bringing sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt to communities throughout the Southern U.S to highlight and honor Black and Brown lives lost to HIV and AIDS as part of Change the Pattern\, a new initiative to reimagine the response to the epidemic in the region.Quilt Displays Honoring Black and Brown Lives Lost to AIDS\n\nTwo quilt sections will be on display in the Bank of America building in the lobby area during the reception. In addition Bank of America is displaying other sections of the quilt in two banking center locations.\n\nThese powerful Quilt exhibitions feature more than 500 hand-stitched AIDS Quilt panels honoring Black and Brown lives lost to AIDS. Included are new\, never before seen panels made by local individuals and communities.\n\nLearn more about Change the Pattern at https://www.changethepattern.org/.By registering and/or attending a Greater Houston LGBT Chamber of Commerce program or event\, you agree to Chamber's Terms of Use & Policies available online at https://www.houstonlgbtchamber.com/terms-of-use-policies/. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
ABOUT CHANGE THE PATTERN
Learn more about Change the Pattern at https://www.changethepattern.org/.
By registering and/or attending a Greater Houston LGBT Chamber of Commerce program or event\, you agree to Chamber'\;s Terms of Use &\; Policies available online at https://www.houstonlgbtchamber.com/terms-of-use-policies/.
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