Cleve Jones

Social activist, Organization founder

1954 –

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Who is Cleve Jones?

Cleve Jones is an American AIDS and LGBT rights activist. He conceived of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt which has become, at 54 tons, the world's largest piece of community folk art as of 2009. In 1983, at the onset of the AIDS pandemic Jones co-founded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation which has grown into one of the largest and most influential People with AIDS advocacy organizations in the United States.

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Born
Oct 11, 1954
West Lafayette
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • San Francisco State University

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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