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
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on July 23, 2013
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