"This happened in Alabama": Malcolm Marler speaking about AIDS Care Teams
AIDS (Disease)
HIV (Viruses)
AIDS (Disease)--History
AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects
HIV-positive persons--Care
HIV infections--Religious aspects
HIV infections--Religious aspects--Christianity
The Reverend Malcolm Marler talks about the establishment of AIDS Care Teams (also called AIDS Support Teams) and the training associated with it in the mid-1990s in Birmingham, Alabama. This was an expansion his counseling work at the 1917 AIDS Clinic. He also talks about how personalization and education were key to overcoming the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS.
Morgon Newquist
University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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Malcolm Marler speaks about the founding of the 1917 Clinic
University of Alabama at Birmingham. 1917 Clinic
Social work with HIV-positive persons
AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Mental health
AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects--Baptists
Marler, Malcolm, 1955-
Malcolm Marler speaks about how the 1917 AIDS Clinic at UAB came about, and about how he became the chaplain for the Clinic. He also details out his personal philosophy towards the topic.