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.
A clipping of a scan of the November 3, 1995 Selma Times newspaper with an advertisement for a class to teach interested parties how to deal with AIDS in a Christian manner. U
A clipping of the Montgomery Advertiser announcing a Festival of Saint Luke church service at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church that was going to focus on HIV/AIDS prayers.
A letter from the Rev. Malcolm Marler at the 1917 AIDS Clinic to the Rev. Marge Ragona at the Covenant Metropolitan Community Church telling her about an Interfaith AIDS church service at Woodlawn United Methodist Church.
A letter from the Rev. Malcolm Marler at the 1917 AIDS Clinic to Deby Wright, paster at the Covenant Metropolitan Community Church in Birmingham, Alabama. He is inviting her to the Friday Morning Grace program at the clinic and detailing out the planned schedule for the class. He also explains how she can make reservations to attend. There is a personal note at the bottom from Malcolm offering prayers for the death of a man named Cliff.
A black and white digitization of a photo from a 1992 issue of the Birmingham Post Herald of AIDS volunteer and activist Frank Romanowicz in front of the Agape House.
A clipping of a digital scan of the Montgomery Advertiser about an ACT UP protest in Nutley, New Jersey in February 1993. Activists blocked a street in front of the pharmaceutical company Hoffman-La Roche.
The front and back of an informational brochure for the AIDS Care Teams from the 1917 AIDS Clinic at UAB and the AIDS Education and Ministry Project at UAB. It gives an overview of how the program works and where to get training to volunteer with the program.
An article about AIDS Caregiving Workshops in the Montgomery Advertiser. It focuses on Malcolm Marler and the programs he ran through the 1917 AIDS Clinic at UAB.
A full page ad in the 1991 Birmingham Post Herald for the charity A Baby's Place in Alabama, explaining their purpose and how AIDS can affect babies and small children.
A chart of the AIDS statistics in Alabama from a 1994 edition of the Decatur Daily. The numbers were sourced from HIV-AIDS Division, Alabama Department of Public Health.
