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HIV/AIDS Timeline
1989
This year's AIDS News from the New York Times 
December 1. World AIDS Day Theme: "Our Lives, Our World - Let's Take Care of Each Other "
Ecumenical
The National Council of Church's AIDS Task Force disbands after the death of Chris Cowap, NCCC staff responsible for the group, a cut in funding, and other changes in the configuration of the group. The AIDS National Interfaith Network (ANIN) continues.
Pernessa Seele, a member of St. Mark's United Methodist Church in New York City, organizes the first Harlem Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS .
United Methodist
The Covenant to Care Program is established.
Health and Welfare Ministries, GBGM, publishes a 32-page booklet AIDS Information and Resources for the Black Community.
The Interagency AIDS Task Force meets four times during the 1989-92 quadrennium.
January. The HIV/AIDS Ministries Network publishes its first two Focus Papers, one on "Global AIDS" and the other about "God's Love We Deliver," a food delivery program founded by Ganga Stone of New York City.
February. The HIV/AIDS Ministries Network publishes Focus Paper #3 AIDS Ministries and The United Methodist Church by Claudia L. Webster
March. The HIV/AIDS Ministries Network publishes Focus Paper #4 Living with AIDS: A Personal Journey by Terry Boyd.
March. The HIV/AIDS Ministries Network publishes Focus Paper #4 Living with AIDS: A Personal Journey by Terry Boyd.
April. The HIV/AIDS Ministries Network publishes Focus Paper #5.
May. The HIV/AIDS Ministries Network publishes Focus Paper #6 AIDS: A Covenant to Care by Cathie Lyons.
June. The HIV/AIDS Ministries Network publishes Focus Paper #7 Spiritual Live Retreats Enrich AIDS Ministries by Marie Wright-Self
July. The HIV/AIDS Ministries Network publishes Focus Paper #8 Introduction to AIDS Caregiving.
September. The HIV/AIDS Ministries Network publishes Focus Paper #9 on the Center for Disease Control's National AIDS Information Clearinghouse.
November. The HIV/AIDS Ministries Network publishes Focus Paper #10 Threads of Love: A Tapestry of Remembrance: The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt by Cathie Lyons.
This timeline has been prepared by Nancy A. Carter from GBGM resources, her personal archives, the New York Times, the CDC, UNAIDS and other sources. Please send additions and corrections to her at ncarter@gbgm-umc.org.
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