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HIV/AIDS Timeline

1993

This year's AIDS News from the New York Times

December 1. World AIDS Day Theme: "Time to Act "

Ecumenical

March 14th, 1993 Representatives of AIDS National Interfaith Network (ANIN), National Episcopal AIDS Coalition (NEAC), Disciples of Christ AIDS Network, Lutheran AIDS Network (LANET) and United Methodist HIV/AIDS Ministries Network travel through an East Coast blizzard which results in a foot of snow for the first meeting of what will become the Council of NATIONAL RELIGIOUS AIDS NETWORKS. ANIN executive director Ken South explains to the group that ANIN, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will be working in a coordinating role between and among various religious AIDS networks. Discussion concluded with agreement as to the need to increase opportunities for spirituality at the National Skills Building Conference and the need for the group to continue to work together. Present at this meeting were Scott Alexander, Unitarian Universalist Association AIDS Resources Network; Marc Blumenthal, Union of American Hebrew Congregations/ Central Conference of American Rabbi's Joint Committee on AIDS; Charles Carnahan, United Methodist HIV/AIDS Ministries Network; Rodney DeMartini, National Catholic AIDS Network; Phil Jamison, Presbyterian AIDS Network; Ted Karpf, National Episcopal AIDS Coalition; Fred Kasl, National Catholic AIDS Network; Jon Lacey, AIDS Ministry Network-Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); Holly McAlpen, National Episcopal AIDS Coalition; Joe McGinty, AIDS National Interfaith Network; A. Stephen Pieters, UFMCC AIDS Ministry; Chuck Selner, United Church AIDS/HIV Network; Ken South, AIDS National Interfaith Network; Ron Unger, Lutheran AIDS Network and Bernard Turner, guest, National Community AIDS Partnership.

November 2, 1993 During the National Skills Building Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, the group had formally named itself the Council of NATIONAL RELIGIOUS AIDS NETWORKS, upper/lower case intentional.

United Methodist

January. The HIV/AIDS Ministries Network publishes Focus Paper Focus Paper #19 Healing Ministry of the Church in the 2nd Decade of AIDS by Cathie Lyons

January. The Upper Room's January/February issue of alive now! is a special issue, "Spirituality for AIDS Ministries"

June. The HIV/AIDS Ministries Network publishes Focus Paper Focus Paper #20 "Have I Died Already or Am I Still Alive?" (story of a child with AIDS) by Cathie Lyons

June 10. Computerized AIDS Ministries (CAM), a bulletin board service (BBS) for electronic discussion opens coincidentally at the time that Prodigy begins to charge by the hour instead of a flat fee. CAM is free and offers four lines, including two free 800 ones, for people to call. A number of persons from Prodigy's AIDS discussion boards migrate to CAM. It becomes known as the "Electronic Church on the Information Superhighway."

June 21-25. An AIDS consultation is held in Harare, Zimbabwe. Representatives from West Angola, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe develop plans of action and issue a statement.

September. The HIV/AIDS Ministries Network publishes Focus Paper Focus Paper #21 Report from Berlin, Family Network Start by Charles Carnahan

November. The HIV/AIDS Ministries Network publishes Focus Paper Focus Paper #22 Pastoral Care for Those Affected by HIV with articles by Don Nations, Richard Cory, William Nunn

   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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