Monday, February 16, 7pm, Community Stories documents the civil rights issues and health care struggle around the AIDS crisis in Seattle circa 1980.
SEATTLE — The onset of AIDS “was a health crisis, but it was also a civil rights crisis,” recalls Carol Sterling, former director of the Chicken Soup Brigade. This week, Community Stories looks back to the 1980’s and the start of the AIDS epidemic in Seattle. The history is told through the words of people–including Sterling, City Councilmember Tom Rasmussen, Seattle Gay News Editor George Bakan and AIDS Program Director/King County Bob Wood–who lived and worked on the front lines in the community.
Learn about this important history by following this link now: http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID170902.
Tune in tonight, February 16, at 7pm, SEATTLE CHANNEL, Cable 21. Community Stories is also available in a Video Podcast.
Went to the link on Sat – excellent work. Seattle Channel has an award winning piece in the can – MUST see. Be prepared with a hankie, this is the truth from people who were there in the trenches. Tom R. talking about his lover who died delivers the beauty of love and the pain of the moment in a rare totally candid glimpse. Congrats Tom, you laid it out honestly for all to see, love you for that.
Five stars for sure. An Emmy?