The All Souls Unitarian Church’s AIDS Task Force

Estab­lished by the Rev. For­rester Church of the All Souls
Uni­tar­ian Church on Sep­tem­ber 29, 1985.
Formed only four years after the Cen­ter for Dis­ease Con­trol issued clin­i­cal evi­dence of a new dis­ease, now known as AIDS. It was the first faith-based AIDS task force in Man­hat­tan.
The first major action of All Souls’ AIDS Task Force was a pub­lic edu­ca­tion cam­paign in which 10,000 plac­ards were placed in this city’s buses and sub­ways.
The graphic designed by Robert Merola, was used on large ban­ners and lapel pins and helped pro­mote and raise funds for the organization.