{"id":56018,"date":"2017-08-04T16:02:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-community-briefing-first-look-at-the-wall-las-memorias-project-aids-monument-renovation-project-renderings\/"},"modified":"2017-08-04T16:04:14","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T20:04:14","slug":"reunion-informativa-comunitaria-y-primer-vistazo-al-proyecto-de-renovacion-del-monumento-al-sida-the-wall-las-memorias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/reunion-informativa-comunitaria-y-primer-vistazo-al-proyecto-de-renovacion-del-monumento-al-sida-the-wall-las-memorias\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Briefing &amp; First Look at The Wall Las Memorias Project AIDS Monument Renovation Project Renderings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">LOS ANGELES<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Aug. 4, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Well over fifty community members turned out on Thursday night for an update on the new architectural and landscape redesign of The Wall Las Memorias AIDS Monument in Lincoln Heights, <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/542368\/Wall_LasMemoriasProject.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/542368\/Wall_LasMemoriasProject.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The Wall Las Memorias Project was founded in 1993 with the intent to build an AIDS monument to address cultural stigma around the epidemic and to support HIV prevention services in the Latino community of <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles County<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>Through the grassroots efforts led by the staff and volunteer support of The Wall Las Memorias Project under the leadership of <span class=\"xn-person\">Richard Zaldivar<\/span>, the organization dedicated the monument in 2004.\u00a0 Today the organization provides programs and services including HIV testing to the Men-who-have-Sex-with-Men (MSM) and Transgender community, substance abuse prevention, mental health prevention to LGBTQ transitioning-age youth, and provides health and wellness education to the Latino faith-based community. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Wall Las Memorias AIDS Monument has been a source for healing, spiritual growth and community engagement&#8221;, stated Rev. <span class=\"xn-person\">Kathy Cooper Ledesma<\/span>, past board member and Pastor of the Hollywood United Methodist Church. <\/p>\n<p>The monument contains eight wall panels of which six contain painted murals depicting life with AIDS in the community and two panels for names of people who died from AIDS. <\/p>\n<p>The renovation project is funded through the efforts of <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles County<\/span> Supervisor <span class=\"xn-person\">Hilda Solis<\/span>. Funding will financially support new landscaping, LED lighting, and new pedestrian pathways that will provide an intimate setting for reflection and historical educational milestones. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was my dream to construct an AIDS Monument with beauty and serenity, and one that is engaging for all of our people,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Richard Zaldivar<\/span>, executive director and founder of The Wall Las Memorias Project. \u00a0&#8220;Those of us who lost our loved ones to this epidemic deserve the most beautiful setting as possible and this project will accomplish that,&#8221; Zaldivar further stated. <\/p>\n<p>Following tonight&#8217;s meeting additional architectural renderings will be completed with a projected construction date of <span class=\"xn-chron\">January 2018<\/span>. The dedication of the refurbished monument is slated for the summer of 2018. <\/p>\n<p>For more information visit our website: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thewalllasmemorias.org\/renovation_project\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.thewalllasmemorias.org\/renovation_project<\/a>\u00a0or call (323) 257-1056. <\/p>\n<p><b>CONTACT:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/><\/b><b>Andres Maga\u00f1a<br \/><\/b><b>(323) 257-1056 Ext. 28<br \/><\/b><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:Andres.Magana@twlmp.org\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Andres.Magana@twlmp.org<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  The Wall Las Memorias Project<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">LOS ANGELES<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Aug. 4, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Well over fifty community members turned out on Thursday night for an update on the new architectural and landscape redesign of The Wall Las Memorias AIDS Monument in Lincoln Heights, <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/542368\/Wall_LasMemoriasProject.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/542368\/Wall_LasMemoriasProject.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The Wall&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interes-humano"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}