AIDS Walk - History

History

On July 28, 1985, AIDS Project Los Angeles held the world's first AIDS Walk. Its organizers hoped to raise $100,000, that day, but a tide of 4,500 walkers rolled forward from the starting point at Paramount Studios, bringing in $673,000.

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