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>> as person living with h.i.v., the h.i.v. vaccine childs network are significant to me. for more than 36 years, nations near and far have raised awareness of those impacted by and living with h.i.v. today, with the team of collective action sustained in the h.i.v. progress, i know that we can continue to reduce the negative impact that h.i.v. continues to have on our lives.

in additional therapies and longer options are on the horizon. preexposure works. we know post exposure works. we boldly note undeckable equals untransmittable especially for the people living with h.i.v. i mean fighting with h.i.v. as a person living with h.i.v., a new discussion is afforded around the importance and shared decision-making with your medical providers. so, today, as we share time, take moment and take in the more than 110,000 lives which are shared on these panels behind us. thank you for the artist, thank you for beautician, thank you for lawyers, thank you for

scientists, thank you for community health workers, doctors, caregivers, lovers, and maybe even future congressional members and all of the other friends that we have lost due to h.i.v. and aids. i am happy to bring up our first lady of the united states, dr. jill biden. [applause] dr. biden: daniel, thank you. not only access to health care, but with community as well. because of your work, more people know that they are not alone. so good afternoon, and welcome to the white house. [applause]

as if they can still feel the small arms of a child wrapped around their necks. and though we are strangers, we know unintelligible truths about one another, that we will spend the rest of our lives longing for a face that's gone forever. and when they left our world, they took a plight inside with them. still, we have to discover moments of grace, too. somehow, against all odds, we rise from the floor. we find a fortitude that we didn't know that we had and we reached out for help we realize

that we're not alone. and as i look at this beautiful quilt with this bright colors, the names in big blocked letters renderings of lives and loves, i see it as a mom. and i think of a mother who stitched their patchwork as a panel. not as a victim of a vicious disease but as a son that played in a high school jazz band, as a proud who grew up to proudly serve our nation in uniform. as the daughter whose favorite holiday was christmas.

and joe and i are proud to have the quilt in the south lawn for the first time ever. [applause] and it is especially meaningful to gather with you on world aids day. pay we all feel the power of this worldwide day of unity. and may we always cover each other in kindness, compassion and beauty. joe and i are honored have jeannie here with us and to join her in remembering her son, ryan white. [applause] jeannie, i know you didn't choose the life of an activist, but when ryan got sick 40 years ago, you stepped up in the fight against discrimination and

helped the world see this disease more clearly. i know that a part of you is still missing. mother to mother, thank you for your strength. so, jeannie, would you like to say a few words? [applause] >> ok. good afternoon, everybody. my name is jeannie white and i am the mother of ryan white. ryan was a smart and funny teenager who became h.i.v. infected at the age of 13. he contacted h.i.v. at the age

of 13 and from a blood transfusion. aids took him from us five and a half years later but not before he fought his way back to school taught america we needed to fight aids and not the people who have it. [applause] in 1990, however, shortly after ryan died, senator kennedy asked me if i would come to washington to explain to senators how vital it was to pass the aids bill which had been recently named after my son, called the ryan white care act. he said i was something much more powerful than a lobbyist. i was a mother. i am sure that dr. biden can relate, needless to say, i went.

i went to d.c. the first senator i met was getting off the elevator at the capitol with senator joe biden. with tears in his eyes, he told me that he had lost his child. and that the only way he had found to deal with it was through grief and with the -- through purpose. in the 34 years since, that's what i did with partnership with extraordinary community here today that has become my family. and many ways, personal grief has fueled the aids movement since the going. both republicans and democrats and congresses have supported ryan's bill. and as a result, countless lives have been saved. i'm especially grateful for president biden's tireless

leadership and all that he's done for the fight against aids. in the united states and around the world, as senator, vice president and president. [applause] that's why on behalf of my daughter and elton john and his foundation, so proud to introduce today our commander-in-chief and the fight for aids, president joe biden. [applause]

pres. biden: i told her she's my commander-in-chief. folks, she changes the world. she changed the world. jeanne, thank you for your introduction and for your courage. you did describe first time we met after your son passed away and what i saw in you then was something extraordinary. you said it best. a mom on a mission turned your plan into purpose. after all these years, looking at everything you've achieved, the lives you've touched, the country you've changed the world you've made better. you're extraordinary. it's an honor to have you with us today. love you. [applause] so the families here today, as

jill just said we know how hard it is in different ways but we know. we know. i hope you can find comfort and remembering one thing is never lost. your love for them and their love for you. jill and i along with countless others are forever grateful to you, for your collective and individual courage. and jill and i are especially grateful for the trust you put in us. so in honor of our lives to serve in your house, people's house. we felt a special honor to ensure everyone is and even the story america's heard. that's why we're all together here on this world aids day and i want to thank all of you, allies and advocates we're here including sir elton elton john's foundation and so many others from a long history of this fight, both globally and here at home. jill and i met with elton and

david this summer. and this event is no small part as a result of that. and a special thanks to one of the great special health official, a true hero, dr. anthony fauci. [applause] where is he? anthony, you're a good man. i love you. [applause] as my mother would say, god loves you, anthony. also i like to acknowledge dr. laura shever h.i.v. leader and department of health and human services who's retiring this year. she started when she was 10. take a look at her. [laughter] god, i love you. the idea of the quilt was to

continue in 1985 of clyde jones and mike smith will share with you today. mike, stand up. to honor of all those we loved in h.i.v./aids. started with one name and one panel four decades ago. and decades later, 50,000 panels and 110,000 names. this quilt weighs 54 tons. a large community art project in the entire world. and it tells the tragic stories of brothers who died too soon, moms who contracted aids to childbirth and her daughter's life stolen and her own as well. friends and partners who lost loved ones in their lives. and so many more stories of precious lives have cut too short. and i do realize that on these days of celebration, they bring back all the memories.

they're hard. it's not easy. it's important but it's not easy. so i want to thank you for being here. this quilt was first displayed on the national mall in 1987. over the years, when president clinton's inaugural parade. today for the first time in the nation's history, the second quilt event publicly displayed here at the white house because -- [applause] because like the first -- of this quilt 40 years ago, this movement is fully woven into the fabric and history of america. shine a light -- shining a light on the memory and the legacy of all sisters and brothers, sons and daughter, husbands and wives, moms and dads, partners and friends who have lost, that have lost to this terrible disease. together, we honor the spirit of resilience and the extraordinary strength of people, families,

and community, affected by h.i.v./aids, including nearly 40 million people living with h.i.v. around the world. 40 million. and we send a clear message to the nation and to the world that we stand united in the fight against this epidemic. it matters. it matters we reinstate that. i remember a senator when this epidemic was raging, the stigma of misinformation, the government, acknowledging the dignity of lgbtq+ lives and the serious of the epidemic. it compounded pain and trauma for the community watching for a generation of loved ones for a generation of friends and families. it was horribly, horribly wrong. we've also seen advocates, survivors, families, allies, who have turned their pages of purpose like all of you have

through lost and determination and anger and movement and so they're changing the world. science, new scientific discoveries. new preventive care, new global partnerships and so much more. for example, presidents planned on aids relief, launched by president bush and he deserves credit. george w. bush. [applause] we made the single largest investment in the nation of the world to tackle a single disease, saving more than 26 million lives so far. i'm proud to have authorized last year and i like to call on congress to past the five-year authorization to sustain these gains we've made globally. [applause] in fact later today, i'm traveling to angola and africa where we're -- including and

proving outcomes for people living with h.i.v. through pep far. it matters throughout the world. but for all our progress, too many people continue living with h.i.v., including one million americans. that's why my first year in office, i launched a new national h.i.v./aids strategy to ensure treatment and prevention is available to everyone, everywhere all across this country and that includes medications that could prevent h.i.v. infection are affordable and available and without co-pay for people without health insurance. [applause] and the insurance companies can't deny coverage for the medication or for access that doctors recommend to patients. we're fighting the stigma of discrimination against h.i.v. community by ending the

shameful, shameful practice of banning gay and bisexual men from donating blood, strengthening civil rights settings. educating the public about the latest scientific transmission, testing and prevention and care. so many of you have been lead the way in these efforts, including the late cornelius baker. [applause] who passed away three weeks ago as a pioneer on events on h.i.v. testing together with all of you, who are also calling on states and community leaders to repeal outdated h.i.v. criminalization laws throughout this country. [applause] and i'm proud to announce before the end of my term, the center for medical and medicare and medicaid services will update the best practices using the

plays science and technology. it matters. it matters. [applause] folks, let me close with this. i've been staning for a long time. [laughter] that's pretty good. i know the fight to end this epidemic is hard. i look around today and all of you, survivors, families, heroes, who have never given up. and i know it's a fight that we're going to win. for all the lives lost, for all those that are still alive, look what you've already done to change the hearts and minds to save lives across the country and around the world. that's the power of this movement. that's the power of memory of your loved ones. that's the power of america. you just have to keep going, keep the faith and remember who the hell we are. we're the united states of america and there's nothing

beyond our capacity when we do it together. nothing, nothing, nothing. [applause] god bless you all. and i know, i'd like to invite everyone of you, the quilt. so folks, i'm getting off this stage. [laughter] but really and truly, from the bottom of my heart, you're changing the world. you're changing the world. thank you, thank you, thank you. [applause] >> distinguished guests, please remain in place while the president and dr. biden depart. ♪

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