{"id":1134,"date":"2016-05-03T09:10:18","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T14:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2016-05-05T09:59:58","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T14:59:58","slug":"phill-wilson-77-still-leader-in-the-fight-against-aids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/2016\/05\/03\/phill-wilson-77-still-leader-in-the-fight-against-aids\/","title":{"rendered":"Phill Wilson &#8217;77 Still Leader in the Fight Against AIDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/files\/2016\/05\/Phill-wilson-suit-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1137 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/files\/2016\/05\/Phill-wilson-suit-001-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Phill-wilson-suit-001\" width=\"358\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/files\/2016\/05\/Phill-wilson-suit-001-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/files\/2016\/05\/Phill-wilson-suit-001-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/files\/2016\/05\/Phill-wilson-suit-001-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/a>For Phill Wilson\u2014long-term HIV-survivor and founder of the highly-regarded Black AIDS Institute featured in the CNN docu-series, \u201cThe Eighties\u201d celebrated his miraculous 60<\/span><span class=\"s2\">th<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> birthday on April 23\u2014the poem,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWhere will you be when they come?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">holds profound meaning:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em><span class=\"s1\">\u201cCitizens, good citizens all<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><em><span class=\"s1\">parade into voting booths and in self-righteous sanctity<br \/>\nX away our right to life,\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><em><span class=\"s1\">Pat Parker<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Black AIDS Institute held a fundraiser in celebration of Phill Wilson\u2019s 60<\/span><span class=\"s2\">th<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0birthday on Saturday, April 23. There was\u00a0a surprise celebrity guests and a roast at the event.\u00a0 When asked what he wanted for his birthday, Wilson said: <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI want to raise a lot of money for the Black AIDS Institute.\u00a0 I would like for all of my friends, family, and anyone who I\u2019ve ever touched in anyway over the last 60 years to help the Black AIDS Institute finally end the AIDS epidemic in our community.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phillwilson60.com\/\"><span class=\"s3\"><b>Phillwilson60.com<\/b><\/span><\/a> to see photos of Wilson through the decades and learn more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For more about Phill you can go to <a href=\"http:\/\/thepridela.com\/2016\/04\/1528\/\">\u00a0The Pride<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Congratulations, Phill.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Phill Wilson\u2014long-term HIV-survivor and founder of the highly-regarded Black AIDS Institute featured in the CNN docu-series, \u201cThe Eighties\u201d celebrated his miraculous 60th birthday on April 23\u2014the poem,\u00a0\u201cWhere will you be when they come?\u201d\u00a0holds profound meaning: \u201cCitizens, good citizens all &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/2016\/05\/03\/phill-wilson-77-still-leader-in-the-fight-against-aids\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":460,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletters"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/460"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1134"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1142,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134\/revisions\/1142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1970sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}