“Inscribe” World AIDS Day Commemoration | The Castro

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Inscribe is a yearly World AIDS Day event held in The Castro, ground zero of the AIDS epidemic. It is a colorful remembrance to honor the men and women who died of AIDS.

Their names are “Inscribed” by students of Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy and by those who wish to honor a loved one lost to the epidemic

Inscribe honors the men and women who lived in the Castro and around the world that died of AIDS. Participants can Inscribe in chalk on the sidewalk of Castro Street the name of someone lost to AIDS, or allow a student from Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy, a neighborhood elementary school in the heart of the Castro, to inscribe the name(s) for them.

Names will be inscribed on the sidewalks of Castro Street in brightly colored sidewalk chalk alongside the bronze plaques of the Rainbow Honor Walk, a tribute to gay and civil rights heroes.

Many of the men and women honored at Inscribe lived in the Castro. They worked in the local bars and restaurants. They shopped at and worked in the local businesses. They walked these sidewalks.

“Inscribe” World AIDS Day Commemoration
Saturday, December 1, 2018 | 9 am to 9 pm
San Francisco’s Castro District
FREE

The doors of Strut open at 9 am, food and drink start at 9:30 am. There will have a brief program around 10 am.

After the short program they will take the sidewalks where colorful containers of chalk will be conveniently placed along both sides of Castro Street and ready to be used.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.