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| In 1991, when Mary Fisher
learned she was HIV-positive, her first
response was to write. Page upon heartfelt
page, she wrote journals for her young sons
Max and Zachary to have when she was gone.
When friends suggested she share her
thoughts more widely, Mary put them into
speeches, including the landmark 1992
address to the Republican National
Convention. The speeches were collected in
two books with another powerful expression
of her art and heart: her photographs.
Traveling America as an activist, Mary met
selfless AIDS caregivers and honored them in
a book of stories and images. When work in
Africa inspired haunting new themes in her
art, she published a book featuring those
sculptures, prints and quilts.
In five books spanning two
decades, Mary's words, images and art
advance the goal she set in her 1996 memoir
My Name Is Mary: "To deliver a
message of compassion and awareness." |
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 Abataka:
Mary Fisher's AIDS activism has taken her
around the globe. But it was Africa that
"changed her," she said after visiting as
part of an official delegation and then
returning with her two, teenaged sons. From
acres of orphans to mourning villages,
Fisher breathed in the experience of AIDS in
Africa. She experienced the power of
ABATAKA - a pan-African term meaning
community, belonging, "we are all one" –
and channeled that power into compelling,
courageous art.
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 My
Name Is Mary: Child of a prominent
and affluent family, mother of two sons from
her marriage to a handsome artist – Mary
Fisher seemed to have it all. But in 1991
her world was turned upside down by the news
that her ex-husband had AIDS, and the HIV
test that confirmed she, too, was infected.
In an honest, inspirational memoir, Mary
Fisher shares the story of her life: from a
childhood scarred by divorce and alcoholism
to early career successes as a TV producer
and a White House aide; from the wrenching
decision to reveal her HIV-positive status
to the emotional events leading up to her
historic speech entitled "A Whisper of AIDS"
that was given at the 1992 Republican
National Convention.
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 Angels
In Our Midst: Through her travels
around the country as an artist and
activist, Mary Fisher encountered countless
people locked in life-and-death struggles
against AIDS – and the indomitable,
memorable individuals who provided their
care. To make visible this "invisible army
of compassion," Mary Fisher set out to
photograph caregivers of children, women and
men with HIV and AIDS. She traveled from a
nursery in West Palm Beach, Florida, to the
women's prison on Riker's Island; from an
AIDS clinic in Birmingham, Alabama, to a
Michigan food bank preparing meals for AIDS
shut-ins. Moving in close, Mary captured
their compelling stories.
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With The Angels:
With impassioned words from
her speeches punctuated by
intimate photographs, Mary
Fisher offers a strategy for
dealing with the AIDS
epidemic: strong leadership
in fighting ignorance and
fear, and a public-private
partnership to fund a cure.
A mother of two healthy
young children, she talks
about the importance of
family support for people
with HIV/AIDS, and the
future that today's children
will face unless the disease
is stopped. With Fisher's
voice and passion coming
through on every page, this
moving book delivers a
much-needed message about
the AIDS epidemic and what
people can do to help.
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Not Go Quietly: Mary Fisher's second
collection of speeches and photographs
shares more of her powerful, inspirational
message. It demonstrates her unique ability
to open doors, hearts and minds in the fight
against AIDS. And it elaborates her strategy
for dealing with the AIDS pandemic:
tolerance, research, caring, and a
nonjudgmental response to AIDS and its
causes.
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