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AIDS Walk NW
The following description was submitted by the event organizer.
For 41 years, this walk has brought people together to fight stigma, celebrate resilience, and demand better for communities. It started as “From All Walks of Life,” a name that carried a simple, radical idea: that HIV affects everyone, and everyone has a role in the response. The HIV community didn’t just fight for treatment. They fought for a kind of care that sees the whole person, not just a diagnosis. That fight built CAP Northwest, built this walk, and set the standard.
Today, CAP Northwest provides HIV services alongside primary care, housing support, behavioral health, and gender-affirming care across Oregon and Southwest Washington. This year is a return to CAP Northwest’s roots: All Walks of Life. It carries that original movement forward today. The walk remains a place to honor those lost, to celebrate those living with HIV, and to raise critical funds in support of programs and services. And it’s also an invitation, wider than ever, to anyone who believes that caring for each other is the most important thing to do. Join a morning rooted in advocacy, visibility, and action with a pre-walk rally featuring drag performances and live music, CAP Northwest tabling booths, and a walk around the downtown Portland Waterfront.