Kevin Sullivan, Block 5884

Kevin Sullivan was a longtime HIV/AIDS activist, advocate and Executive Director of the Ohio AIDS Coalition. He died September 5, 2011, only five days short of his 61st birthday. He lived with HIV for about 15 years and often expressed he "beat the odds" as a long-term survivor.

Kevin Sullivan became an activist in the mid-1980s, when HIV and AIDS were just emerging. His friends were dying and he himself was HIV-positive. He possessed a love of life and of his family, as well as a great compassion for people with HIV who were in need. Later in his career, Sullivan served as executive director of the Ohio AIDS Coalition, a statewide membership organization providing education, leadership training, advocacy, and support for Ohio’s HIV/AIDS community, for ten years. He also advocated for funding for services-including the federal Ryan White Program that helps provide access to treatment-for HIV-positive individuals.

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