Published last year, When We Rise: My Life in the Movement has Jones telling tales from his life as an activist, going all the way up to his work with UNITE HERE. Jones's resume reads like a textbook on the history of human rights in America, which is probably why he wrote a memoir. But he'll always be known for two things: working with Harvey Milk, the nation's first openly gay politician, and for conceiving the AIDS Memorial Quilt, credited with breaking the country's hard exterior regarding the mortal devastation caused by the disease. As a teenager, he worked with the United Farm Workers, and after moving to San Francisco in the '70s, he fought for causes such as gay rights, AIDS research and, for the past decade, labor rights. The opportunity to speak to someone who has made the world a better place doesn’t come often, so talking to Cleve Jones shouldn’t be taken lightly.įor most of his life, Jones has worked for “the Movement,” a summation of all the various causes he’s taken up over his decades of political activism.
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