https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/c385a525e452eeebafd33438a5fe310c.pdf 75a0d38bbde43aa0fc5c6d17f331c188 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource Eye-witness accounts of what we’ve seen and experienced provide a valuable resource to researchers and future generations to understand our past and how we arrived where we are today. Each interview in this collection has a narrator telling the story and a documenter guiding the process. Collected since the founding of the RHP, this collection is growing and is open to researchers. All interviews have been digitized and are described in the catalog; only some of them have transcripts available. None of the interviews stream online. To obtain access to an interview, you must request by contacting us directly, providing a brief description of your project and your research interests. Our email address is: info AT rainbowhistory DOT org One of our team will share the file from our Google Drive, and you can listen from home. Please be sure to have "Music Player for Google Drive" enabled on your machine to play the recording. www.driveplayer.com Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. To see all interviews in the collection, click on "Items in the Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection" link below. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rainbow History Project Various narrators per oral history Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. Jerry Wei Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Jerry Anderson Location The location of the interview. Southern Illinois, via Zoom Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. No, not yet transcribed Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Yes, recording available, 01:00:23 (audio .m4a, 55 MB) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History Interview with Jerry Anderson, 1942- Description An account of the resource Want access to this audio? Please fill out this <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScm76nkatHa6G4zBJS84vVWUMEtrSZha5NUE2cZeDJ7yOSMBQ/viewform">form</a> or email oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org The Reverend Jerry Anderson, an Episcopalian chaplain in DC during the HIV/AIDS crisis and one of the founders of The Episcopal Caring Response to AIDS, describes his late 1970s arrival in DC. After working for Senator Adlai Stevenson III for a couple years, he became the first openly gay priest in the Diocese of Washington. As the AIDS crisis progressed he helped found The Episcopal Care Response to AIDS, pushed for AIDS response at The General Convention of The Episocopal Church, participated in the Interfaith AIDS Retreats, helped organize Barbara Bush’s 1989 visit to Grandma’s House, and started an HIV support group. Abstract A summary of the resource. After seminary, Jerry Anderson served in parishes in Chicago and Mighican before moving to DC with his lover in 1976. At the time, he was in the process of coming out as a gay man. He found work with Illinois Senator Adlai Stevenson III, son of Ambassador Adlai Stevenson. Sooin, however, he realized his calling was pastoral work. He was hired as an assistant at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church in 1979, located in the Palisades neighborhood of DC. In 1981, he became the first openly gay priest in the Diocese of Washington, despite resistance from those who supported a woman priest and those who opposed him because he was gay. Episcopalin organizations such as the Virginia Theological Seminary refused to send him students for field training. His first friend died of AIDS in 1983 and by 1986, he helped found The Episcopal Caring Response to AIDS (ECRA), which provided prayer and healing services for those with AIDS or who have died of AIDS. ECRA also raised money from parishes to fund a residence for people with AIDS in coordination with Christ Church, Georgetown, and the Whitman-Walker Clinic. Jerry formed a coalition to successfully push Episcoplians to respond to the HIV/AIDS crisis at The General Convention of The Episocopal Church. Despite homophobic leadership at the Washignton National Cathedral in the late 1980s, Jerry recalls the the interfaith HIV/AIDS services the Cathedral held in 1988 and 1990 to coincide with the NAMES Project’s AIDS Memorial Quilt. He discusses the 1st Interfaith AIDS Retreat he attended and help organize. When President George H.W. Bush took office, Barbara Bush, an Episcopalian reached out to him regarding ways she could raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. Working with Debbie Tate and Joan McCarley of the residential care home for children with HIV/AIDS, Grandma’s House, Louis Tesconi at the Catholoci Damien Ministries, Jim Graham of Whitman-Walker, and other organizations, he arranged for Barbara Bush’s tour of Grandma’s House in 1989. He also founded an HIV support group in DC during this time. Jerry also discusses the progressive, accepting DC city leadership in the 1990s, homophobia and closeted staffers working on Capitol Hill, and the shift in his own life from the carefree gay social scene of the 1970s to the dark, all-consuming work of responding to the HIV/AIDS crisis. Other names and organizations mentioned: All Souls Church, The Color of Light: Daily Meditations For All of Us Living with AIDS, Metropolitan Community Church, Marion Barry, Food and Friends, the Carl Vogel Foundation (now MetroHealth), Friends Meeting House. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/10/2021 Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. The interview belongs to the Rainbow History Project. The RHP release form was used and all rights belong to RHP. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1970s-1996 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Advocacy groups AIDS remembrance Healthcare HIV/AIDS Local government Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) Religion Religious facilities Washington D.C. Whitman-Walker Clinic