90- STEVE STAGON — President, World AIDS Museum and Educational Center
In 1988, Steve Stagon was given two years to live when he was diagnosed with AIDS. Now, 27 years later, Stagon is the President of the World AIDS Museum and Educational Center.
The World AIDS Museum grew out of the Fort Lauderdale based group ‘Pozitive Attitudes’, a topic driven support group for HIV positive individuals. Stagon was the then facilitator who had an idea. Stagon started creating historical HIV/AIDS exhibits as topics for the group. In the early days, these were displayed at the Pride Center of South Florida and Blanche Ely High School.
Other members of the ‘Pozitive Attitudes’ group showed interest in this idea and on September 20, 2011, the World AIDS Museum was incorporated as a non-profit organization.
