Raising Half a Billion Dollars to Fight AIDS

02/19/25 • 40 min

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Tom Viola stepped down in December 2024, after leading Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS for 36 years. His fundraising has helped save countless lives. He reminisces on what it was like to live through the grief and trauma of the AIDS crisis — and how he coped.

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But We Loved - Raising Half a Billion Dollars to Fight AIDS

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