Linda Potkovic collection, 1991-2003 2.3 Linear Feet 2 boxes
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- Potkovic, Linda, 1944-
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The Linda Potkovic collection, 1991-2003, documents Potkovic's involvement in LGBT and HIV/AIDS awareness activism. Series I, Documents, contains letters, poetry, and correspondence to and from Linda Potkovic. Series II, AIDS Memorial, contains a handmade memorial piece that showcases images and obituaries of AIDS victims. Linda (Sokolowski) Potkovic is an educator, health counselor, and activist based in Central Florida. Throughout the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s, Potkovic worked as an abortion counselor, an outreach program manager for Central Florida AIDS Unified Resources (CENTAUR), an adjunct professor at the University of Central Florida (UCF), and a mental health counselor in UCF's HIV/AIDS Education Office. She served on the board and as president of the Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Community Center of Central Florida for several years. She also worked for the center as an HIV/AIDS educator and as the HIV testing site coordinator. She hosted a weekly HIV/AIDS support group in the early 2000s.
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