Maurine Taylor Ford, 51, of Mount Holly, has been an HIV/AIDS activist for decades. On Sunday, she joined hundreds in the 37th Annual AIDS Walk Philly, which raised $200,000.
Maurine Taylor Ford waves as she passes the drummers of Batala Philly, supplying a beat to encourage participants along Kelly Drive during the 37th annual AIDS Walk Sunday morning. Now 51 and from Mount Holly, Ford first devoted herself to AIDS activism as a teenager in New York City.Maurine Taylor Ford, now 51, first devoted herself to AIDS activism as a teenager in New York City.
“I’m one of those rebel-type of personalities, where whatever people are running away from, I’m running toward,” Ford said in an interview with The Inquirer. Over four decades, she has focused on the science and on combatting the pervasive stigma around the disease. In college, her peers referred to her as “Molly the condom lady,” she said, because of her relentless emphasis on safer sex. .
Ford’s first husband contracted HIV in the 1990s through an extramarital affair, she said. Despite the fear and stigma that still surrounded the virus, Ford became even more committed to her advocacy work while caring for her husband. He ultimately died of unrelated causes. On Sunday, Ford, a Ph.D. student in public health/epidemiology who lives in Mount Holly, joined the 37th Annual AIDS Walk Philly. The event raised $200,000 for the Philly-based, which will use it to grant emergency funds to individuals living with HIV, with a focus on safe housing, the organization said.
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