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In its 23 years, the walk has grown from an event that raised $710,000 from 4,500 walkers in 1986 to the largest AIDS fundraising events in the world last year with 45,000 participants who raised an estimated $6.8 million. It has raised roughly $98 million throughout its history to help fund vital health and social services to those living with the virus.

Craig Miller, founder of AIDS Walk New York, told EDGE he feels the event’s evolution has been a lesson in the history of AIDS politics and activism.

"Back in 1986, AIDS was not on the political agenda of the Reagan Administration," he said.