American activist
Lori Cannon
Occupation AIDS activist
Lori Cannon is a Chicago-based American AIDS activist.[1] She was a volunteer at Chicago House and Social Service Agency,[2] the non-profit organization providing housing and hospice during the AIDS crisis.[3] She then worked with the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt , helping to establish the Chicago chapter. She was involved with the 1988, 1990, and 1994 installations of the quilt in Chicago, coordinating media and public relations activities.[4] [2]
In 1988 she co-founded Open Hand Chicago along with fellow activists James Cappleman , Greg Harris , and Tom Tunney . Open Hand Chicago began as a food delivery service for people with HIV/AIDS. It expanded into a food pantry.[5] In 2011 it became part of Heartland Alliance and then became the Vital Bridges Food Program .[6] [7] The same year Cannon was involved with the founding of ACT UP Chicago.[4]
In 1994 Cannon was inducted into the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame as a "Friend of the community".[4]
Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame
1990–1999
1991 1992 1993 1994
Robert J. Adams
Tracy Baim
George S. Buse
James A. Bussen
Lori Cannon
John Chester
Chicago House and Social Service Agency
Samuel F. Davis Jr.
Adrienne J. Goodman
Earnest E. Hite Jr.
Bruce Koff
Ellis B. Levin
Lionheart Gay Theatre Company
Open Hand Chicago
Gregory A. Sprague
Elizabeth E. Tocci
Steven F. Wakefield
1995 1996 1997
Toni Armstrong Jr.
Miguel Ayala
Roger Chaffin
James C. Darby
Dignity Chicago
Ida Greathouse
John Hammell
Rick Karlin
Corinne J. Kawecki
Larry McKeon
David G. Ostrow
Mary Ann Smith
1998 1999
2000–2009
2000 2001 2002
Affinity Community Services
Evette Cardona
C. C. Carter
Jim Gates (Chicago businessman)
Louis I. Lang
Mattachine Midwest
NAMES Project Chicago Chapter
Charles Edward Nelson II
Mona Noriega
Christina Smith
Lauren Sugerman
2003
Angel Abcede
About Face Theatre
AIDS Legal Council of Chicago
Buddies' Restaurant and Bar
Tania Callaway
Armand R. Cerbone
Chicago Black Lesbians and Gays
R. Sue Connolly
Bon Foster
The Graham Family
Tonda L. Hughes
Patricia M. Logue
John Pennycuff
Laurence E. Spang
Sheron Denise Webb
Albert N. Williams
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010–2019
2010 2011 2012
Lois L. Bates
Chi-Town Squares
Chicago Black Gay Men's Caucus
St. Sukie de la Croix
Sanford E. Gaylord
William W. Greaves
Keith R. Green
Mark Ishaug
David Orr
Proud to Run, Chicago
Bill Pry
Chuck Rodocker
Heather C. Sawyer
Laura S. Washington
Honey West
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017