By Jennifer 8. Lee
Krishna Stone
Organizers struggled to assemble a diverse collection of dolls for a demonstration on women and H.I.V. at City Hall on Tuesday.
More than 150 dolls were placed on the steps of City Hall on Tuesday, each with a little tag bearing some depressing statistic about women’s health, such as the AIDS rate. The dolls were assembled as part of a call to action by Gay Men’s Health Crisis, in recognition of National Women and Girls H.I.V./AIDS Awareness Day.
The dolls — which were brought in by staff members, volunteers and clients — were cobbled together from old castaways, current dolls in use and new purchases.
But there was one considerable hurdle: creating a racially mixed set of dolls.
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