Lori Cannon

Lori Cannon is a Chicago-based American AIDS activist. She was a volunteer at Chicago House and Social Service Agency, the non-profit organization providing housing and hospice during the AIDS crisis. 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.

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. In 2011 it became part of Heartland Alliance and then became the Vital Bridges Food Program. The same year Cannon was involved with the founding of ACT UP Chicago.

In 1994 Cannon was inducted into the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame as a "Friend of the community".