"Like a proud ima (mother), I'm honored to announce the launch of Honoring Our Queer Elders, the newest online digital exhibit of Mapping Jewish San Francisco, hosted by the University of San Francisco's (USF) Swig Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice. Honoring Our Queer Elders features oral histories from a diverse group of LGBTQIA+ elders living in the Bay Area."
"Featured are pillars of our community including The Honorable Mark Leno, the audacious and tireless Dr. Marcy Adelman, Pam David, Mike Shriver, Nancy Gonchar, Avi Rose, and Jay Cohen, along with 19 other ordinary and extraordinary humans who have been my mentors, my friends, and my instructors in helping to educate these 18-22-year-olds in queer history and Jewish ideas and identities."
"These narrative-based interviews are a reservoir of information, wisdom, and encouragement for students and leaders, historians and activists. As these elders have been in San Francisco for decades, they contain irreplaceable insight into the profound experiences that shaped the queer nexus San Francisco has become over the last half century. I have been fortunate to have the support of Robert Holgate and others whose generosity has enabled my work and ministry with our queer and non-binary, LGBTQIA+ student body."
An online digital exhibit, Honoring Our Queer Elders, preserves oral histories from diverse LGBTQIA+ elders living in the Bay Area. Videos present in-depth interviews conducted by undergraduate students enrolled in a community-engaged learning course on Jewish and queer studies at the University of San Francisco since 2017. Featured interviewees include prominent community leaders and 19 additional elders who served as mentors and educators to 18–22-year-old students. The interviews provide information, wisdom, encouragement, and irreplaceable insight into decades of experiences that shaped San Francisco's queer nexus. Philanthropic support enables ongoing work with queer and non-binary students and weekly social lunches that foster community.
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