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Center Appoints New Executive Director |
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After a three month search that included over fifty applicants, the Sacramento Gay & Lesbian Center has selected Wendy Rea Hill as its new Executive Director. In making the announcement, Board President, Gail Mancarti stated, “We are excited that Wendy has accepted our invitation to serve as the new Executive Director! We believe she brings the right combination of talents that will help us expand programs and make the Center a highly respected location for advocating and building our community.” A search committee was formed in January that included the board and members living in the greater Sacramento area. Narrowing the large number of applicants down to three finalists was difficult. Committee member, Aaron Eichenberger, stated, “Each of the finalists would make valuable contributions to the future success of the Center. However, after speaking with personal references, members of the community and allies, the committee selected the person we believe can best lead the Center at this important time in its history”. Hill is enthused about leading the Center as it fulfills its new mission to provide a safe gathering place for LGBTQI people of all ages and builds on its ability to be a major conduit for positive change and leadership within the community. Hill stated, “I am ready to work with all segments of our community to form partnerships, increase services and provide financial security that makes the Center a success story”. |
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Letter from the Interim Executive Director |
At the end of summer 2009, I was given a new opportunity to serve the LGBTQI community when I was hired as Interim Executive Director at the Center. It has been a high point in my life and I am grateful for the outpouring of help I received from so many individuals, organizations and businesses. The Center continues to be on the verge of reaching its potential of service to the local LGBTQI community and greater Sacramento region. Individuals who founded the organization wanted it to be a central place in the community for discussing and solving a variety of social, health and economic issues. Over time, the organization has moved through a variety of directions that sometimes helped solve pressing issues and other times divided the very groups it was created to bring together. This evolution is very similar to what has occurred in other centers across America.
Today, as a new Executive Director is ready to take over my office there is anticipation and energy building about what can happen next. Yes, there are significant challenges ahead, but there are also many opportunities for the Center to "come of age".
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Sacramento Gay & Lesbian Center
1927 L Street. Sacramento, California. 95811
Office Hours: Mon- Fri 12pm to 6pm
Phone: 916-442-0185 Fax: 916-325-1840 |
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$2,500 Gift to Center from Rainbow Chamber Foundation |
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Sacramento, CA – Jason Russell, Rainbow Chamber Treasurer, recently presented a $2,500 check to Sacramento Gay & Lesbian Center Board President Gail Mancarti, Vice President, Connie Axelrod and interim Executive Director, Bill Otton. The funds will support youth programs at the Center during 2010 and is part of a $10,000 pledge made by the Rainbow Foundation in late 2009.
“The gift represents the ongoing collaboration between the Center and prominent organizations in our community,” said Otton. “We are grateful that Chamber Foundation leaders continue to support our efforts to provide a safe and nurturing place for young people, where positive programming leads to productive lives.”
The Center is currently moving through a period of change while maintaining its various activities for all ages. A search for a new Executive Director is well underway with a goal to have the new leader in place before summer. New board members are being sought, membership and donor programs are growing and the largest Pride Festival in the Center’s history is currently being planned under the leadership of volunteer Chair, Josh Jacoby. “It is truly an exciting period to be involved,” said Axelrod, who has served on the Board of Directors since August 2008.
The Sacramento Gay & Lesbian Center serves the needs of the LGBT community and its allies. Board, staff and volunteers work together to bring the community together through educational and social programs that help end violence, hate crimes, and prejudice, while promoting greater tolerance and understanding for various points of view and lifestyles. |
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Q-DEAF: Queer Deaf Empowerment and Advocacy Fellowship |
Q-DEAF is a new group at the Sacramento Gay & Lesbian Center: A collaboration of LGBTQ Deaf, friends, family, interpreters and allies.
Mirroring the community-based model of PFLAG, our goal is to incorporate the needs of the Deaf LGBT community while encouraging cross-cultural education, advocacy and fellowship among hearing allies.
American Sign Language (ASL) “skill shares” offer free weekly basic sign language lessons for the LGBT community. In collaboration with STEP Inc, EQCA and the Sacramento Gay and Lesbian Center, Q-DEAF serves to address accessibility for the Deaf community at Sacramento LGBT events. Networking with community organizers and certified interpreters to improve accessibility to Sacramento LGBT events, and increase Deaf participation in local LGBT organizations.
3rd Friday Monthly LGBT Deaf Social and peer lead support group will provide social and emotional support, safe-sex education, information and referrals for LGBT Deaf access local LGBT services.
With an emphasis on healthy body-image, active community participation, leadership development and personal/identity enrichment, Q-DEAF encourages healthy relationships while mobilizing the Sacramento LGBT Deaf Community, increasing visibility and understanding of Deaf Culture in Sacramento LGBT community.
Fridays 5:00-7:30PM - Q-DEAF ASL Skill-share at the Sacramento Gay and Lesbian Center
3rd Friday--monthly-- LGBT Deaf Social and Support Group meets 5:00PM - 7:30PM, upstairs in Room C
1927 L Street, Downtown Sacramento< |
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