LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
The world's first city-recognized LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
The Powerhouse Bar opened its “shared space” on Dore at Folsom, to allow outside dining at this important and popular venue. Then the City had them close it down. Now it is open again, with longer hours and food from Azucar Lounge and the Plaza Giribaldy Taco-Truck .
The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District has been gathering input from all corners of our community, to help us to create our District’s Cultural History, Housing and Economic Sustainability Strategies (CHHESS) report, which will guide our organization’s efforts — and help shape San Francisco city policy and priorities — for the next 3 to 5 years.
We are doing this through a variety of methodologies, including individual interviews, a major Town Hall event, and a series of Zoom-based “Focus Groups”, each one targeting either a specific area of concern or a specific demographic group. In this way we can get honest input from a diverse, varied and representative set of people, even if some individual focus groups are not, in themselves, socially or culturally diverse.
Here is a list of some of these events, past and upcoming:
Upcoming
If you have not participated in one of our Focus Groups yet, we want to hear from you.
Please select a group and register or attend using the links above. (If you register in advance, we’ll send you a confirmation email. If you click on the link just before or during the meeting, registration will take you directly into the meeting. Registration is needed to discourage “zoom-bombing” by intruders.)
Focus Groups are recorded for our internal use only: you are encouraged to keep your camera off and/or use a different display name if you wish greater anonymity.
If you can’t attend any of these dates, there is a Google Form you can use to provide similar input, here.
The CHHESS Report we write will go to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for their approval; once approved, it will be used to guide and direct public policy for our neighborhood, in everything from art installations to zoning laws. The Focus Group process will also help the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District to set its own priorities for programming, spending, and public advocacy.
Please let us hear your voice.
We are pleased to let you know about an upcoming Next Generation Manufacturing training session which begins on January 18th, 2021.
This is a free 12-week program where participants get hard skills related to 3D printing or CNC, and get soft skills training and assistance with resumes, cover letters, and other job readiness. Additionally, participants get full access to the shop so there are plenty of other skills and machines to learn such as the laser cutter, vinyl cutter, wood shop, metal shop, 3D printers, industrial sewing and much more.
Priority will go to applicants who are low income, women and people of color, but our only eligibility requirements are that applicants be 18 years or older, have a high school diploma or GED, and fluent in English. The language requirement is flexible and is included because class instruction and the materials are only available in English.
More info is in the video below, and at https://www.humanmade.org/workforce-development.
If you or someone you know might be interested, fill out this interest form or reach out directly to Brenda Orellana, Humanmade Client Support and Outreach Coordinator, 510-227-4451, at brenda@humanmade.org.
To celebrate San Francisco’s Leather Week (September 20-27, 2020), the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District was pleased to have created a window display at the Walgreens on Castro Street at 18th.
Our thanks to Daniel Huggybear, Bernie Alter, and David Hyman, as well as to Walgreens and Our Town SF, for making this possible.
