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HELLO, JOE!

Joe Hollendoner, currently the CEO of San Francisco AIDS Foundation (SFAF), will succeed Lorri L. Jean as the Center’s next leader. Hollendoner will assume the role of executive director in July and work with Jean prior to succeeding her as CEO upon her retirement in July 2022.

“I look forward to working with the Center’s board, staff, and partners to ensure that the Center not only continues to be a trusted provider of care to the communities it currently serves but that we deepen our work to address the racial disparities and systemic racism that prohibits all members of the LGBTQ+ community from thriving,” said Hollendoner. “I also remain committed to maintaining and expanding the Center’s role as a national and global LGBTQ+ movement leader.” Amid a global health crisis, more than 1,000 volunteers stepped up to help the Center last year and donated a whopping 32,240 combined hours of their time and talents. They were critical in enabling the Center to launch new programs in response to the pandemic, including Pride Pantry, the Hello Club, and Senior Angels. Some of them performed important tasks, such as screening visitors entering the Center’s health clinics and pharmacy.

Learn more and become a volunteer at lalgbtcenter.org/volunteer

THE CORNERSTONE OF HEALTH RESEARCH

The Center and its research study partners, collectively known as the Four Corners: Trans & Nonbinary (TNB) Health Research Advisory Network, released their first report identifying areas and directions for researchers who are developing future projects addressing the TNB communities’ health needs. Major findings included the need for diversity and TNB leadership among research teams and more nonbinary-specific research, among others.

A VISIT FROM SYDNEY

Center South, the Center’s facility in South Los Angeles, received a Certificate of Recognition from California Assemblymember Sydney Kamlager, who represents the 54th Assembly District including nearby Leimert Park neighborhood. “There’s so many Black and brown families who have LGBT folks in their families, and I wonder about them every single day,” she said following her tour of the 5,500-square-foot building. “By being here, the Center is saying ‘I am here for you.’ And that really is important.”

Read more at lalgbtcenter.org/54

GOOD FOOD

The S. Mark Taper Foundation awarded a $100,000 grant to support the Center’s innovative Culinary Arts program, an intergenerational training program for LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness and low-income LGBTQ seniors. Taught at the Center’s commercial kitchen in the Anita May Rosenstein Campus, culinary students have prepared as many as 450 boxed meals per day to feed the Center’s senior clients experiencing food insecurity, the 100+ homeless youth who visit the Youth Center, and senior and youth residents at multiple Center locations.