Welcome to AF TER DARK
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Out Brunch Sponsors
Today's festivities will be hosted by Lucinda Holliday 2
"Tucson's Queen of Comedy" has been a driving force in our Arizona community since 1989. Helping raise millions for people and organizations in need. Being a hairdresser, performer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist has kept Lucinda very busy. In June of 2021, she organized a non-profit named Lucinda Holliday's GLAM Network. Continuing the grassroots fundraising for other non-profit groups.
Welcome to Out Brunch After Dark Thank you for joining us for SAAF’s 5th Annual Out Brunch, and our second Out Brunch After Dark! At last year’s Out Brunch, we unveiled SAAF’s new Strategic Plan. One of our Strategic Priorities is to help ensure we have a connected community. I’m so happy to connect with so many of you in person this evening as we, together, celebrate amazing folks that have supported our community is so many ways. I’ve gotten to know each of our honorees over the years. They have laid the foundation and path for so many of us in our lives and our careers, including myself. Our community is stronger because of the three people and one community organization that have dedicated so much of themselves in promoting health, well-being, and social justice for those living with HIV, LGBTQ+ individuals, and communities marginalized by society. Sincerely, Ravi Shah, MD MPH MBA Chief Executive Officer
SAAF BOARD OF DIRECTORS President
Julia Wieland
President-Elect
Beth Frantz
Treasurer
Lauren Schroeder Secretary
DIRECTORS
OFFICERS
Fred Ronstadt
David Elder Cynthia Garcia Joel Isais Scott Koenig Beth Myerson Mo Moslem
Lauren Schroeder Joe Trejo Melissa Vito Brian Williams
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Schedule of Events
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PERFORMANCE & OPENING GREETING Lucinda Holliday WELCOME Fred Ronstadt, SAAF’s Board of Directors President PERFORMANCE Justin Deeper Love STEVE HALL AWARD Southern Arizona Senior Pride GODAT AWARD Scott Blades DR. JEAN BAKER COMMUNITY ALLY AWARD Dr. Kay Bauman ´ RICHARD ELIAS PUBLIC SERVANT AWARD Karin Uhlich PERFORMANCE Lucinda Holliday A TIME OF REFLECTION Dr. Ravi Shah, SAAF’s Chief Executive Officer IMPACT MOMENT Emerson Kuhn and Dr. Beth Meyerson PERFORMANCE Justin Deeper Love THANK YOU Lucinda Holliday
Out Brunch Award Categories
Steve Hall Award
The Steve Hall Award is given to an individual who makes outstanding volunteer contributions to further the mission of promoting freedom, equality, safety, and well-being of LGBTQ+ people in Southern Arizona. Honoring the dedication and consistent commitment of the volunteer’s life to the LGBTQ+ community, the Steve Hall Award honors the past work and promotes the future volunteer endeavors of the recipient. The award is named after Steve Hall, a pioneering volunteer who served the LGBTQ+ community with tireless dedication.
Godat Award The Godat Award was inaugurated in 1998 to recognize extraordinary long-term contributions by an individual to Southern Arizona’s LGBTQ+ community. Recipients of this prestigious award have shown keen leadership in the LGBTQ+ community and advocated throughout their careers for the advancement of the whole community. Ken Godat, after whom the award is named, was the first recipient. Since its inception, the Godat Award has celebrated the personal commitment and public advocacy of Southern Arizona’s LGBTQ+ leaders.
Dr. Jean Baker Community Ally Award In 2001, an award was created to honor a straight ally who has made significant contributions to advance the freedom, equality, safety, and well-being of LGBTQ+ people in Southern Arizona. Knowing that the work of so many in the LGBTQ+ community is aided and furthered by our straight allies. The Dr. Jean Baker Community Ally Award shines a light on the faithful and indefatigable efforts of an ally working with Southern Arizona’s LGBTQ+ community.
Richard Elías Public Servant Award Inaugurated last year, the Richard Elías Public Servant Award will be presented to public or government servants who have made significant or extraordinary contributions to the equality, equity, health, and inclusion of the LGBTQ+ community of Tucson and Arizona. This award is named after Representative Richard Elías for his long time support to both the LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS community, and other marginalized groups.
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2022 Out Brunch Honorees SOUTHERN ARIZONA SENIOR PRIDE
Steve Hall Award Recipient
Southern Arizona Senior Pride’s mission is to celebrate, support, and unite LGBTQI+ older adults. They recognize and respond to unique concerns of the community by delivering social and support programming in three areas: social & learning; (2) health & wellbeing; (3) arts & culture. SASP vets and shares LGBTQI+ welcoming resources and increases awareness of aging issues in the LGBTQI+ community. Through advocacy and advisory participation with other organizations and projects, they shine a light on the needs of a traditionally invisible demographic. Founded as a program of Wingspan Community Center in 2002, Senior Pride became independent and volunteer-run with SAAF as fiscal sponsor in 2014 when Wingspan closed. We have maintained past services and expanded our mission for seven years. Our 45+ dedicated volunteers moved the organization steadily forward enabling Senior Pride to become an independent 501(c)3 non-profit with paid staff positions on January 1, 2022.
SCOTT BLADES
Godat Award Recipient Scott Blades (he/him/él) is the Executive Director and founder of the Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network (TIHAN), the largest privately-funded and volunteer-driven AIDS service organization in the state of Arizona which this year commemorates 28 years of serving the community. Scott is passionate about engaging people to improve our community. He is a champion of social justice, equality, and inclusion for persons who are LGBTQ+ and persons who are living with and affected by HIV. Recognitions include the William S. MacDonald Lifetime Achievement Award from Equality Arizona (2014), the United Methodist Global AIDS Leadership Award (2016), and Community Leader of the Year from the Tucson GLBT Chamber of Commerce (2018).
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2022 Out Brunch Honorees
DR. KAY BAUMAN
Dr. Jean Baker Community Ally Award Recipient Dr. Kay Bauman has dedicated her career to health care delivery to minority and underserved populations. In the early 1980’s she was the first Tucson physician to move past heterosexualpresumption and provide a safe medical resource for the LGBTQ community. Her work put her at the forefront of the HIV-epidemic in Tucson in its earliest days. She was on the Governor’s Task Force on AIDS and a member of the Board of Directors of the Tucson AIDS Project.
KARIN UHLICH
Richard Elías Public Servant Award Recipient Karin Uhlich served as an out and proud LGBTQI+ member of the Tucson City Council from 2005-2017 and in 2021, and as Vice-Mayor of Tucson for two years. She moved to Tucson in 1993 to serve as the CEO of the Primavera Foundation, a nonprofit organization addressing poverty and homelessness. From 2002-2014, she served as the founding Director of the SW Center for Economic Integrity, an economic justice advocacy organization which targets exploitative commerce such as payday lending and day labor brokering. She has served on local nonprofit Boards of Directors including the Community Food Bank of Southern AZ, the Brewster Center Against Domestic Violence, and the LGBTQI+ Alliance Fund. Karin joined Arizona Complete Health in 2015 to lead their Medicaid work on housing and homelessness. She now serves as the Director of the Social Determinants and Health Equity team.
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Past Out Brunch Honorees 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
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Steve Hall Award
Steve Hall Jim Sincox, PsyD Lavina Tomer David Eyde Kathy Altman, PA-C, MPH
2006 Kevin Maxey 2007 Reflection on 10 Years of Wingspan Awards 2008 Shirley Snow & AngieRose Tilghman 2009 Elliott 2010 Helen H. Anderson, PhD
2011 2012 2013 2015 2017
Godat Award
Ken Godat Jean M. Baker, PhD Colette Barajas Ana “Bertie” Lozano Bob Ellis
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Alexander John Goodrum Alan Storm Mae Krueger Craig Snow Reflection on 10 Years of Wingspan Awards
Ana Jimenez & Alex Lopez Noel de la Tierra Randy Spaulding Rick Jorgenson Dea Brasgalla
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Noel Matkin, PhD Maurice Grossman Kayla Boyer, DVM Jennifer Hoefle Joyce Bolinger Beverly Seckinger
2019 Robert Bell 2020 Curt Beall 2021 Mike Steinberg & Alan Taylor
2015 2017 2019 2020 2021
Rick Jorgenson Kent Burbank Dr. Ravi Shah Erin Russ Liane Wong
Dr. Jean Baker Community Ally Award 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Ernesto Portillo Jr. George Miller Rev. David Wilkinson Dr. Kevin J. Carmichael Tim Rupel
2006 Donna Rochester 2007 Reflection on 10 Years of Wingspan Awards 2008 Mary Ellen Beaurain 2009 Raúl Grijalva 2010 David “Fitz” Fitzsimmons
Richard Elías Public Servant Award 2021 Richard Elías
2011 2012 2013 2015
Mari Herreras Sharon Schubitzke Jonathan Rothschild Richard Elías
2017 2019 2020 2021
Laura Alexander Naomi Cramer Dr. Tracey Kurtzman Lizette Trujillo
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A Special T hanks
to all of our community partners that helped to make AF TER DARK Out Brunch After Dark possible: Kino Sports Complex
CAN Community Health
Bookmans Entertainment Exchange
KXCI - Tucson's Community Radio
Creatista Studio Pima County Health Dept Commotion Studios 5th Avenue Productions
Justice for All (JFA) Healthcare Rising QuikPrint Fourth Avenue Merchants Association
LGBTQ+ PROGRAMS Arizona's Life Links for Youth (ALLY)
Lighthouse
Anti-Violence Project (AVP)
Link
Arizona's Life Links for Youth focuses on reducing the rate of attempted and completed suicides among Arizona's LGBTQ+ youth. This program utilizes both Sources of Strength curriculum for youth and Question, Persuade, & Refer training for the community. AVP works to prevent, respond to, and end all forms of violence against and within the LGBTQ+ communities of Southern Arizona. Through crisis intervention, AVP case maagers provide emergency housing, support, and empowerment to victims of violence.
Bread & Roses
SAAF and Old Pueblo Community Services have partnered to bring the first transitional housing facility in the county for LGBTQ+ youth. The objective is to provide youth the support needed at every step, so that they can permanently leave the streets, secure stable housing, and build a self-sufficient, and fulfilling life. Bread & Roses is by referral only.
Eon Youth Lounge
Eon, housed in the Thornhill Lopez Center on 4th, provides a safe drop-in space for LGBTQ+ youth aged 13–24. This space provides social opportunities, sex-positive health education, life skills, showers, housing assistance, and a place to be themselves.
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SAAF is proud to act as a fiscal sponsor for the following LGBTQ+ focused community groups: World AIDS Day, National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
Lighthouse is a safe space where folx 18+ can access linkages to housing services, mental health and substance use treatment, as well as recovery support groups, referrals and community events for LGBTQ+ young adults and their straight allies. Link, is a sexual violence prevention program for middle and high school students. Using the evidence-based Safe Dates curriculum, youth dissect what constitutes healthy and abusive relationships, the causes and consequences of dating abuse, and develop the skills necessary to advocate for themselves, their partners, and their peers.
Spectrum SPECTRUM is a health and wellness program empowering youth with sexual and relationship health knowledge so they can make informed decisions to protect themselves, their partners, and be a resource to their peers. Wellness is more than education, so Spectrum includes the option for youth to enroll in a UArizona research component, connecting them to free HIV testing, mental & behavioral health counseling, and individualized resource navigation.
Youth Empowerment & LGBTQ+ Leadership (YELL)
SAAF runs a Youth Empowerment and LGBTQ+ Leadership coalition that focuses on substance-abuse prevention by delivering informative presentations about risk-taking directly to youth. LGBTQ+ youth also get the opportunity to lead the discussion and implement solutions through YELL.
Hosted & Live Performance By
Lucinda Holliday plus, performances by...
Justin Deeper Love
Justin Deeper-Love has been employed with the State of Arizona – Family Assistance Administration for over six years. He has been performing for over four years and uses performing as an outlet to express his creativity and overcome his anxiety. Justin holds the previous title of Arizona Entertainer of the Year King 2018. He is your reigning Mister Tucson Pride and Mr. Arizona Renaissance Prince MI. Justin enjoys giving back to the community through what he calls the three “Ts”: Time, Talent, and Treasure.
Thank you to 2019's Pride Royalty!
SAAF celebrates its 25th Anniversary this summer and we want to celebrate with you! This June, in conjunction with Pride Month, SAAF wishes to invite the Tucson community to celebrate together. Ways you can do this are: Hold a fundraiser for SAAF during June Attend one of our events Ask friends and family to donate $25 in honor of our 25th anniversary Reach out to businesses you know and ask them to hold a fundraiser for SAAF Share our content on social media
AF TER DARK
Out Brunch Patrons
Dr. Beth Meyerson & Jill German
Row Hosts
Southern Arizona Senior Pride SAAF’s Monthly Giving Club is an exclusive membership of people who care the most about promoting health, well-being, and social justice for those living with HIV, LGBTQ+ individuals, and communities marginalized by society.
Members of this special group make a monthly gift to SAAF through an automatic charge on their credit card. For most of us, this is an easy and convenient way to make a significant gift. If you want to join, you can set up a monthly gift online at www.saaf.org/ways-to-support/monthly-giving-club. You can also contact Monique Vallery, Director of Development, at mvallery@saaf.org or by calling 520-547-6105.
KARIN UHLICH 2022 Richard Elías Public Servant Award Recipient LGBTQ+ Alliance Fund Emeritus Board Member
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PCHD table in Health and Advocacy Row en la mesa del PCHD en la Hilera de Salud y Apoyo
FREE CV-19 self-test kits and vaccinations! ¡Kits de exámenes y vacunas contra el COVID-19 GRATIS!
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Affirming care for LGBTQ+ and marginalized communities at no cost. Our new clinic will be opening its doors very soon! HEALTH SAAF Health will offer clinical services at no cost to those who are not currently engaged with our health care system, reducing barriers, improving access, and improving health for some of our community’s most vulnerable. Some of the full spectrum primary care services include, but are not limited to: • Acute Care Visits • Basic Wound Care • Chronic Care Management • Prevention Care • Sexual Health • Gender Affirming Care For more information, email SAAFHealth@saaf.org
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T hank you for joining us today. We'll see you at next year's Out Brunch!
Your love and support empowers our community’s LGBTQ+ and allied youth.