I have been activist since I was 2! I tore the arms and legs off of my dolls to use them as a football. No one would give me a football because I was a girl. I didn’t become an LGBTQ activist until I was 60 – when the organizers of the Israel Day parade wouldn’t let CBST march because of our sexual orientation!
I am always happy to be called on to speak about things I know about. It is particularly nice when I am asked to advocate for something I feel deeply about.
Such was the case this past January ...
Last Friday, after services, the Koleinu Healthcare/Eldercare Action Team and the Trans Empowerment Coalition hosted a shmooze with the Lesbian Cancer Initiative of the LGBT Community Center.
The shmooze focused on cancer screening, cancer risk, and discrimination in LBT communities. This is part of an ongoing conversation, both within our community and with medical and service providers, to get equitable care for LGBT people. It is so vital that we as a community discuss our fears and frustrations as LGBT people and make our voices heard. This is how we will make a change.
The Koleinu Healthcare/Eldercare Action Team is organizing to ...
For the past two years, CBST members have been engaged in the process of Congregation Based Community Organizing . They’ve conducted a listening campaign, developed two actions teams, had a two Koleinu shabbatot, hosted a report back to the community, conducted research meetings with seven different community-based organizations, and launched their first campaign. Now, the Healthcare/Eldercare Action Team is in full swing as they are gearing up to target care institutions in the city to better serve LGBTQ individuals.
What does this mean? Under the leadership of the Healthcare/Eldercare co-chairs, Maryann King and Paul Marsolini, Koleinu members will be ...
