The Woodys Awards Ceremony

Saturday, April 27, 2024
6:00 to 8:00 pm.
Be prompt, so you don’t miss a single award presentation!

The San Francisco Eagle
398 12 Street, San Francisco
Free admission, 21+

Special performance by Coco Buttah!

Name the New Park After Rachele Sullivan

• A new park is being built at 11th and Natoma Streets, half a block from the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District.
• The Rec and Parks Department solicited community input into naming the park, and we proposed that the park be named after Rachele Sullivan, one of the founders of our Cultural District and a prominent figure in SOMA’s Filipino community.
• Other names were proposed, and a preliminary survey narrowed the options down to six.
• A run-off survey is now in process.  Please vote in this survey. 
• We encourage you to vote for Rachele Sullivan, a woman who proudly embodied the intersection of the queer, leather, Filipino, Indigenous, and disabled communities.
• We need you to take this survey even if you took the earlier one.
• Thanks!

The next meeting of the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District Board of Directors will be Wednesday, April 17, from 6 to 8 p.m. As always, all are welcome to attend, and time is reserved for public comment.  ASL interpretation provided if requested ten days in advance. To participate, use the Board of Directors Meeting Zoom link, or call 1-408-638-0968 and use Meeting ID: 847 8906 0820 and Passcode: 972086.    Facebook page.  Draft agenda.  Minutes of past Board meetings. Please contact manager@sflcd.org if you have questions.

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The next Erotic Storytelling Hour is a very special Wednesday evening session.  It is set for Wednesday, April 24, from 8 to 9 pm.  This special edition features nominees for the Golden Dildeaux Awards! You will be able to vote for them until 5 pm on Thursday, April 25.   Erotic Storytelling Hour information page.  Facebook Page.  Zoom link, Videos of some of our past evenings!  (Be 18+!)

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Voting for the Golden Dildeaux Awards ends at 5 pm on Thursday. April 25.  Votes cost $1 each.  All vote dollars go to help the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District keep SOMA kinky and queer! Vote!

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The next meeting of the Arts and Culture Committee is scheduled for Thursday, April 25, from 6 to 7 pm.  Arts and Culture Committee Facebook page.  Please contact the Committee chair to get on the mailing list for this Committee, or for more info!

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The Golden Dildeaux Awards Ceremony happens on Saturday. April 27, from 6 to 8 pm at the SF Eagle.  Don’t miss it!  Facebook link.

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The next online Diversity & Membership Committee meeting is set for Thursday, May 2, at 6 pm PDT.   Diversity & Membership Committee Zoom link. Facebook page.  Contact the Committee chair.

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The next online meeting of the Communications Committee will be Thursday, May 9, from 6 to 7 pm.  Communications Committee Zoom link.  Facebook page. Contact the committee chair.

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The next Play on the Plaza is Saturday, May 11, from 12 noon to 5 pm, at Eagle Plaza (12th Street, between Folsom and Harrison). Vendors! Entertainment! Gear Swap!  Play on the Plaza info. May 11 event info.  Facebook page coming soon.

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The next online meeting of the Land Use Committee Meeting is set for Monday, May 13, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. Land Use Committee Meeting Zoom Link. Facebook page.  Contact the committee chair.

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The Fundraising Committee meets as needed.  Please contact the Fundraising Committee chair to get on the mailing list for this Committee, or for more info!

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A Governance and Legislation Committee meeting will be scheduled when needed. Please contact the Governance and Legislation Committee chair to sign up, or for more info!

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We send out a newsletter each month, right before our Board Meeting.  Do you get it?
If not, view a recent newsletter, then sign up to get it monthly.

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Speaking of newsletters, the SOMA West Community Benefit District does a great one, highlighting events — both social and political — affecting our part of the City.  Subscribe to the SOMA West Community Benefit District newsletter.

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San Francisco has nine Cultural Districts, each supporting a unique aspect of the City’s cultural mosaic You can subscribe to a Cultural Districts newsletter, published quarterly by the Mayor’s Office of Housing & Community Development.

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We keep adding links to our Resource Guide page.  Use it!

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Threats to our South of Market businesses and institutions can arise quickly, and may require a quick community response.  SOMA Action network sign-up link.

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If you have not yet seen it, please read our Statement of Solidarity, and consider what you personally can do to fight racism, injustice, and abuse of police power.

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The next meeting of the Board of the Friends of Eagle Plaza is scheduled for Wednesday, June 12, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm.  You can be added to the “Friends of Eagle Plaza” mailing list.  You can make a donation to the Friends of Eagle Plaza. You can like and follow them on Facebook.  You can learn more about the Plaza’s design, construction and stewardship on the Friends of Eagle Plaza website, or you can write to info@eagleplaza.org.