Sonoma County : A Community Portrait

SO CO Pod Ep 15 Head Of Fundraising At Face To Face Gary Saperstein

December 19, 2022 Cincinnatus Hibbard Season 1 Episode 15
Sonoma County : A Community Portrait
SO CO Pod Ep 15 Head Of Fundraising At Face To Face Gary Saperstein
Show Notes

   In this, the fifteenth and last interview of the first season, I sit down with Gary Saperstein, head of development at Face to Face. Development is the work of raising money for a non-profit fighting a cause. And Face to Face is Sonoma County’s non-profit effort to end HIV / AIDS and bring comfort to those facing the affliction.
   In this chat we go to the institutional origins of Face to Face, 40 years ago, at the very beginning of the health crisis that would in ten years kill 600, 000 Americans and decimate a whole generation of young gay artists and creatives in the most horrific way - total immune system collapse and, some would say, societal neglect.
   The story is one of a small angry group of Sonoma County locals organizing themselves in the face of Government inaction and denial with no resources but their own love and compassion. This is Sonoma County’s part in a movement that would become a total mobilization of the gay community and a successful campaign to force government action, find an effective treatment, and continue to become our modern gay rights movement.
   Gary and I talk through all of that, Face to Face’s evolving mission, current set of services, the intersections between the opioid crisis and the housing crisis, remembering those we have lost, survivors guilt, memorials, safe sex tips, and tips on how to develop a donor network for your cause.
   Join us, listen, cry, and be inspired by over 40 years of love and compassion for Sonoma Count’s most vulnerable citizens!

WEBSITE : https://f2f.org/donate/