1. Since 1976, Pacific Pride Foundation has served
Santa Barbara County, growing to its current status as the only
local resource for the LGBTQ community,
and provider of HIV/AIDS Programs & Services.
PACIFIC PRIDE
FOUNDATION
INVITES YOU TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
OUR PROGRAMS & SERVICES
2. Meet our Board of Directors
Auralee Bunch
Board Member
Ethan Ragsdale
Board Member
John Duffy
Board Member
Lamar Pugh
Board Member
Solmon Ndung’u
Board Member
“For a community to be whole and healthy, it must be based
on people’s love and concern for each other.”- Millard Fuller
Alan Rose
Board Member
Ralph Barbosa
Treasurer
Michele Hock
Vice Chair
Marco Silva
Chair
Jessa Tucker Riley
Secretary
3. Our Community Speaks
“After being a volunteer for a year now with Pacific
Pride Foundation, I continue to be in awe at the vast range of
services they offer to our community, the large number of people served
and the strong dedication and focus of the staff.”
- Kevin C.
“Pacific Pride Foundation is as much
about building community and maintaining
connection, as it is protecting and educating
about HIV. The LGBT community has been exemplary
in social change, and in the care and protection of one
another. Supporting PPF is both a privilege and
an obligation.”
- Loretta R.
“Pacific Pride Foundation has a mission that
is very personal to me. 25 years ago, I lost my closest
childhood friend to AIDS. He didn’t have access to the
safe and reliable healthcare that Pacific Pride Foundation
offers and remained in the closet until his death. This
amazing organization allows people affected with HIV/
AIDS access to safe and reliable access to a multitude of
necessary programs and services that are so vital to
our local community.”
- Linda Y.
“I have been
involved with Pacific Pride
Foundation since its founding
in 1976 as Western Addiction Services.
Pacific Pride Foundation has always
been the place to go for our LGBTQ
community. It means our youth, that
have been tossed out of their homes for
being gay, have a safe place to go.
It also is a place for everyone, gay or
straight, allowing Santa Barbara to be
a truly inclusive community.”
- Steve W.
“Pacific Pride
Foundation makes a huge
difference in the lives of so many
people in our community. Their
staff is committed to serving the
LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS affected
communities with love, compassion
and care. I am truly proud to
embrace and support Pacific Pride
Foundation.“
- Merryl B.
“Pacific Pride Foundation is a unique center in our
vibrant local community that acts as a safe house for
LGBTQ youth, seniors, and those affected by HIV/AIDS.
Because of this center’s uniqueness, I dedicated over 20
years of my life to Pacific Pride Foundation and will
continue to support them because their purpose
and need in the community will never go away.”
- David S.
4. Meet Our Team
The mission of Pacific Pride Foundation is to advocate for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
and queer community; care for people living with HIV; and prevent the transmission of HIV.
Liz Figueroa
Nurse Case Manager
Daphne Garlick
Development Associate
Malek Guerbaoui
Education & Prevention Coordinator
Amanda Harness
Advancement Officer
Patrick Kearns
LGBTQ Outreach Advocate
Sasha Llamas
Community Health Educator
& Test Counselor
James McDevitt
Finance & Operations Officer
Ken Osepyan
Social Work Case Manager
Paul Smith
Database Administrator
Heather Stevenson
Grants Manager
Jackie VanLingen
Events Manager
Dolores Woodson
Food Pantry Coordinator
Teresa Barahona
North County HIV & LGBTQ
Outreach Coordinator
Cynthia Camacho
Interim Executive Director
Clinical Programs Coordinator
Ramiro Diaz
Case Manager / HIV & HEP C Test Counselor
SANTA MARIA STAFFSANTA BARBARA STAFF
5. (90) DAYS OF SUMMER PROVIDES:
• A safe space for LGBTQ youth and youth allies
• Interaction with other LGBTQIA peers & adult mentors
• Health and wellness activities
• Opportunities for leadership development
• Access to cultural events and youth development activities
• Information, resources, and counseling services
• Community advocacy
• Volunteer opportunities
(90) DAYS of Summer
(90) Days of Summer is the core of what PROUD (People Respecting
Others United by Diversity) Youth Group is all about. Our summer youth
program is free to all youth and begins in June, as soon as school gets
out, meeting weekly every Friday until August. (90) Days of Summer is for
all youth seeking a safe space to be themselves without the fear of facing
discrimination. It’s a program for our LGBTQIA youth to be a part of
something positive and empowering. Our goal is to create young leaders
within our local community. Each weekly lesson teaches our youth the
tools and skillset to lead successful lives after high school.
With YOUR help we can make this program bigger, better, and more
supportive for our youth. For information on our (90) Days of Summer
Program, please contact our LGBTQ Program Coordinator directly at:
(805) 349- 9946 ext. 103.
6. Safe Schools Infographic
I feel my school is a safe place for
LGBTQ students, teachers, and administrators.
How often do you hear homophobic
remarks used in your school?
When homophobic remarks are made, how
often does the teacher or staff person step in?
When you hear homophobic remarks,
how often does another student step in?
I always feel safe to be myself at school.
How often do you hear the
expression“That’s so gay”or
“You’re so gay”in school?
STRONGLY AGREE
AGREE
NEUTRAL
DISAGREE
STRONGLY DISAGREE
37%
36%
17%
7%
3%
ALWAYS
MOST OF THE TIME
SOME OF THE TIME
NEVER
8%
20%
26%
46%
ALWAYS
MOST OF THE TIME
SOME OF THE TIME
NEVER
1%
45%
STRONGLY AGREE
AGREE
NEUTRAL
DISAGREE
STRONGLY DISAGREE
21%
38%
35%
4%
2%
FREQUENTLY
OFTEN
SOMETIMES
RARELY
NEVER
18% 39%
2%
7%
34%
FREQUENTLY
OFTEN
SOMETIMES
RARELY
NEVER
46%
1%
20%
13%
20%
8%
46%
7. I think the hardest person to come out to is probably yourself. At least in my experience it was.I didn’t want to be different. I didn’t want to be weird. About a month ago, I came out to my parents.I said to my dad that I didn’t think I was a girl or a boy (which always reminds me of the song RebelRebel by David Bowie--just saying). He and my stepmom told me that not knowing is okay. They toldme that they’d both probably screw up sometimes because they don’t really know much about thiskind of stuff, and said I am totally allowed to correct them in such situations.
I just want to be seen as a person. Why does my gender matter to strangers? However, at thesame time, I still want basic accommodations like everyone else gets. Like a bathroom that’s meantfor me. Or a little bubble on the survey papers.
When I go to any meetings with Pacific Pride Foundation, the bathrooms in the facility are nevermarked with specific gender. I hope that soon the world will publicly and widely become a lessblack-and-white, or should I say less pink-and-blue, that it will be a place for people of nonbinarygenders too.
From an LGBTQ Youth
The following is an excerpt from a young member of our community, whom Pacific Pride Foundation
connected with at their school’s Gay-Straight Alliance meetings. They are now a member of our
youth group, and their parents attend local PFLAG Support Group meetings.
8. “Our Santa Barbara PFLAG Chapter (Parents, Friends
and Allies of the LGBTQ community) is enormously
grateful for Pacific Pride Foundation and the support
they have provided us in establishing ourselves.
From the moment the idea first took shape their staff
provided invaluable expertise, presence, promotion,
resources, ideas, and continual encouragement,
including the space to have our first meetings.
We might have done it without them but
I don’t see how. Thank you for all you do!”
- Georgia Noble
President of PFLAG Santa Barbara
The National Transgender Day of Remembrance is held
annually on November 20, and is a opportunity to honor
and respect transgender people who have been victimized
emotionally and physically. It also allows time to reflect
on the strength and resilience of those in the transgender
community, and to memorialize and remember transgender
individuals lost as a result of violence.
In Santa Barbara, the Transgender Day of Remembrance is
marked yearly with a candlelit vigil, organized
by transgender community members in conjunction
with Pacific Pride Foundation.
Transgender Day
of Remembrance
9. Each year, Pacific Pride Foundation hosts
the Royal Ball to bring together gay, lesbian,
bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ), and
straight allies to share a memorable evening
of fun and celebration of our diverse
community, all in support of Pacific Pride
Foundation’s vital programs and services.
Join us April 25, 2015 at Bacara Resort & Spa.
Visit ppfroyalball.com for more information.
Pacific Pride Festival aims to create a safe,
welcoming environment to unite
and celebrate our beautifully diverse
LGBTQ community and its allies.
This year’s Pacific Pride Festival will be
held on July 11, 2015 in De La Guerra Plaza
in the heart of downtown Santa Barbara.
For more information visit:
pacificpridefestival.org
For the past 25 years, our community has
helped raise vital funds for the men, women
and children living with, affected by, or at risk
for HIV/AIDS in Santa Barbara County.
Every dollar raised at the Heart + Sole AIDS
Walk stays local, prevents the spread of
HIV, feeds families and individuals, and
cares for HIV positive clients.
The 25th Annual Heart + Sole AIDS Walk will be
at Leadbetter Beach on October 3, 2015.
Save The Dates!
April 25
Royal Ball
July 11
Pacific Pride
Festival
October 3
Heart + Sole
AIDS Walk
10. We need your help each and every year to enrich our HIV/AIDS &
LGBTQ Programs & Services. We also depend on the generous
contributions from supporters like you to help our:
HIV/AIDS Programs & Services allowing us to offer Free & Anonymous
HIV/Hep C testing to our clients throughout Santa Barbara County
LGBTQ Programs & Services such as our Lavender Elders Program,
LGBTQYouth Program and our LGBTQ Sensitivity Trainings
Annual Fundraising & Community Events such as our
Heart + Sole AIDS Walk, Pacific Pride Festival and Royal Ball
When you become a donor of Pacific Pride Foundation,
your gift becomes a critical piece of our funding outlook,
making all of our programs & services possible.
Please consider making a generous donation TODAY! If you are interested in additional
Planned Giving opportunities, please contact our Development Department at:
(805) 963-3636 ext. 103.
Sustaining donors are the backbone
of Pacific Pride Foundation
Pacific Pride Foundation’s services would not
be possible without the help of countless
volunteers who selflessly devote their time to
our cause. By volunteering with Pacific Pride
Foundation, you are supporting the LGBTQ
community and HIV/AIDS clients that we serve
in Santa Barbara County.
For more information on volunteer opportunities
with Pacific Pride Foundation, please contact our
Volunteer Services at: (805) 963-3636 ext. 111.
Volunteer Today!
11. Santa Barbara
126 East Haley Street, Suite A-11
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 963-3636
Santa Maria
819 West Church Street
Santa Maria, CA 93454
(805) 349-9947
Lompoc
104 South C Street, Unit G (upstairs)
Lompoc, CA 93436
Mondays Only
Pacific Pride Foundation is proud to serve our community with
3 convienent locations throughout Santa Barbara County
For more information about Pacific Pride Foundation, please visit our website at: pacificpridefoundation.org
