About LAvender LA
Roots of Equality, an LGBT cultural activist group, is developing “Lavender Los Angeles: The Making of our pre-Stonewall LGBT Movement”. LAvender Los Angeles is a visually engaging exhibit running for two weeks from November 7-20th in Downtown LA. The mission of this exhibit is to uncover our city’s unsung LGBT history; to connect the experiences of the past to the aspirations of the future; and to highlight those who pioneered our progress.
“Lavender Los Angeles” will run at The Exchange in Downtown LA at 114 W. 5th St. in the heart of the historic gay ghetto from November 8th through the 20th. The run will be preceded by an exclusive preview with special guests on November 7th. The exhibit will also host the Art Walk, panel discussions, speakers, and themed evenings.
Personnel
Teresa Wang is a founding member of RoE and a producer for Lavender Los Angeles focusing on fundraising, design, publicity, and operations. She is also the Communications VP for Stonewall Young Democrats and is the Sports Information Director at Cypress College.
Tom De Simone is a founding member of RoE, a producer, and researcher for Lavender Los Angeles. The project is the brainchild of De Simone. He is also the Community VP for Stonewall Young Democrats and is a project manager at Genesis LA.
Melissa Lopez is a founding member of RoE and a researcher for Lavender Los Angeles. She is the Female Member at Large for Stonewall Young Democrats, a deaf and hard-of-hearing infant teacher for Los Angeles Unified School District, and has a private practice as a marriage and family therapist.
Kersu Dalal is a founding member of RoE and a researcher and designer for Lavender Los Angeles. Dalal is a senior associate at the architecture and urban planning firm of Johnson Fain.
Justin Emerick is a founding member of RoE and a researcher for Lavender Los Angeles. He is also assisting in development. Emerick is an investigator for the Department of Labor.
Andrew Sacher of Sacher Creative brings almost two decades of design experience to the project. Sacher will serve as chief designer and project manager. He is currently the President & CCO, Sacher Creative.
Diem Tran is RoE’s Research Associate and is contributing input on the geographical context of the project. Tran is a member of Stonewall Young Democrats and is a Research Associate at Harder and Company Community Research.
Jason Wright is a founding member of RoE. He is a member of Stonewall Young Democrats and an attorney at Jones Day.
J.T. Chestnut is RoE’s Coalition Coordinator and is focusing on fundraising and building coalition partners. Chestnut is a freelance running trainer.
