Polk Street: Lives in Transition

Acknowledgements


Thanks most of all to the more than sixty individuals who shared their story with me, and to the twenty individuals profiled in this exhibit: your time, trust, and belief in the project made it possible. It has been an incredible honor and privilege to work with all of you.

- Joey Plaster, Curator.


Funders

California Council for the Humanities
This project is made possible, in part, by a grant from the California Council for the Humanities as part of the Council’s statewide California Stories Initiative. The Council is an independent non-profit organization and a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information on the Council and the California Stories Initiative, visit www.californiastories.org.”

Additional funds from:
The Rainbow Endowment
The Hermes Foundation
Bob Fuller
Jeff Lewi
Daniel Nicoletta
Robert Cromey
Mark Barnes

Team
Joey Plaster, Project Director and Exhibit Curator
Gabriela Hasbun, Photographer
Martin Meeker, Humanities Advisor
Evan Roberts, Audio Advisor
Rebekah Kim, GLBTHS Archivist
Caitlin Sweet, Visual Top

Special thanks
Mark Hanson of Hanson Digital and Jon Zax of Lotus Color for their very generous in-kind donation of photo prints;
Martin Meeker, without whom this exhibit would not have happened; 
Rebekah Kim, saint and genius;
Bob Fuller, for his enthusiasm and introductions; and
L. James Beales, for sharing his knowledge and archives of Polk Street’s history.

Polk Street Community Liaisons
For providing essential introductions and interview spaces:
Megan Rohrer
Charlie, at Kimos
River Sims
Chris Schulman
L. James Beales
Alexis Miranda
Andrew Koltuniak

Transcribers and exhibit volunteers
Jeff Raby, Creatis Group Ramón Silvestre
Marika Cifor
Yasmin
Virginia
Lau
Sam Sheffield
Bradley Rabkin Golden
Masha Rotfeld
Tom Burtch
Michael Angelo

And thanks to:
Nic Weinstein
David Gilmore
Gayle Rubin
Aimee Forster
Paul Boneberg
Noah Miller
Gerard Koskovich

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