FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, August 3, 2009
MEDIA ALERT
WHAT: A Candlelight Vigil/Memorial for the LGBT youth murdered and wounded at a LGBT teen center support group meeting on Saturday in Tel Aviv, Israel.
WHERE: FROM: Congregation Sha’ar Zahav (290 Dolores St @ 16th St), SF
TO: San Francisco LGBT Center (1800 Market St @ Octavia St), SF
WHEN: TONIGHT, Monday August 3, 2009 @ 5:30pm
San Francisco, CA… On Saturday, a masked assailant dressed in black from head to toe opened fire on an LGBT teen center’s support group meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 2 members of the group: 16 year old, Liz Trubeshi, and 26 year old, Nir Katz, the support group counselor, and wounding 10 others. The gunman managed to find the secret location of the support group’s meetings; many of the kids were not yet out to their parents before the shooting. On Sunday, thousands in Tel Aviv protested the senseless murders, and crowds gathered in other Israeli cities as well.
An ad hoc group of San Francisco-based Jewish and gay organizations and individuals is organizing a candlelight vigil/memorial for tonight, Monday night, to memorialize the young Israeli victims. The safety of LGBT youth is of utmost concern; this could happen at any center anywhere in the world. Organizers are calling for LGBT Centers around the country/world to also hold vigils on Monday.
People will gather at the LGBT synagogue, Congregation Sha’ar Zahav (290 Dolores St @ 16th St) at 6:00pm and march down Dolores Street and then down Market Street to the San Francisco LGBT Center at 1800 Market Street @ Octavia St.
Schedule & Speakers
5:30pm Gather at Congregation Sha’ar Zahav (290 Dolores St @ 16th St, San Francisco)
6:00pm March from Sha’ar Zahav to SF LGBT Center (1800 Market Street @ Octavia St)
6:30-7:00pm Speakers & Candlelight Vigil
SPEAKERS (subject to change):
1. Rabbi Camille Angel (Congregation Sha’ar Zahav)
2. Sup. Bevan Dufty (Member of SF Board of Supervisors)
3. Ruby Cymrot-Wu (Bay Area Outreach Coordinator, Jewish Mosaic)
4. Jessica Trubowitch (Dir of Intergroup Relations, Jewish Community Relations Council)
5. SF LGBT Center speaker
6. LYRIC speaker (Lavender Youth Recreation & Info Center; queer youth resource center)
The vigil was organized by Rabbi Camille Angel (Congregation Sha’ar Zahav); Supervisor Bevan Dufty; Martin Tannenbaum (LGBT Alliance); organizer Lisa Geduldig; The Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco; SF LGBT Center; Congregation Sha'ar Zahav; and Kol Tzedek: A Bay Area Coalition of Jewish Organizations for Justice and LGBT Rights.
