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This month’s newsletter includes:

• Board Meeting
• SOMA Second Saturday!  
• Narcan Video!
• Leather Street Signs
• Erotic Storytelling
• Entrepreneur Training
• City Survey
• Getting Involved
• Membership
• Donate
• Stay in Touch

Board Meeting This Wednesday

Wednesday, January 17, 6 to 8 pm 
Join our Board of Directors meeting on Zoom, here.
View: the agenda, previous meeting minutes | Add to Google Calendar

SOMA Second Saturdays!

• Our SOMA Second Saturday! Holiday Market was a hit!
  • See the action in pics here.
• The next SOMA Second Saturday will be a Game Day 
  • February 10, 12 noon to 5 pm
  • At the Folsom Street Community Center  

Narcan Video!

• Overdose prevention activist Kochina Rude has done four Narcan trainings hosted by the District in the past two years.
• Do your part to help prevent overdoses!  Watch the video! 

District to Get New Street Signs

• City Supervisors passed a Resolution authorizing adding 'LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District' to 26 street signs in our District to honor the extensive history and contributions of the leather and LGBTQ community.
• It was introduced by Supervisor Matt Dorsey last October.  
• Cultural District staff and members of our SOMA Action Network wrote letters and spoke at City Hall in favor of the resolution.
• The Board of Supervisors passed it on 11/28/2023, and the Mayor signed it on 12/8/2023. 
• The installation will take place in stages over the next two years.  
• Watch for the signs!

Erotic Storytelling

• Our next Erotic Storytelling Hour will be held on Thursday, January 25, from 8 to 9 pm. 
• Join via Zoom here.
• Hosted by Sumiko Saulson, with guest writers reading their original kinky creations.
• Info about our great erotic story writers and readers can be found here.
• Video recordings of recent episodes are here.
• Interested in reading?  Contact us! 

• Join the Cultural District; more members means more influence at City Hall.
• Become a member today!

Enterpreneur Training 

• The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District has now completed four nine-week entrepreneur training programs.
• The Bay Area Reporter interviewed some of the graduates, who are starting or building their businesses  Read their article here.
• We can help you and your business to serve the leather and kink communities.  Learn more and sign up here.

City Survey

• Help San Francisco improve its services and resources! 
• The deadline approaches!  Share your opinion before January 19!
• Learn more here, or go directly to the Community Survey.

Getting Involved

• Opportunities to get involved:
  • Join our volunteer list here, receive an email when we need event volunteers!
  • Our Committees: 
    • Arts and Culture - finds innovative ways to work with local artists and performers;
    • Diversity and Membership - works to promote inclusion, diversity and equity in our organization and our community;
    • Fundraising - works towards our long term goal: a Leather Cultural Center!
    • Meeting notices are here.
  • Browse the list of clubs and organizations on our Resource Guide, here.  

District Membership

• Join the Cultural District now! 
• Membership is $15 (dues waiver available for financial hardship).
• Click here to join or renew.
  • Do not share this link with others; it has been customized for you, and will expire in 7 days.  
  • If you are already a member, the form will show you when your current membership will expire.  
• Please search your spam folder for any emails from sflcd.org!  Add us to your contacts!
• For assistance, please contact manager@sflcd.org.

Donate

• Help keep SOMA Kinky & Queer. Donate today!
• Your gift helps keep our kinky places and spaces in SOMA, and supports community events, performances and public art.  
• Thanks!

Stay in Touch

• Tell your friends they can sign up to receive this newsletter at sflcd.org/signup.
• Please use these social media links to follow, repost, and share what we do!

January is a great time to become a full member of the Cultural District. Here's why you should join!