Our Mission

…And Castro for All (AC4A) is a fiscally sponsored project of the San Francisco LGBT Community Center dedicated to fostering a genuinely inclusive and equitable Bay Area LGBT community.   

Over time, AC4A hopes to seed and fulfill an aspirational new vision for the Castro and the Bay Area, a vision that we hope will ripple throughout the nation and beyond: that it is possible, preferable – and indeed wonderful – to create communities, devoid of division and discrimination, that unflinchingly respect, celebrate, and benefit from all of our histories, cultures, experiences, and talents.

United ENDA Campaign

UnitedEnda.org
We teamed up with local, state and national groups to organize for an ENDA bill that covers EVERYONE. Find out more at the UnitedENDA.org website.

2008 was a wonderful and busy year for …And Castro For All (AC4A)! The highlights included: 

• Successful launch of the new Rickey Williams Fellowship program for emerging LGBT leaders of color
• Co-leadership of an education campaign about the seriousness of racially-motivated vandalism in the Castro
• Major participation in 2007 Pride festivities (thanks to dozens of awesome volunteers who hosted our first-ever beverage booth, and thanks to the Pride Committee, which honored several of our members!)
• A great “Turn Up The Heat!” fundraiser with the SF ANSWER Coalition and the Idriss Shelley Foundation at El Rio in August, honoring SF Police Commission Chair Theresa Sparks
• A barnstormer of a grassroots campaign supporting passage of a progressive, trans-inclusive federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)
• Media features in the LA Times, the SF Chronicle, the Bay Area Reporter, the SF Bay Times, and elsewhere

• Successful launch of a new fund for inclusive social events (“The New Ventures Seed Fund), with generous support from AC4A co-founder Derek Turner, Google, and over 50 community members and organizations 

As we continue to work towards a more inclusive and equitable community for Queer (and non-Queer) people of all shapes, colors, and stripes, we’d like to thank our supporters for their donations, time, effort, and encouragement, and invite them, and anyone else, to join us for more fun ahead.

the AC4A Board of Directors