07/13/2021
As you celebrate San Diego PRIDE month, be sure to stop in to experience our history making exhibit, LGBTQ+ San Diego: Stories of Struggles + Triumphs, at the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park before it closes on August 1.
Several local LBGTQ+ leaders are recognized including
Jen LaBarbera. Jen currently serves as the Education and Advocacy Manager at San Diego Pride, where she manages the organization’s community partnerships, education and advocacy programs, and international diplomacy work.
LaBarbera has been an active member of the Center’s Young Professionals Council since 2015, graduated from the YPC Academy in 2017, and served as Co-Chair of YPC’s Executive Committee from 2017 to 2018.
Previously, LaBarbera spent three years as the Head Archivist at Lambda Archives of San Diego, where she collected, preserved, and taught the LGBTQ+ history of San Diego, the Imperial Valley, and northern Baja California. Prior to her work in the library and archives field in Colorado, Boston, and San Diego, she spent 10 years working as a political and community organizer for reproductive justice in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota, and Massachusetts.
As a writer, LaBarbera has had two pieces published in anthologies focused on LGBTQ+ survivors and mental health. She received her BA in the Study of Women and Gender and Government from Smith College and her MA in Library and Information Science from the University of Denver.
Visit our website - sandiegohistory.org - for information on our hours, programs, and exhibitions.
#sandiegohistory #SanDiegoHistoryCenter #balboapark #sandiegopride #prideweek2021 #lgbtqcommunity #lgbtqhistory
As you celebrate San Diego PRIDE month, be sure to stop in to experience our history making exhibit, LGBTQ+ San Diego: Stories of Struggles + Triumphs, at the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park before it closes on August 1.
Several local LBGTQ+ leaders are recognized including
Jen LaBarbera. Jen currently serves as the Education and Advocacy Manager at San Diego Pride, where she manages the organization’s community partnerships, education and advocacy programs, and international diplomacy work.
LaBarbera has been an active member of the Center’s Young Professionals Council since 2015, graduated from the YPC Academy in 2017, and served as Co-Chair of YPC’s Executive Committee from 2017 to 2018.
Previously, LaBarbera spent three years as the Head Archivist at Lambda Archives of San Diego, where she collected, preserved, and taught the LGBTQ+ history of San Diego, the Imperial Valley, and northern Baja California. Prior to her work in the library and archives field in Colorado, Boston, and San Diego, she spent 10 years working as a political and community organizer for reproductive justice in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota, and Massachusetts.
As a writer, LaBarbera has had two pieces published in anthologies focused on LGBTQ+ survivors and mental health. She received her BA in the Study of Women and Gender and Government from Smith College and her MA in Library and Information Science from the University of Denver.
Visit our website - sandiegohistory.org - for information on our hours, programs, and exhibitions.
#sandiegohistory #SanDiegoHistoryCenter #balboapark #sandiegopride #prideweek2021 #lgbtqcommunity #lgbtqhistory
