Lighting The Way: SOJOURN's Annual Giving Campaign
Make your donation to guarantee that LGBTQ+ people – especially our young people – know they are not alone and that unity and solidarity are touchstones throughout the Jewish community and beyond.
Together, we will:
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Deftly defend Trans and LGBQ+ Youth, and lead legislative advocacy work across the South. We want our young people to have freedom to be their autonomous selves, pursue their dreams, and live with dignity — no exceptions.
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Engage deeply with Jewish organizations to understand the dire impact that stigma and bias has on their gender and sexually diverse members.
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Encourage Jewish organizations to come together and demonstrate what it means to be a LGBTQ+ ally and an activated partner of SOJOURN.
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Nurture relationships with our LGBTQ+ youth and their families and to determine what SOJOURN needs to ‘build’ and support in our Southern communities.
Thank you to our generous Lighting the Way supporters!
SUNRISE~ $7,500
Julie Fishman and Terry Pechecek
STARLIGHT~ $5,000
*Rebecca Leary and Scot Safon
Sonia Alden Foundation
INCANDESCENT~ $3,600
A Proud Supporter
*Gary Alembik and Stephen Graves
Osiason Educational Foundation
Cindy Solomon
Rebecca and Jennifer Stapel-Wax
*Janet and Andrew Ziffer
BRILLIANCE~ $2,500
*Simone and Kristopher Bonnejonne
OPALESCENT~ $1,800
Dan Bloom and Barry Golivesky
BLAZE ~ $1,000
Judith Alembik
Peter Bjerkerot and Mark Spieler
Jamie Fergerson and Monica Gertu
Felice Cohen and Maria Rossi
Mike Lorton and Gary Youngblood
DAZZLE ~ $720
Beverly Korfin and Andrea Finn
Jimmy and Sheri Krell
Joan M. Stuart
GLITTER~ $540
Richard and Sheryl Arno
Dina Fuchs Beresin and Todd Beresin
*Jessica Handler and Mickey Dubrow
Tim McDaniel
*Zen and David Neer
Temple Emanu-El
Rabbi Ruth and Dr. David Abusch-Magder
Mary Baron
Rabbi Judith and Stan Beiner
Sid Besmertnik
Valerie Blakenship
Anonymous
Blair and Robin Cohen
Anonymous
Darcy Coty
Michelle Day
Jennifer Dylan
Joel Deitch and Corey-Jan Albert
Al Endel and Derek Lowery
GLOW
Larry and Barbara Fine
Rabbi Pamela and Dr. David Gottfried
Gerald Hauck
Suzanne Hurwitz
Michael Jacobs
Carole and Andrew Kagan
Natalya Kalistratova
Joyce Kinnard
Joy Ladin
Sheryl Lee
Henry Lewis
Sylvia Miller
Jeffrey Nakrin
Brittany Nehman
Alex Ortiz and Graham Philips
Lauren Poisson
Eliot Robinson
Rabbi Neil and Susan Sandler
Ellen and Eric Schwartz
Robin Joy Shahar
Lori Shapiro
Sadie Simmons
Alan Sokoloff and Michele Casper
Gloria and Ken Southerland
Amy Teplow
Rebeca Quintana
Robert Weinstein and Gene Morgan
Rita Wuebbeler
General Donations
SOJOURN's mission is to empower communities to advance and celebrate gender and sexual diversity across the South, and we do so through empowering communities, celebrating queer people, educating institutions, and advocating for the marginalized.
Your general donation helps to fund our programs and operations in service of this mission. Donations can be made as a single annual gift or divided across a calendar year.
Thank you for giving as generously as you can. Together, we make a difference to every single person and community we serve.