COVID-19'S IMPACT ON THE PERFORMING ARTS IN SAN FRANCISCO
AND THE RELIGIOUS VENUES THAT HOST THEM 

October 29, 2020

Earlier today, the San Francisco Interfaith Council (SFIC), supported by the COVID Command Center's Joint Information Center (JIC) Virtual Outreach Team, hosted the 29th in a series of weekly COVID-19 (Coronavirus) response briefings for faith leaders. Today's briefing highlighted the COVID-19's impact on the performing arts in San Francisco and the religious venues that host them. Featured presenters from the SF Arts Alliance included Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YCBA) CEO Deborah Cullinan, Theater Bay Area Executive Director Brad Erickson and San Francisco Opera Tad and Dianne Taube General Director Matthew Shilvock.

The briefing may be viewed in its entirety below:
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Also participating were Zoom Briefing Moderator/SFIC Executive Director Michael Pappas, SFIC Board Chair and Shanti Project Executive Director Kaushik Roy, and Brahma Kumaris Anubhuti Meditation & Retreat Center Program Manager Sister Elizabeth Padilla, Congregation Emanu-El Cantor Marsha Attie, St. Ignatius Parish Director of New Programs Franca Gargiulo and Grace Cathedral Director of Cultural Events Rebecca Nestle. Special appreciation is extended to SFIC Program/ Administrative Associate Cynthia Zamboukos, and the COVID Command Center's Joint Information Center Community Partners Coordinator John McKnight, Virtual Outreach Coordinator Tre Russell Allen and Team: Producer Lynne Mayes, assisted by Leads Sharon Walton and Hafiza Salehbhai.

PLEASE NOTE: We will be taking a two week hiatus and resume programming on November 19, 2020, at 8:30 am, at which time we will celebrate our 30th Weekly Online Briefing for Faith Leaders by highlighting the important communications work of the COVID Command Center's Joint information Center Virtual Outreach Team.
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