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Cara Dessert: At the Center of Our Advocacy is Joy


Cara Dessert smiling in a headshot with an orange frame. Text: Cara Dessert, CEO, The San Diego LGBT Center

Hailing from El Centro, CA, Cara Dessert has always been an organizer and powerful galvanizer of community and equality. She has nearly two decades of experience in non-profit and social justice work, making her the ideal CEO of the San Diego LGBT Community Center.


In this episode of Stop and Talk, Cara discusses the history and role the LGBT Community Center plays in the San Diego community, the power a sense of belonging brings to not just herself but also those who feel they have no place, and much more.


Hosted by Grant Oliphant

Co-produced by Crystal Grant & Adam Greenfield

Engineered by Adam Greenfield

Recorded in the Voice of San Diego Studio






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