Episode 26: Shaping San Francisco

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Bicycle and Walking Tours hosted by LisaRuth Elliott and Chris Carlsson, to Mission Dolores, Ft Mason, Pier 36, Coloma CemeteriesBay Cruise, and Philosophers Way

Photo Credits: Maryann Blackwell, Marcin Wichary, LisaRuth Elliott

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“History is a creative act in the present”

In this episode, our featured voice is Lisa Ruth Elliot the Co-Director of Shaping San Francisco and we’re discuss Shaping San Francisco’s unique model of being a participatory community history project that documents and archives the overlooked stories and memories of San Francisco.

LisaRuth Elliot

LisaRuth Elliott co-directs Shaping San Francisco—a participatory public history project administering the digital archive at Foundsf.org. Actively preserving community memory through public programming and archival work, she heads up the San Francisco Department of Memory’s collaborative digitization project, Neighborhood Newspapers of San Francisco. She has also produced San Francisco History Days at the Old U.S. Mint, and is an editor, researcher, writer, archivist, and educator, teaching and lecturing at Bay Area universities. A People’s Guide to the Bay Area, a new book to which she contributed, was released in October 2020. She is also a visual and textile artist, everyday bicyclist, and urban farmer.

Shaping San Francisco

Serving the City for 25 years, Shaping San Francisco is a participatory community history project documenting overlooked stories of San Francisco. We define history as a creative act in the present, informing how we would like to live in the future. We are an affiliate of Independent Arts & Media. Our FREE Public Talks and Urban Forums: Walk & Talks provide an informative, engaging cultural forum inviting presenters and audiences to dialogue about issues covering Art & Politics, Historical and Literary Perspectives, Social Movements, and Ecology, highlighting the intersections of multiple themes and creating a discussion space not based on ability to pay. Our historical walking and bicycle tours bring people together to learn how the City is shaped through the efforts of engaged citizens and from a perspective rooted in its overlooked and forgotten histories. Our digital archive, Foundsf.org, is a place to learn about and contribute to the experience of living in San Francisco. We published Ten Years That Shook the City: San Francisco 1968-1978, a collection of first-person and historical essays with City Lights Foundation in 2011. Ten Years was awarded a California Book Award Gold Medal for Contribution to Publishing.

Donation / Volunteer

For tax-deductible contributions: One-time or monthly donation through Paypal. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=FX6LF3PWWHM7N

If you don't itemize your donations: Become a Patreon patron. https://www.patreon.com/shapingsf

For more information about donating and volunteering email LisaRuth at: shaping@foundsf.org

Please visit shapingsf.org for more information on programs and resources of Shaping San Francisco, and foundsf.org—Shaping San Francisco's digital archive and following on social media instagram:@shapingsf twitter: @ShapingSF on facebook: @Shaping San Francisco (https://www.facebook.com/Shaping-San-Francisco-307798484717)

Shaping San Francisco’s Books that were released in 2020:

Hidden San Francisco: http://www.chriscarlsson.com/hidden-san-francisco-the-book/

A People's Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area: https://rachelbrahinsky.weebly.com/a-peoples-guide-to-the-sf-bay-area.html

Videos

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