Ep. 14. Bob Correa, First Executive Director of the Diversity Center

Bob Correa and Denny Carroll moved to Santa Cruz in 1998 after retiring from jobs in San Jose. They had met in San Jose through an activist group that Denny co-founded called the High-Tech Gays. After moving to Santa Cruz, Bob and Denny began volunteering at the Diversity Center and joined the board shortly thereafter. Bob became the first paid executive director at the Diversity Center. In this podcast we discuss the importance of maintaining a physical space for organizing and community building, the fundraising that goes into it, as well as some of the programs and resources that the Diversity Center provides. The Diversity Center continues to serve Santa Cruz’s queer community today because of the leadership of Bob and Denny in the 1990s and early 2000s.