Hospitality Co-coordinator:
Stacy Dennen

Who knew back in 1972, when I was a freshly-named delegate to the first International Conference on the Decade of Women, that 30 years later I'd still be still praying for the passage of an Equal Rights Amendment in my own country, that women in the third world would still be subject to torture and slavery, bodies and spirits abused and mutilated beyond description or reason?

Well, I know it now. I've learned a lot of lessons through the years: Across my lifetime I helped establish the first

degreed Women's Studies program in the United States; worked actively founding and helped support early Lesbian, Gay, and alternative sexuality affinity groups; I was a tutor for autistic and aphasic children; a bartender; did guerilla theatre with the VVAW in Denver when Nixon ordered the mining of Hanoi and Haiphong Harbors; I was an adult theatre manager; SFSI volunteer; taxi driver; pursued a career in law and community activism; co-owner of Random Starr Video in Hollywood, producer of music videos in the shadow of the birth of MTV; teacher; a stint as a professional messenger; a creator of parades & parties for more than a million people; Board member of a number of community organizations; organizer and speaker at the 1987 March on Washington; managed an attorney service; a constant spiritual seeker; a rebellious rogue and sensual hedonist; spirit healer; an artist; a gourmet cook, then caterer; kaseka to the dying and their loved ones; a kinetic sculpture developer and pilot; a Nannagramma; a nursery manager. There's more. There's always more. There's so much more. I guess you could call me a Renaissance Woman.

I now also find myself a widow, having lost my partner of nearly 20 years in early 2003. That emotional fog is lifting and I'm excited by my involvement with the Camp Betty Campout. I've done much in my life for which I am proud—participating in birthing Betty is a highlight. I look forward to watching this baby grow through the years, shaped and loved by all her participants.

Stacy & her kinetic sculpture!