Page 13 - Adelante Magazine February 2021

JUAN PRECIADO RICHARD ZALDIVAR & OCTAVIO J VALLEJO
Commissioner JOSELITO LAUDENCIA Community Liaison/Patient Advocate
Los Angeles County Commission on HIV Merck & Co.
HIV Coordinator, Northeast Valley Health Dreaming of a day without COVID 19…There
Corporation would be so much to do. We look forward to The loss of several good friends due to
having lunch with our friends at a favorite Covid-19 made me aware of how fragile our
After the pandemic, I look forward to restaurant, taking a cruise on an ocean liner to existence is. Thus, when we resume our
attending film festivals and network to one of our favorite places, attending Mass at "routine" activities after the pandemic, I'll
capture & preserve inclusive experiences the downtown Cathedral, listening to music at make sure that every single time I talk with
of sexual practices during the COVID-19 the Hollywood Bowl, sitting in our seats at someone face-to-face, I will let this person
pandemic. Promote awareness thought Dodger Stadium and watching our favorite know how much I care about them and I will
real-time, relevant & culturally rich bio-pic. baseball team. These are all fun things which be 100% in the moment - because at the
Also, host an art show at a gallery debuting we enjoy doing but nothing would be so end we only have our memories.
work curated during the pandemic. But I important as marrying each other in front or Also, I will travel to places where I never
really miss camping & a LIVE concert. I our family and close friends. We have waited have been with a similar attitude: Living
hope to see El Fantasma, Grupo Firme & for that special moment. It’s coming, God 100% in the moment-because again, we
Kendrick live- along with a good Oldies willing. only have our memories."
concert- all with those I love & new relation-
ships to come.

DAVID VELA
DANIEL P'LOPEZ AND
Trustee
ARTHUR PORTER Los Angeles Community College
Community Advoctes District
Married During Pandemic
We look forward to being able I plan on continuing to travel
to go out to the movies, events, throughout the world to expand my
bars and clubs, restaurants, perspective. More than ever we
have parties and events with have to acknowledge that we all
family and friends and really live on this planet together and that
looking forward to traveling and we must help each other if we are
to survive as a species. We must
going places without a mask or learn to exchange ideas and
fear of getting sick.
innovate together to fight against
global warming and a future
pandemic.

JAMIE AWAD
Club Papi Productions

I am thankful that several of our most important venues that have hosted our Club Papi events will still be
around in the late summer to early fall when I believe large gatherings at nightclubs will be allowed. I am
looking forward to the day when we can come together to celebrate, dance, drink and be happy. Most impor-
tantly, I want to put our amazing team of dancers, Dj's, drag queens and support staff back to work. This
past year of the pandemic has been especially devastating to the nightlife industry, forcing some of our
best team members to leave this line of work completely and either move away or find other work. Gay Pride
events excite me a lot. Producing the Latin stage has been an honor for over 20+ years and I did not realize
how much I would miss all the stress and joy that comes from creating those memories.

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