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Laura Rifkin: Commitment to Community
Laura dancing with Axis dance troupe, circa early 90’s. She was one of the early members of the internationally renowned dance troupe.
Laura featured in Keith Sklar’s mural, “Mitzvah: The Jewish Cultural Experience,” 14th and Franklin St, in Oakland. Sklar’s mural states: “Create for yourselves a new heart, a new spirit.”
Laura is a committed social activist, organizational consultant, mediator, published author, and artist. She was the co-founder of Wry Crips Women’s Theater Group, Special Needs Services for Gay Pride, and Bay Area Pirates (a women’s wheelchair basketball team). She is the Associate Producer of “The Way Home,” a film about women, race, and ethnicity.
She was the Director of World Trust—an organization which promotes cross-cultural dialogue and has developed a wide variety of programs along with curriculum guides on diverse topics: Communication and Listening, Self-Esteem and Sexual Abuse Prevention for Children with Disabilities (an award-winning program), Heart-to-Heart Conversation Guide—a guide on how to dialogue about race, among others.
