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| Affiliation | Green |
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| Name | Terry Joan Baum |
| Address | 2940 16th St
San Francisco, California , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
00, 1946
(78 years)
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| Contributor | Patrick |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
May 22, 2023 06:08pm |
| Tags |
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| Info | Terry Baum began in politics as personal aide to the legendary Bella Abzug, in Bella's first run for Congress in 1970. Terry spent every moment with Bella, from 7 a.m. until midnight. She was Bella's barker at subway stops twice a day, announcing her presence and handing out literature. She drove Bella's car when the chauffeur was drunk. Terry heard Bella speak countless times to countless groups all over Manhattan. Bella didn't stand a chance against the 14-year incumbent. She was only running to bring up issues, especially our disastrous involvement in Vietnam. But Bella won that Congressional seat and went on to inspire a whole generation of activists, with the power of her truth-telling and her outsized personality.
More recently, Terry Baum dedicated herself to Matt Gonzalez' campaign for mayor. In between, she has worked on the campaigns of Eileen Hansen for Supervisor, on Tom Ammiano's first mayoral campaign, and for Art Agnos, Bill Clinton (1992), Walter Mondale, and George McGovern. She campaigned to defeat the homophobic Briggs Initiative in 1977, and worked to establish Instant Runoff Voting in 2003.
Prior to becoming active in the Green Party, Terry was known in San Francisco as a pioneering lesbian playwright. Since she founded Lilith Feminist Theater in 1974, she has created plays on gay and immigration rights, medical ethics, women in the workplace, Christian anti-semitism, and the eternal pursuit of love — among other things. Her plays have been published and produced all over the world, including in Dutch, Swedish, French, Italian and Flemish.
In February 2003, Terry opened her latest show, Waiting for the Podiatrist, a solo farce with puppets and songs about her father's near-fatal coma. It was greeted with glowing reviews. Also last year, Terry published This is My Peace Sign, a booklet of her photos from anti-war demonstrations in San Francisco.
Terry Baum has been a property owner in Noe Valley since 1978. She is a strong supporter of tenants' rights and a car-free advocate of public transit. She is the founder of the Pat Bond Memorial Old Dyke Award, a biennial celebration to honor lesbians over 60. After decades of working to change the world through theater (and sometimes succeeding), Terry has been empowered by the Green Party to run for political office. She now speaks directly about issues, rather than through a character. Instead of creating stories, she wants a chance to change the story that we are all living through.
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