From his birth in Huntington Beach to being on the committee to the National March on Washington, to running his salon Skin Deep, to being the 24th Elected Peacock Empress de San Diego to his final role as an advocate for mental health Kurt always put others first.
A light was lost on Oct 10th, 2015 but in our hearts and our minds it will never be forgotten. We would like to invite you to his celebration of life at the Center on Oct 24th and would like to ask that instead of flowers you make a donation in his name to the San Diego LGBT Center's Behavioral Health programs.
Kurt was preceded in death by his mother Lisa Cunningham in 2012.
Kurt's contributions to the LGBT community in San Diego were limitless. Sadly Kurt was the victim of severe depression and he took his own life.
Everyone who was touched by Kurt mourns the loss of his life.
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Kurt Cunningham (posthumously) – Richard Geyser Community Leadership Award. Cunningham died in early October 2015, and is the only local honoree. Cunningham was a community activist who dedicated much of his adult life toward the betterment of the San Diego LGBTQ and HIV communities. Throughout his career, he worked closely with Imperial Court de San Diego, Trevor Project and The Center, with his most recent post being the LGBT Outreach Liaison for Mental Health America (MHA) of San Diego County. In this position, he advocated for mental health sensitivity and workplace/school trainings to create safe spaces for LGBTQ employees and students. Additionally, he had stepped up to the task of co-producing the 2016 Y.E.S. San Diego LGBTQ youth conference, a project supported, through grants and fiscal agency, by SDHDF. Nicole Murray-Ramirez will be accepting the award on behalf of Kurt Cunningham.
Source. http://www.scatenadaniels.com/media-advisory-san-diego-human-dignity-foundation-honors-lgbt-advocates-making-a-difference-in-san-diego-and-around-the-world/
From his birth in Huntington Beach to being on the committee to the National March on Washington, to running his salon Skin Deep, to being the 24th Elected Peacock Empress de San Diego to his final role as an advocate for mental health Kurt always put others first.
A light was lost on Oct 10th, 2015 but in our hearts and our minds it will never be forgotten. We would like to invite you to his celebration of life at the Center on Oct 24th and would like to ask that instead of flowers you make a donation in his name to the San Diego LGBT Center's Behavioral Health programs.
Kurt was preceded in death by his mother Lisa Cunningham in 2012.
Kurt's contributions to the LGBT community in San Diego were limitless. Sadly Kurt was the victim of severe depression and he took his own life.
Everyone who was touched by Kurt mourns the loss of his life.
Facebook Page
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Kurt Cunningham (posthumously) – Richard Geyser Community Leadership Award. Cunningham died in early October 2015, and is the only local honoree. Cunningham was a community activist who dedicated much of his adult life toward the betterment of the San Diego LGBTQ and HIV communities. Throughout his career, he worked closely with Imperial Court de San Diego, Trevor Project and The Center, with his most recent post being the LGBT Outreach Liaison for Mental Health America (MHA) of San Diego County. In this position, he advocated for mental health sensitivity and workplace/school trainings to create safe spaces for LGBTQ employees and students. Additionally, he had stepped up to the task of co-producing the 2016 Y.E.S. San Diego LGBTQ youth conference, a project supported, through grants and fiscal agency, by SDHDF. Nicole Murray-Ramirez will be accepting the award on behalf of Kurt Cunningham.
Source. http://www.scatenadaniels.com/media-advisory-san-diego-human-dignity-foundation-honors-lgbt-advocates-making-a-difference-in-san-diego-and-around-the-world/