"We are here for the tough conversations," said Melorra Green, speaking for herself and her twin sister, Melonie Green. On this week's Out in the Bay, the sisters talk about their vision for a Castro neighborhood more embracing of queer people of color, about art, "Black Joy," San Francisco Pride 2021, and their coming out experience.
The Greens — San Francisco Pride 2021's community grand marshals — also co-direct the city's African American Art & Culture Complex, which they reconfigured during COVID-19 to capitalize on the culture center's outdoor spaces.
They commissioned more than 30 pieces of new art by Black artists that can be easily and freely viewed at the AAACC's Open Air Gallery, 762 Fulton Street in the city's Fillmore