Pat Norman is the Founder/President and CEO of the Institute for Community Heath
Outreach (ICHO), a community-based organization that provides comprehensive and
systematic training for community health outreach workers. Since 1988, under
Norman's leadership, the Institute has provided outreach training throughout
California, the United States and the world. ICHO sponsors effective community
health programs rooted in San Francisco's multicultural neighborhoods.
Norman's community activism began in her native Brooklyn, New York community.
She was membership chair of the Brooklyn Junior NAACP in high school and participated
in other school and civic groups. She is a veteran of the United States Navy.
Norman's California activism began in 1971 when she co-formed the Lesbian Mothers'
Union to help address child custody issues for gay women. She worked with the
San Francisco Department of Public Health as the first openly gay person hired
to serve the lesbian/gay community. She then created the position of Coordinator
of Lesbian/Gay Health Services, the first such job in the country to specifically
address issues of sexual minority health. When the AIDS epidemic surfaced, she
was a primary developer of the "San Francisco Model" for serving the social,
medical and emotional needs of people with AIDS.
Norman continues to be actively involved in community service. She serves on several volunteer boards of directors, including, the National Gay Task Force, Community United Against Violence, the Human Rights Foundation, Women's AIDS Network, and Larkin Street Youth Center, co-coordinator of the Multicultural Liaison Board for the State of California, Department of Health Services.
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