Beverly A. Brown February 21, 1951 - October 27, 2005 photograph by Tee Corinne Beverly Brown founded the Jefferson Center in 1994 and served as the Center's Director through 2004. The following texts and reflections highlight Beverly's life and work. Planting Seeds of Hope, a reflection on Bev's life by current Jefferson Center director, Sarah K. Loose. Listening to a Life, a selection of texts from the transcript of an interview with Bev done by Lin Nelson, Peter Kardas and Anne Fischel in July 2004. Beverly Brown's Obituary FORTHCOMING! The Work and Life of Beverly A. Brown In 2004, Lin Nelson and Peter Kardas of The Evergreen State College interviewed Jefferson Center founder, Beverly Brown. In the interview (videotaped by Evergreen faculty member, Anne Fischel), Beverly narrates her life journey and, in particular, her journey as a popular educator. In the first half of the interview, Bev recalls influential childhood experiences, reflects on her involvement in the women’s movement and lesbian community in Oregon, and shares the process for writing the book, In Timber Country. Bev spends the second half of the interview explaining her motivations in starting the Jefferson Center, describing the Center’s work and how it evolved over time, and reflecting on the challenges and successes encountered in the process. Peter Kardas, with help from Sarah K. Loose, has prepared an edited transcript of this interview. They plan to publish it, together with an essay by Beverly (A Matrix of Lies and Revelations) about the difficulties of masking her identity as a lesbian while doing the work of the Jefferson Center; forewords by two of Beverly’s associates from the early days of the Center; an introduction by Lin and Peter (who had known Beverly in her days in Ithaca, NY, in the early 80s, and worked with her until her death); and an afterword by Sarah, who joined Beverly on staff at the Jefferson Center in 2003 and became its director when Beverly was too sick to continue that work.
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