We Trace The Organizing Power Behind Jewel’s Catch One And The Community It Saved

Send us Fan Mail A nightclub saved lives. We revisit the story of Jewel Thais-Williams and Catch One, the Black lesbian-owned Los Angeles institution that transformed a dance floor into a command center for HIV/AIDS activism, mutual aid, and cross‑community solidarity. With guest Terry Garay—television producer turned organizer—we map the shift from public panic and Prop 64’s quarantine push to coalition-building that united Black, Latino, and queer communities under one roof. Terry takes us...