MORE ABOUT MARTIN RAWLINGS-FEIN 馬文龍
Martin Rawlings-Fein is a Jewish, bisexual, transgender father of two & educator specializing in building bridges across educational divides. Currently, he is an EdTech Specialist at UCSF, an EBoard Delegate for Assembly District 19 for the California Democratic Party, a Legislative Committee member, a CADEM Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Discussion Series Facilitator, and an advocate for pedestrian safety in District 4 in the Sunset, Parkside, as the former Chair of the Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC).
Former headteacher & twice interim education director at the Beit Sefer Phyllis Mintzer school for Sha'ar Zahav in San Francisco; He transitioned students through three education directors and a few different curriculum changes. A firm vaccine proponent, he is a childhood stroke survivor and a neurodiversity advocate. From conferences in the San Francisco Bay Area to the White House, Martin speaks coast to coast & writes about the topics of EdTech in education, gender & sexuality in Judaism, and pedestrian safety in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Martin has worked in educational advocacy spaces for over two decades through SFUSD, Jewish Supplementary Schools & the LGBTAC, FTMI, SF TEAM, SF Human Rights Commission, SFMTA, Bay Area Bisexual Network, Sha'ar Zahav, PSAC, and TGSF. He is a former co-chair and lead organizer for the Bay Area Bisexual Network, a former board member of Sha'ar Zahav, current Parliamentarian of the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, & a Co-President of the Raoul Wallenberg Jewish Democratic Club. Martin remains a founding member of the Lou Sullivan Society (FTMSF), one of the many co-creators & co-organizers of the first few SF Trans Marches, and the co-creator and co-organizer of SF*EB BiCon and the founder of the BiCONIC Film Festival.
Martin is a graduate of New College of California & the Davvenen' Leadership Training Institute (DLTI) and earned his advanced degree in Jewish Studies (MAJS) from The Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies (CJS) at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA.
Martin's Jewish liturgical work "Westward Amidah" and the "Blessing for the Bisexual Community" are available in Mishkan Ga'avah: Where Pride Dwells the CCAR Press's book of prayer and blessings celebrating LGBTQ Jews, edited by Rabbi Denise Eger. Further writing on Bisexual Visibility Day, an Alternative Haftarah Reading of Ruth 1:12-22, "On Gender, Generations, and Care," in the CCAR Press's Prophetic Voices: Renewing and Reimagining Haftarah Edited by Rabbi Barbara AB Symons, and "Choosing to be Chosen: Striking Similarities Between Conversion and Transition" in Liberating Gender for Jews and Allies: The Wisdom of Transkeit published in 2023.
Invite Martin to speak at your conference or organization through the contact form.
Former headteacher & twice interim education director at the Beit Sefer Phyllis Mintzer school for Sha'ar Zahav in San Francisco; He transitioned students through three education directors and a few different curriculum changes. A firm vaccine proponent, he is a childhood stroke survivor and a neurodiversity advocate. From conferences in the San Francisco Bay Area to the White House, Martin speaks coast to coast & writes about the topics of EdTech in education, gender & sexuality in Judaism, and pedestrian safety in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Martin has worked in educational advocacy spaces for over two decades through SFUSD, Jewish Supplementary Schools & the LGBTAC, FTMI, SF TEAM, SF Human Rights Commission, SFMTA, Bay Area Bisexual Network, Sha'ar Zahav, PSAC, and TGSF. He is a former co-chair and lead organizer for the Bay Area Bisexual Network, a former board member of Sha'ar Zahav, current Parliamentarian of the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, & a Co-President of the Raoul Wallenberg Jewish Democratic Club. Martin remains a founding member of the Lou Sullivan Society (FTMSF), one of the many co-creators & co-organizers of the first few SF Trans Marches, and the co-creator and co-organizer of SF*EB BiCon and the founder of the BiCONIC Film Festival.
Martin is a graduate of New College of California & the Davvenen' Leadership Training Institute (DLTI) and earned his advanced degree in Jewish Studies (MAJS) from The Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies (CJS) at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA.
Martin's Jewish liturgical work "Westward Amidah" and the "Blessing for the Bisexual Community" are available in Mishkan Ga'avah: Where Pride Dwells the CCAR Press's book of prayer and blessings celebrating LGBTQ Jews, edited by Rabbi Denise Eger. Further writing on Bisexual Visibility Day, an Alternative Haftarah Reading of Ruth 1:12-22, "On Gender, Generations, and Care," in the CCAR Press's Prophetic Voices: Renewing and Reimagining Haftarah Edited by Rabbi Barbara AB Symons, and "Choosing to be Chosen: Striking Similarities Between Conversion and Transition" in Liberating Gender for Jews and Allies: The Wisdom of Transkeit published in 2023.
Invite Martin to speak at your conference or organization through the contact form.