Friend, activist and Haight Ashbury resident Louise Dunlop transitioned peacefully in the presence of her family on Monday October 9, 2023. Louise chaired the Coalition for a Complete Community’s Senior Working Group, and engaged tirelessly with community members on the affordable housing project at 730 Stanyan.

Born in Eugene, Oregon, Louise attended the University of Washington where, in July of 1969, she participated in the gorilla theater style “aquatic invasion” of Fort Lewis; students rowed across American Lake and landed on the Fort’s beach in order to hand out antiwar leaflets to inform soldiers of their right to dissent to the Vietnam War.

Louise moved to Colorado and worked for Governor Richard Lamm in the 1970s-80s in his press department. During the pre-Internet Age, Louise was charged with responding to handwritten letters from constituents and citizens.

One impactful area of her engagement with the public was to do with death with dignity issues and an elder’s right to choose “a good death.” Her twin sister Lois said that Louise knew how to talk to government people and had no qualms about speaking truth to power.

She became smitten with Shakespeare as a teenager: a lifelong passion. Louise was often seen walking in the neighborhood. Her passions also included Shakespeare in the Park, the San Francisco Opera and the Art Deco Society where she frequently volunteered on theatrical productions.

Louise was an accomplished clothier and dress maker; her detailed and skilled bead work, embroidery and restoration of vintage clothing was exceptional.

Louise is survived by her twin sister Lois and her brother Hank and younger sister Deb. May you rest now in Peace and Power, and your journey be smooth and easy.