[2] Over a decade she rose to a role overseeing “the work of more than 1,000 other therapists”,[3] and earned a reputation for her activism on behalf of people with HIV and disabilities.
[5] Years later she still remembered a 1985 incident in Rockaway Beach, Queens when the local community “erupted” in anger to shut down a proposal to house homeless dying AIDS patients in a nursing home instead of hospitals.
[4] She also led programs helping the agencies’ thousands of clients with General Equivalency Degree diplomas, financial planning, and immigrant issues.
[3] She “dramatically” expanded the organization's mental health and substance abuse programs resulting in a dedicated clinic being opened in 2017.
[7] In 2012 she was diagnosed with breast cancer, “relatively early, stage IIB, during a routine mammogram screening” which she said many lesbians don't get due to heteronormativity and homophobia, that after treatments and surgery went into remission.
[2] Her last job, from 2014 to 2018, was as executive vice-president at EA, a Jewish legacy organization started in the 1880s that provides multi-generational programs and services in education, health and wellness, arts and culture, and civic engagement across fifteen sites and a network of five community centers.
[1] One of her biggest tasks was to oversee construction of a center for addiction services and recovery, EA had a large hole in the ground for ten years.
[9] Weinberg received “numerous awards from the NYC Board of Education, local political clubs, and professional organizations honoring her many years of service in the nonprofit sector”.
[10][11] The SNM is the first U.S. national monument dedicated to LGBTQ rights and history,[12] while The Wall's unveiling was timed to take place during the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots.