Thriving Together: Queer apis Building Community, Solidarity, & Movement
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- Self-Healing Workshop
- Building Movements for LGBTQ Economic Security
- The Foundations of Developing Leadership, Recruiting New Members, and Building Movement through One-on-One Conversations
- Trans Legal Spotlight: ID Immigration
- We are Family
- Visibility Project Shoot
PresentersEdwin Tablada, EPA & Community Education Assistant, Lambda Legal, New York, NY Geneva Musgrave, Diversity and Inclusion Program Educator, Lambda Legal, New York, NY SCE Illinois A For Such a Time as This: Empowering Our Stories as AAPI LGBTQ ChristiansThis workshop will create a safe/sacred space for AAPI LGBTQ Christians and allies and share resources for API LGBTQ advocacy in faith-based organizations, churches, and families. Learn about change-making frameworks such as transformative storytelling and graceful engagement, and watch exciting resources, like the documentary “In God’s House: Asian American Lesbian and Gay Families in the Church,” produced and in the works for API LGBTQ faith contexts. PresentersJess Delegencia, Asian & Pacific Islander Roundtable Coordinator, Network for Religion and Justice & Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, Berkeley, CA Susannah Hong, Talking Circles Coordinator & Trainer, Network on Religion and Justice for API LGBTQ People, San Francisco, CA Rev. Jeanelle Nicolas Ablola, Pastor, Pine United Methodist Church, San Francisco, CA
PresentersKaren Naimool, Board Member, SALGA-NYC, New York, NY SCE Fort Dearborn Trans and Gender Nonconforming Caucus This caucus is a get-to-know-each-other space and an open discussion on ideas, concerns and projects that people want to share. Facilitator Sam Hsieh, Core Member, Invisible to Invincible: Asian Pacific Islander Pride of Chicago, IL SCE East Terrace Building Movements for LGBTQ Economic SecurityLGBTQ people of color face increased economic insecurity because of discrimination, lack of family recognition, and unsafe schools. Central to improving the economic security for LGBTQ people of color is linking work for LGBTQ equality & for racial and economic justice. This session will discuss what we know about LGBTQ economic insecurity and allow advocates to discuss work on LGBTQ economic security, including paid leave campaigns, minimal wage campaigns, and economic empowerment initiatives. PresentersNaomi Goldberg, Policy Specialist, Movement Advancement Project, Chicago, IL Vi Ray-Mazumder, Youth Worker, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago, IL Joy Messinger, Core Member, Invisible to Invincible: Asian Pacific Islander Pride of Chicago, IL
PresentersNick Kor, Leadership Circle, Shades of Yellow, St. Paul, MN Monna Wong, Executive Director, API Equality-Northern California, San Francisco, CA NOTE: This is a 3-hour workshop covering two time slots. All participants are asked to stay for the entire time. Tower 610 Trans Legal Spotlight: ID & ImmigrationThis session provides an overview and key insights into two key issue areas affecting transgender people in the US. Participants will leave with a solid foundation in legal issues affecting transgender and gender non-conforming people in the areas of identity documents and immigration (including immigration detention). The session will include both analysis of the problems as well as known remedies and solutions. PresentersAnand Kalra, Health Program Manager, Transgender Law Center, San Francisco, CA Ilona Turner, Legal Director, Transgender Law Center, CA Tower 713 We are FamilyThis 3-hour session will be broken down into 3 segments. First, a parent panel will discuss some of the feelings and processes that parents have or are going through to get to a place of acceptance and love. The second segment will divide the room into facilitated discussion groups for parents, LGBTQ people, and allies. The final segment will bring the whole group back together for Q&A, open discussion, and optional sharing on action items participants can implement to create closer connections with their families. PresentersMarsha Aizumi, National Board of Directors, PFLAG, Pasadena, CA Clara Yoon, API Project Founder, PFLAG, New York, NY Glenn Murakami, father of two gay sons, CA Sita Benjamin, mother of a lesbian daughter, WI NOTE: This is a 3-hour workshop covering two time slots. All participants are asked to stay for the entire time. Tower 613 Visibility Project ShootThe Visibility Project is a national oral history and photography archive dedicated to Queer Asian American Women and Trans community. The Visibility Project prioritizes elders, Pacific Islanders, South Asians, and Southeast Asians. Register a spot in the schedule to share your story. Directory: wpp wpp -> Abarro, George III c. Abear, Roger F wpp -> Name diplomate fpcr wpp -> Ubiquitous tango Download 483.88 Kb. Share with your friends:
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