QEJ on YouTube
QEJ’s mission demands involvement in all media, so it should be no surprise that they’re all over youtube. Here’s Kenyon Farrow speaking at the plenary session “HIV/AIDS Crisis: This Is What We’re Doing About it!”, part of the 21st National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change.
Jay Toole facilitating a mock hearing, The People vs. Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The clip discusses Bloomburg’s broken shelter system and its very real impact on the lives of New Yorkers.
Reina Gossett talking about welfare and social reform as a panelist on Activism at the Intersections, hosted by Sager Symposium
And Kenyon Farrow again, discussing the importance of reproductive justice to gay black men at the Civil Liberties and Public Policy program.
8/18: Connecting Our Communities: Welfare System & the Prison Industrial Complex
Connecting Our Communities: Welfare System & the Prison Industrial Complex
Queers for Economic Justice is helping to broaden the current conversation around Reproductive Justice by highlighting the experiences of low-income queer and transgender folks who navigate the welfare system and prison system.
Join Queers for Economic Justice as we begin a dialogue about the connections between the Welfare System and the Prison Industrial Complex. We will focus on reproductive justice in low-income queer and transgender communities and highlight the research and work that is being done to confront the systemic reproductive and sexual violence we face. The event will provide a space for community discussion and allow activists, community organizers and those most impacted by the Welfare System and the Prison Industrial Complex to share their knowledge. Additionally, we will begin brainstorming creative solutions to the problems we face (and overcome) daily.
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Highlighted Speakers Include:
MYA LAYLANI VAZQUEZ, TransJustice at the AUDRE LORDE PROJECT
Mya will be speaking about TransJustice’s campaign against transphobia in the Human Resources Administration.
MISS MAJOR, Organizing Director of Transgender, Gender Variant, & Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP)
As one of New York’s best known drag queens, Miss Major participated in clashes with the police amid the Stonewall Riots. She was a member of Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR), and now is the organizing director of the TGIJP in San Francisco, CA and will speak around her work fighting the prison industrial complex.
TERRY BOGGIS, Director of CENTER KIDS, LGBT Community Center
Terry will be speaking about the challenges facing low-income queer and trans folks wanting to parent, and will be sharing information about the services available at Center Kids at the LGBT Center.
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
7:00 to 9:00 PM
16 West 32nd Street, 10th Floor,
New York, NY 10001
Please contact Reina Gossett at rgossett@q4ej.org or 212-564-3608 for more information or to RSVP