\r\nCalifornia Transgender Leadership Summit<\/b>\r\n<\/p>
\r\n February 17 - 19, 2006\r\n<\/p>
\r\n\r\nThe envent opened on Friday evening with an opening panel discussion and a reception. The workshops started on Saturday, and ran along 3 tracks. There were 3 workshop sessions (one of each track per session). The tracks were Personal Development, Community Building, and Institutional Change.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nIn the registration area, there was a resource area from which people could obtain information about programs and events throughout California.<\/p>\r\n\r\nOpening Panel Discussion<\/u>
\r\nBringing our voices together: Developing a shared vision around transgender identity and activism<\/b>:
\r\nRabbi Levi Alter, President FTM International (Los Angeles); Danielle Castro, Health Education & Training Center (San Jose); Nick Gorton, Physician (Davis); Tracie O’Brien, Transgender Health Project, Family Health Centers (San Diego)\r\n\r\nPersonal Development<\/u>
\r\n•\tHealing Ourselves - becoming leaders<\/b>: Miss Major, TGI Justice Project (San Francisco); Marty Rawlings, San Francisco Transgender Empowerment, Advocacy & Mentorship – SF TEAM (San Francisco); Valerie Spencer, Activist (Los Angeles)
\r\n•\tAdvocacy<\/b>: What does it really mean?
\r\n•\tFundraising strategies for transgender organizations\/projects<\/b>: Margarita Ramirez, Senior Program Officer, Liberty Hill Foundation (Los Angeles); Gayle Roberts, Nonprofit Fundraiser (San Francisco); Rachel White, Gay & Lesbian Adolescent Social Services (Los Angeles)
\r\n
\r\nCommunity Building<\/u>
\r\n•\tFostering sustainable coalitions between Transgender communities; Effective communication around identity and privilege: Danny Kirchoff, Equality California (San Francisco)
\r\n•\tCommunity Organizing: Tools and Strategies<\/b>: Malachi Larabee-Garza, School of Unity & Liberation (San Francisco)
\r\n•\tConnecting the dots; sharing strategies for local organizing<\/b>: Shirley Bushnell, West Hollywood Transgender Task Force, APAIT (Los Angeles); Vicki Ortega, LAGLC (Los Angeles); Hannah Howard, League of Trans Unified Sisters – LOTUS (Los Angeles)
\r\n<\/b><\/p>
\r\nInstitutional Change<\/u>
\r\n•\tPublic Policy Advocacy: Making change for everyone<\/b>: AJ Davis, Director of Public Policy, San Diego LGBT Center (San Diego); Pat Magee, OC FTM (Orange County); Tracie O’Brien, Transgender Health Project, Family Health Centers (San Diego)
\r\n•\tEconomic Empowerment and the Transgender Community<\/b>: Lisa Kassner, Broadcast Engineer, NABE-CWA Local 53; JoAnne Keatley, Co-Chair, San Francisco Transgender Empowerment, Advocacy & Mentorship – SF TEAM (San Francisco); Lance Toma, Deputy Director, Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center (San Francisco)
\r\n•\tMedia Advocacy: Developing shared messages and strategies<\/b>: Nick Adams (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation – GLAAD (Los Angeles)
\r\n<\/p>
\r\nSunday Panel Discussion <\/u>\r\nWhat a movement looks like: Building a statewide transgender rights movement<\/b>: Shirley Bushnell, West Hollywood Transgender Task Force, APAIT (Los Angeles); Sister Mary Elizabeth, AEGIS (Los Angeles); Robert Haaland, SEIU 790 (San Francisco); Alexander Lee, Director, TGI Justice Project (San Francisco)\r\n\r\nSince I was unable to attend every workshop, these image are from the workshos I did attend.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"scha_losangeles@yahoo.com","link":"http:\/\/www.eqca.org\/site\/pp.asp?c=9oINKWMCF&b=1407887","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Ttransgender community members, families, and allies join together for this, the first of its kind, two-day event.\r\n\r\nThis Summit provided a unique opportunity to strategize, connect with individuals from across the state and learn or improve important advocacy and activist skills in a variety of 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