In the long term we intend to set up a business directory on our website, but haven’t yet, due to capacity reasons. Why isn’t TransPonder sending more shout-outs to local black owned businesses on their social media or website? We’re always looking for more contacts or groups we should be reaching out to–please contact us at if you know of more we should be working with. Our vision is to attend more local BIPOC meetings/events, and invite them to ours, so that we can help build bridges of support and understanding for each other’s communities. And we are also working on developing deeper relationships with Centro Latino Americano and other BIPOC groups/collectives in the area. We had a discussion on safety and Black identities with the NAACP on TDOR, November 20, 2021. We had Black Unity, EugBlac, BIPOC Art Collective, BIPOC Liberation Collective speaking or directly involved in our protest and march in June 2020. Yes, we have been working on building partnerships with multiple BIPOC groups and organizations around town. To read about Oregon’s history go here: Oregon’s Racial History Brief Is TransPonder reaching out to BIPOC communities? Do they have any plans to collaborate with other BIPOC organizations? To see the full social media campaign, Click HERE. We’re so glad you asked this! At the end of July 2020, we’re presenting an Oregon Racist History Awareness Campaign, which was written for us by V Varun Chaudhry, PhD, and put together by our social media coordinator. Why isn’t TransPonder posting more informative links on the racist history of Oregon? NOTE: Organizational and Advisory Board membership is volunteer work however any facilitation or consultancy work is compensated. If you are interested in getting more information about any of this please email to start the conversation and let us know how you’re interested in getting more involved. We have TBIPOC folx engaged at all of these levels and are always excited to have more folx come and get involved. Some of the ways folx can do that is by being a volunteer being a member of our TBIPOC Advisory Board facilitating a group, workshop, or event (whether it be BIPOC focused or not) consulting with us sitting on our organizational board or offering some other kind of service to TransPonder and our community. Leadership can take many forms and we invite TBIPOC folx to come and engage with us in whatever ways they feel drawn to. Why aren’t there more TBIPOC folx in leadership? You can let us know by sending an email to to start the conversation. If you are interested in becoming a board member the first step is to let us know you’re interested. That being said, we keep this as an active discussion in our meetings, and are always looking for enthusiastic and committed people to serve on our board. Over the years, we’ve asked many TBIPOC folx to step into leadership, but we understand that being a part of a board is an intense commitment, which involves committing a significant amount of engagement and volunteer time. If you have news or information to share with us, please direct message us, email or tag us in your posts! Why aren’t there more BIPOC folx on the TransPonder board? Please check our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram feeds. We share as much as we can, but we can admittedly always do better. “TransPonder’s vision and commitment is to: address root causes of discrimination in the trans/gender diverse community deconstruct intersectional discrimination of all underrepresented/oppressed groups within and outside of our organization increase allyship and accomplices through relationship building and education foster leadership within the trans/gender diverse community across generations promote access to health by fostering expertise in mental, physical, and spiritual healing communities and network with legal counsel knowledgeable about the trans/gender diverse community.” Why isn’t TransPonder sharing more about the protests that are occurring? We call this commitment out in our mission/vision statement: Yes, it is absolutely our duty to be intersectional. Racial Justice FAQ As a transgender founded and led non-profit, isn’t it TransPonder’s duty to create an intersectional organization?
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |