Tonight: Confronting Violence and Prison in Trans Communities

Before enjoying a cupcake at TNG's "First Birthday" Party tonight, work toward social justice by heading to Foundry Methodist Church to attend a community forum on trans and incarceration issues in the District. The Prisoner Correspondence Project, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, and the DC Trans Coalition are presenting this meeting, which will focus on strategy discussions and networking.

Details: Tonight (Thursday, October 16), Foundry Methodist Church, room B2, 1500 16th St. NW, 7-8:30 p.m.

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Confronting Violence and Prison in Trans Communities

The Prisoner Correspondence Project, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, and
the DC Trans Coalition invite you to join us for a meeting about
confronting violence and incarceration...

Thurs. Oct. 16th, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Foundry Methodist Church, Room B2 * (near Dupont Circle)
1500 16th St NW, Washington DC

Snacks will be served! Some money will be available to help cover
transportation costs if needed!

Join us for a night of networking and strategy discussions. We'll
dialogue with a panel of representatives from local and regional
organizations to learn from each other's work providing accessible
healthcare, legal and other services to the trans community, and how
these community-led efforts are planting the seeds of a world free of
violence by providing concrete alternatives here and now.
Participating organizations include:

*Sylvia Rivera Law Project (NYC)
*Prisoner Correspondence Project
*DC Trans Coalition
*Different Avenues
*Critical Resistance D.C.
*And possibly more!

Then, let's brainstorm ways to work together toward our shared goals
of social, economic, sexual, racial and gender justice. How can we
actively support folks who are in or just getting out of prison? How
can we respond to poverty and violence in ways that don't rely on
policing or prison and that challenge racism, classism, sexism, ageism
and other kinds of oppression? Centering the experiences of those who
are most directly affected by State and interpersonal violence, what
might a world with safer communities and without prisons look like,
where we could express gender without fear, discrimination, harassment
or imprisonment?

For questions or to RSVP: dc.queer.trans.prisoner.support@gmail.com or
(202) 917-0446.