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SUMMARY:#MKE TDOR 2022
DESCRIPTION:MKE TDOR 2022: Our voices. Our community. Our TDOR. \nThe greater Milwaukee community will be honoring those who have lost their lives due to anti-transgender bias or violence on Friday\, November 18\, 2022. \nGuest speaker Dee Dee Watters will focus on “This is why we’re here!” \nDescription: We stand and fight in the trenches because we deserve to exist!  We say HER name HIS name THEIR name because we will not be erased!  We honor our siblings that were taken from us far too soon and celebrate all of our existence for we will not be erased! \nEveryone is welcome.  Together\, we build and strengthen our large community\, supporting each other through loss and remembering our joy. \n  \nAgenda: \nWelcome.\nPolitical leaders acknowledge TDOR.\nHonoring those who died in MKE.\nCandle light vigil.\nMusic.\nDee Dee Waters.\nConnection.\nSharing a meal together. \nAccessibility: ASL and childcare provided.\nBathrooms: All gender\, sit\, stand.\nCOVID safety: Masks are required indoors. \n  \nLocation (in-person): Zao MKE Church.\nStreaming: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/zaomkechurch  and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zaomke\nDate/Time:  Friday\, November 18\, 2022 @ 7:00pm Central \nThank you for joining us on this path. \n__ \nMore about Dee Dee: \nDee Dee (she/her/hers) is an unapologetic Black Woman of trans experience who is a mother\, leader\, healer\, performer and recently stepping into her calling as a death doula. Dee Dee is the publisher for TransGriot an online publication and the host of TransGriot Weekly. Nationally recognized for her leadership and advocacy around trans murders she asks that you join her in telling elected officials that trans rights are human rights! And we must ban the trans panic defense!
URL:https://forge-wi.org/event/mke-tdor-2022/
CATEGORIES:Professionals,Support,Wisconsin
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SUMMARY:Trans-Inclusive Therapy Practices\, Part II
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the second of two panel discussions with experienced therapists whose practices include transgender and nonbinary clients. We’ll hear from a group of therapists about inclusive practices\, gender-affirming therapy\, and how individual therapists approach working with transgender and nonbinary clients. Bring your questions for our panel about therapy in general\, or about their specific practices.\n\n\n \nPanelists: \n\nJasmine Lammers\, MA\, LPC\nfinn phoenix\, MSW\, CAPSW\nEllice Plant\, LCSW\, CHT\, HHC\nCaitlin Myles Weber\, LMFT\, CST
URL:https://forge-wi.org/event/trans-inclusive-therapy-practices-part-ii/
CATEGORIES:Professionals
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SUMMARY:Trans-Inclusive Therapy Practices\, Part I
DESCRIPTION:Join FORGE for the first of two panel discussions with experienced therapists whose practices include transgender and nonbinary clients. We’ll hear from a group of therapists about inclusive practices\, gender-affirming therapy\, and how individual therapists approach working with transgender and nonbinary clients. Bring your questions for our panel about therapy in general\, or about their specific practices.\n\n \n\nPanelists: \n\nJan Singer\, LCSW\nKim Skerven\, Ph.D\nTravis Trott\, LCSW
URL:https://forge-wi.org/event/trans-inclusive-therapy-practices-part-i/
CATEGORIES:Professionals,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210511T183000
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SUMMARY:Biden’s First Hundred Days: What is means for trans & non-binary communities
DESCRIPTION:Much has changed dramatically for trans and non-binary rights since President Biden took office\, including who’s representing our interests and how they’re discussed. Please join FORGE for conversation about what has changed in the first 100 days (and what’s stayed the same). We’ll review the administration’s commitments\, explore roadblocks and what remains to be done\, and hold space for discussion about how we as community members can contribute to making change. \n \nFORGE informational events are focused on people in the trans/non-binary community(ies). Everyone is welcome – friends\, family\, loved ones. \nPresenters: Shelley Gregory & Loree Cook-Daniels \nShelley Gregory (they/them or any pronouns).\nShelley is a trans human\, activist\, and advocate\, and the Strategic Project Coordinator for FORGE. Shelley has worked actively in the LGBTQI+ community for over 25 years and began to focus their work on advocacy for transgender and non-binary folx nearly two decades ago. Their background is as a civil rights lawyer. Shelley continually aims to contribute to improving quality of life for trans and non-binary individuals and increasing our inclusion in society. Shelley presently assists survivors of violence through individual advocacy and peer support\, as well as policy development and public education. \nLoree Cook-Daniels.\nLoree Cook-Daniels is the Policy and Program Director for FORGE\, a Milwaukee-based national transgender and SOFFA (Significant Others\, Friends\, Family and Allies) organization. Cook-Daniels has been a policy analyst and advocate for LGBT issues for more than 40 years\, and began working on anti-violence issues in the 1980s. With degrees in Women’s Studies and Conflict Management and a Certificate in Trauma Counseling\, Cook-Daniels provides training\, technical assistance\, and/or services to transgender sexual violence survivors and the professionals who serve them under grants from the U.S. Office of Violence Against Women.
URL:https://forge-wi.org/event/bidens-100-days/
CATEGORIES:Ask,PACTNOW,Professionals,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Health\, Trauma\, and Resilience in Trans/Non-binary Communities (CCF)
DESCRIPTION:Workshop at the Cream City Foundation’s LGBTQ+ Health Families\, Healthy Communities Conference\nTrans/non-binary individuals may experience higher rates of health disparities and victimization than their non-trans peers.  AND\, trans/non-binary individuals may also demonstrate high rates of thriving and resilience!   Join FORGE staff for a fast-paced exploration of trans health and wellness\, with a positive spin.  Participants will leave with a handful of resources\, as well as a list of free and easy things any provider or agency can do to improve their service to trans/non-binary clients.\n 
URL:https://forge-wi.org/event/health-trauma-resilience-ccf/
CATEGORIES:Professionals,Wisconsin,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181118T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181118T203000
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SUMMARY:Transgender Day of Remembrance 2018
DESCRIPTION:Please join FORGE and our community partners in an evening of remembering\, honoring\, connecting & healing with special guest speaker Monica Roberts.\nMonica Roberts\, AKA the TransGriot (Gree-oh)\, is a native Houstonian\, GLAAD award winning blogger\, writer\, and award winning trans human rights advocate. She’s the founding editor of TransGriot\, and her writing has appeared at the Bilerico Project\, Ebony.com\, The Hungton Post and the Advocate. She works to foster understanding and acceptance of trans people inside and outside communities of color. Among her many honors are the Virginia Prince Transgender Pioneer Award\, and the Robert Coles Call of Service Award.\n \nSun\, November 18\, 2018 • 7:00 PM\nUniversity of Wisconsin – Milwaukee | Bolton Hall | Room 150\n3210 N Maryland Ave | Milwaukee\, WI 53211\n \nRSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/185368462348096/\n \nCommunity Partners\n• ACLU – Wisconsin\n• Alverno College\n• City of Milwaukee Equal Rights Commission\n• Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division – Community Access to Recovery Services\n• Diverse and Resilient / SHEBA\n• Gemini Gender Group\n• Center for Behavioral Medicine\n• Milwaukee LGBT Community Center\n• Milwaukee Metropolitan Community Church\n• Milwaukee Pride\n• Pathfinders\n• Unitarian Universalist Church West\n• UWM-Milwaukee LGBT Resource Center\n• Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault\n• Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce\n• Zao Milwaukee Church
URL:https://forge-wi.org/event/transgender-day-of-remembrance-2018/
LOCATION:UWM-Bolton Hall\, 3210 N Maryland Ave\, Bolton Hall Room 150\, Milwuakee\, WI\, 53211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Parents,Professionals,Support,Wisconsin
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