Apply to TransJustice Community School 2024

Calling our Trans* and Gender Non-Conforming Storytellers of Color!

**** Image has a typo and will be fixed and replaced. Correct dates: TJ School 2024 starts March 18th and ends April 17th****

TransJustice Community School is an intensive program that aims to strengthen our community and ourselves in building our skills for organizing. We will channel the knowledge we bring through our lived experiences and collective histories to connect with each other and build power.

TransJustice is a political group created by and for Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People of Color that works to mobilize its communities and allies into action on the pressing political issues we face. TransJustice Community School is for People of Color who identify as Trans and Gender Non-Conforming - including people who identify as gender variant, gender deviant, butch lesbians, drag queens, bi-gendered, Two-Spirit, drag kings, femme queens, A.G., genderqueer, agender, andro, gender-benders, etc.

TransJustice Community School will focus on community organizing skill-building. While forming unique bonds with other TGNC organizers of color local to New York City, TJCS participants will complete 25 hours of curriculum. Topics covered will include:

What is community organizing?
Legacies of transgender and gender nonconforming community leadership of color in New York City
The connection between storytelling and organizing
Ways to use stories to build power

This cycle of TransJustice Community School will occur Monday and Wednesday evenings at 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM for a total 10 (TEN) sessions across 5 weeks. TJCS will meet online using Zoom primarily (2-3 scheduled sessions will occur in-person within New York City). We ask that participants commit to attend for the entirety of the program.

This is a paid (stipend) opportunity; in addition, participants will receive meal vouchers and roundtrip MetroCards (where applicable) for each session attended.

HOW TO APPLY

Complete and submit the application webform at alp.org/TJCS24 by 11:59 PM on Friday, March 1st, 2024.

Applicants selected to participate will be contacted by Monday, March 4th. If you have any questions or need support submitting the webform application, please, contact Rumi at rumi@alp.org.

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First Name *

Last Name *

Pronouns *

Phone Number *

Email *

Street Address *

Borough/County *

Organization (if any)

Country of Birth *

Race/Ethnicity (Self-described)

(Optional) If not previously listed, feel empowered to include any racial/ethnic information about yourself that you wish to share.

Do you have any experience with community organizing? Please describe your experience. *

What is something you would like to learn about community organizing? *

What do you hope to gain from participating in TransJustice Community School? *

For example, what skills or experience are you seeking to have by the end of our sessions?

After the Community School ends, how do you want to continue working with TransJustice? *

Will you be able to attend ALL scheduled sessions of TJCS? Please list any known schedule conflicts. *

Sessions are scheduled for 3/18, 3/20, 3/25, 3/27, 4/1, 4/3, 4/8, 4/10, 4/15, and 4/16. Please list any dates that you are unavailable.

2-3 TJCS sessions will occur in-person on location in New York City. Are you able to attend in-person sessions? *

Locations of in-person sessions will be disclosed to applicants accepted into the current cycle of TransJustice Community School in advance of class start date.

Can you anticipate any obstacles to your participation? *

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