Dee Dee’s sixty-to-life prison sentence has taken an agonizing toll on her well-being, and subjected her to violence both emotional and physical at the hands of the prison industrial complex. As a jailhouse lawyer, she struggles to engage in effective work due to the limitations of her solitary confinement, which…
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THIS THURSDAY 10/2: SRLP’s Last Drop-In Until February 2015
If you are a transgender or gender nonconforming person and you need legal services, come to SRLP this Thursday, October 2 for the last drop-in of the year. SRLP’s drop-in hours will be closed from October 6, 2014 – February 2, 2015. Drop-in will re-open February 5, 2015. If you…
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SRLP Fall 2014 Newsletter!
Transgender Healthcare is Good for New York! SRLP demands transition-related healthcare coverage for low-income New Yorkers On June 19, SRLP, the Legal Aid Society, and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP filed a federal class action lawsuit against the NY State Department of Health to overturn the Medicaid regulation barring transition-related…
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SRLP is Hiring a Director of Membership!
After four years of incredible work as the Director of Membership, Reina Gossett will be leaving the organization. Reina’s vision and work at SRLP has been instrumental in helping us achieve our mission, and it is with deep gratitude and sadness that we say goodbye to her. Although these are…
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Welcome to SRLP, Rage & Juana!
This fall is a time of exciting transitions here at the Sylvia Rivera Law Project.This month, Rage Kidvai and Juana Paola Peralta joined the SRLP staff, bringing their deep commitment and vibrant energy to our work providing free legal services and building movement power with low-income transgender people and transgender…
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Welcome to SRLP, Emma Caterine!
Please join SRLP in welcoming Emma Caterine, who will be working with Alisha Williams on the Prisoner Justice Project this fall! Name, Pronouns, Position and Team at SRLP Emma Caterine, she/her/hers, Consultant, Prisoner Justice Project What do you do to relax / have fun? I read and write science fiction: I just finished…
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Thank You, SRLP Summer 2014 Interns and Volunteers!
Thanks to our summer interns, SRLP is looking back on a big summer of campaign actions, membership orientations, team meetings, client casework, new and improved activist and educational resources, letters to incarcerated community members, and so much more. Thank you all for committing your time, energy, and heart to the survival, wellness,…
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TODAY: SRLP Legal Services Drop-In Hours CLOSED 8/21/14
SRLP will not be having drop-in hours on Thursday, August 21st. We apologize for the inconvenience! Drop-in hours will be begin again next Thursday, August 28th. Our office is located at 147 WEST 24TH STREET, 5TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10011. Walk-ins are welcome, but please call ahead if you…
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SRLP’s Elana Redfield and Alisha Williams Train NYC HRA!
Today SRLP’s Elana Redfield and Alisha Williams provided a successful training to NYC Human Resources Administration directors! HRA staff left feeling inspired to continue these trainings with their coworkers and invite SRLP back for a 2.0 training next spring. This trans 101 training covered general cultural competency issues; pervasive cultural messages that reinforce…
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Solitary confinement, “a cruel and unusual punishment that benefits no one…nothing about it rehabilitates…”
Dee Dee Webber survives in an isolated cell for at least 23 hours every day, without human interaction. She is a trans woman in a prison for men, and she has been in solitary confinement for the past 4 years. Webber’s discussion of her experiences in Involuntary Protective Custody helps…