On Friday, April 11 from 2-3:15 PM, Alisha Williams, Director of the Prisoner Justice Project at SRLP, will be speaking at UCLA’s Williams Institute at their conference, LGBTQ Youth and the State. If you’re in LA, join Alisha to talk about the disproportionate policing and incarceration of LGBTQ youth. Alisha will…
Since 2011, SRLP and our allies have worked to pressure New York Health Commissioner Dr. Nirav Shah to repeal the Medicaid regulation that bars low-income transgender and gender nonconforming people from accessing health care. This past February 14, SRLP and our allies at TransJustice of the Audre Lorde Project, Make…
SRLP staff attorneys Elana Redfield, Alisha Williams, and Pooja Gehi getting it done at their weekly co-supervision meeting. Want to learn more about SRLP and a collective process at work? Come to our new member orientation followed by a Know Your Rights workshop on immigration next Thursday, April 17. Click here and…
If you’re curious to learn more about SRLP’s work and how you can get involved, join us for a new member orientation followed by a Know Your Rights workshop on Immigration on Thursday, April 17. Click here and register online to attend. 6 PM – 6:30 PM – New Member Orientation…
Today the Trans 100 released its annual list advocates who have made outstanding contributions to the trans community. The honorees this year included SRLP’s Outreach Director Gabriel Foster, former SRLP attorney Chase Strangio and former collective member Bali White. Congrats Gabriel, Chase and Bali! Check out the full list by…
“I Use My Love to Guide Me”: Surviving and Thriving in the Face of Impossible Situations A conversation with CeCe McDonald, Reina Gossett, and Dean Spade Get your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cece-mcdonald-reina-gossett-and-dean-spade-tickets-11082426837 Event information, videos, and resources available on bcrw.barnard.edu In 2011, CeCe McDonald was a fashion design student at Minneapolis…
Today is drop-in day at SRLP! SRLP has free drop-in clinics EVERY THURSDAY from 1-5 PM where you can meet with one of our staff attorneys (Elana Redfield and Pooja Gehi pictured above). Our clinics run from FEBRUARY to OCTOBER and we offer Spanish interpretation. Our office is located at 147 WEST…
Last week at an LGBT funders gathering Piper Kerman addressed an audience of hundreds to urge LGBT funders to support incarcerated LGBT people by funding work that they are involved in or receive services from. In addition to highlighting the work of the SRLP and our publication In Solidarity (read…
THE SYLVIA RIVERA LAW PROJECT IS SEEKING DEVELOPMENT INTERNS FOR THE FUNDRAISING AND FINANCE TEAM! Development interns and volunteers at SRLP work primarily with the Fundraising and Finance team. Projects include working on our grassroots fundraising campaign in the areas of fundraising house parties and events, benefit concerts, and our…
What do you think about the recent explosion in crowdfunding tools? Tons of individuals and communities — from organizations like SRLP, to community art projects, to individuals in need of emergency healthcare in the context of a dismantled public infrastructure and almost nonexistent social safety net – are using crowdfunding…