This Thursday SRLP’s Movement Building team presents: From Remembrance to Action: Turning Our Fear, Pain & Mourning into Collective Actions for Social Change. A community discussion. We want to end the violence and oppression experienced by our communities. How do we work towards a day when violence against trans and gender nonconforming people is no longer a […]
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Thank you for supporting SRLP on our 10th Anniversary!
Hey community! You helped SRLP raise nearly $46,000 through our 10th anniversary celebration!! This is the most we’ve ever raised at an event and it also exceeded our initial fundraising goal by $20K. We are truly grateful for your love and support over the and look forward to growing our beautiful and vibrant movement over […]
Limited Run SRLP10 T-Shirts!
Exciting news, SRLP community! Limited Edition SRLP 10 Year Anniversary T Shirts by Ginger Brooks Takahashi & Dana Bishop will be on sale tonight at SRLP 10. They’ll be sold sliding scale 15-25 and they will be definitely sold out, so get yours early!
Meet Lorena Borjas, SRLP 10 Honoree
By Stephen Ira Lorena Borjas has years of work trailing behind her like the train of a gown. Work in Queens, in her neighborhood of Jackson Heights, work with the trans folks she calls her chicas, who follow her into Sylvia Rivera Law Project’s intake sessions on Thursdays. I’m often the youngest person in […]
COMMUNITY FORUM ON NYPD PATROL GUIDE CHANGES
Want to know more about recent changes to the NYPD’s policies for interactions with transgender & gender non conforming people? Join us for a community forum on October 25th at 7pm! Find out what these changes mean for our community! What: a history of the community organizing and advocacy that has led to this victory […]
Help Raise the Indiegogo Bar!
Thanks to your support SRLP has raised nearly $3,000 since we launched our indiegogo campaign. Today we are hoping to push beyond the 3,000 dollar mark! We only need 10 people to donate 20 dollars each, please consider being one of those ten. And if you can’t donate, please help spread the word! Click here […]
Staking Our Claim: Trans Women’s Literature in the 21st Century
By Sylvia Rivera Law Project on October 16, 2012 in Events, News, SRLP 10, SRLP In The Media, SRLP News
Writers Imogen Binnie, Ryka Aoki, Donna Ostrowsky, and Red Durkin will be joined by SRLP staff member Reina Gossett at the historic event Staking Our Claim: Trans Women’s Literature in the 21st Century at Barnard College on Thursday, October 18th. From Barnard Center For Research on Women: As our notions of feminism have evolved […]
SRLP10 Honoree Profile: When Janet Mock talks about Sylvia Rivera on Twitter
SRLP supporter Stephen Ira will be profiling the honorees for SRLP10, this profile of Janet Mock is the first in the series! When Janet Mock talks about Sylvia Rivera on Twitter By Stephen Ira When Janet Mock talks about Sylvia Rivera on Twitter, people ask her who Rivera is. She doesn’t give them context, […]
SRLP Honoree Janet Mock and Supporter Stephen Ira stop by
Honoree Janet Mock & SRLP supporter Stephen Ira stopped by the office today to help us get ready for SRLP10! Attend the Celebration on November 8th! Join us in commemorating our 10 year milestone. Buy your tickets here If you aren’t in NYC you can still support SRLP10 too by helping us raise $15,000 BY […]
Sylvia Rivera Law Project: Making a Grasssroots Fundraising Strategy Come Alive
By Sylvia Rivera Law Project on October 10, 2012 in Events, News, SRLP 10, SRLP In The Media, SRLP News
Theo Yang Copley, a writer and fundraising consultant who blogs at GIFT and Resource Generation, profiled SRLP’s grassroots fundraising strategy! Sylvia Rivera Law Project: Making a Grasssroots Fundraising Strategy Come Alive —————————- The Sylvia Rivera Law Project is about to celebrate a huge milestone, their tenth anniversaryand there is a lot to celebrate, […]