Protected: Our Dialogue, Session Four
Protected: Our Dialogue, Session Three
Protected: Our Dialogue, Session Two
Protected: Our Dialogue General Resources
Protected: Our Dialogue- Session One
Native November Resources
- The Importance and Impotence of Native American Heritage Month (A Reparations Conversation)
- Wisconsin Tribal Histories- WPT
- “Asegi Stories” by Qwo-Li Driskill
- Native Appropriations
- YWCA Racial Justice Summit
- November is Native American Heritage Month
- Everything you want to know about Indians but were afraid to ask
- The Ways: Great Lakes Native Culture and Language
- What Native Americans Couldn’t do before 1990s
- National Congress of Americans Indians
- “More than a Word”
- Top Native American Organizations to Know
- Wisconsin Menominee Student Suspended for Speaking in Her Native Language
- Creating Linguistically Inclusive Classrooms
To find a copy of any of these books at a library near you, click on the book’s link, enter your location, and click on your preferred library from the list of results.
More Breakout Reports from 2015 US Transgender Survey Available!
The National Center for Transgender Equality has been busy preparing breakout reports from the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey.
Two of the breakout reports specifically address the experiences of Black respondents and Latino/a respondents, respectively. Read them at http://www.ustranssurvey.org/reports.
Another important breakout for us to consider is the one for Wisconsin. The first page alone describes the experiences around income/employment status, employment/workforce, and education. Click the link above to learn more.
Sign Up for Your On-Site Health Screening Today!
To All UWCX Employees –
Become a “better you” by taking advantage of the opportunity to receive a quick 10-minute on-site health screening. UW-Extension & Colleges participation in this screening program is an effective health risk identification solution and education tool. The screening is designed to help improve your understanding of your health and well-being by evaluating your biometric measures such as Body Mass Index (BMI), blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose to help identify early warning signs of health risks and prevent potential diseases.
Aside from the $150 visa gift card you will receive as an incentive, having the health screen done is a wonderful gift you can give yourself. If you haven’t already done so, please visit the StayWell Well Wisconsin portal to register and schedule an on-site health screening (and see how to receive the $150 incentive).
From my own personal experience, participating in the health screen helped to identify an underlying medical condition that I had, but wasn’t aware of. The findings at the health screen allowed me to catch the condition in the early stages and be able to effectively manage the situation. Due to an abnormal result found during the health screening, I have now taken the steps necessary that could ultimately reverse the condition. For this reason, I encourage everyone to sign up for their own health screening today!
Transgender Day of Visibility
Attention Cisgender folks!
I don’t identify within the Transgender spectrum. I’ve lived my life through a cis-male lens with a family that reinforces the male/female binary; there is a story-line for boys and one for girls. Even now when I go home, I see this played out and reinforced without challenge or an acknowledgment of anything outside of those well-defined stories. Recently one of my nephews decided to have his nails painted to his utter joy. One of the first comments made explicitly stated that act was something girls do, not boys.
Transgender Day of Visibility is March 31st every year. Why is visibility so important? Our society continues to go to great lengths to render the Trans community invisible through laws, healthcare, and violence. For example, using a bathroom that matches one’s gender identity is curbed through bathroom bills. Having health insurance that would cover hormone therapy and reassignment surgery is inexplicably and unceremoniously removed. Just existing in public space can elicit violence or even death.
Too often privileged (cis) voice (like me) are centered in the conversations. The resources below are meant to intentionally center Trans voices:
Trans Student Educational Resources: “A youth-led organization dedicated to transforming the educational environment for trans and gender nonconforming students through advocacy and empowerment.”
Trans People of Color Coalition (TPOCC): “Trans People of Color Coalition exists to advance justice for all trans people of color. We amplify our stories, support our leadership, and challenge issues of racism, transphobia, and transmisogyny.”
Trans Day of Visibility: “The International TDoV is an annual holiday celebrated around the world. The day is dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments and victories of transgender & gender non-conforming people while raising awareness of the work that is still needed to save trans lives.”
Trans Women of Color Collective (TWOCC): “To uplift the narratives, lived experiences and leadership of trans and gender non-conforming people of color, our families and comrades as we build towards collective liberation for all oppressed people.”
GLAAD: Transgender Resources: “GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. As a dynamic media force, GLAAD tackles tough issues to shape the narrative and provoke dialogue that leads to cultural change.”
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