In the midst of a national legislative and social attack on the transgender community, a new report addresses the experiences of trans people living behind bars. The report is called Advancing Transgender Justice: Illuminating Trans Lives Behind and Beyond Bars, and it was written by the Vera Institute for Justice with support from Black and Pink. Joining us to discuss are Kelsie Chesnut, a senior researcher with the Vera Institute for Justice, and a lead researcher and co-author of the new report along with Kenna Barnes, the Advocacy Manager with Black and Pink, an abolitionist organization supporting LGBTQ and HIV-positive prisoners.
Read the report: https://www.vera.org/advancing-transgender-justice
Check out Black & Pink’s website: https://www.blackandpink.org/
Check out the Vera Institute’s website: https://vera.org/
Then, the Sagorea Te’ Land Trust has rematriated the West Berkeley Shellmound through a long community organizing struggle, a partnership with the City of Berkeley, and a generous donation. We’re joined by the chair and spokesperson for the Confederated Villages of Lisjan as well as co-founder and co-director of The Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, Corrina Gould.
Check out the Sagorea Te´Land Trust’s website: https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/
This week’s Resistance in Residence Artist is Bay Area theater director and producer as well as the Artistic Director of the Playwrights Foundation, Jessica Bird Beza.
Check out Jessica Bird Beza’s website: https://www.jessicabird.net/
Check out the Playwrights Foundation’s website: http://playwrightsfoundation.org/
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