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 Alexis - "Here's how you can contribute to the community."
FTM ALLLIANCE / GENDER JUSTICE LA PROJECTS
Get Involved with the Community Clinics Campaign!! Better Transgender Care Now! In the summer of 2006, FTM Alliance of Los Angeles and the Transgender Law Center expanded our health care access programs to include working on transforming health care services offered at LA-based community clinics. In doing this work, we are emphasizing community organizing strategies. The work is funded primarily by the California Endowment, California Wellness Foundation, and Liberty Hill Foundation.
The Community Clinics Campaign will identify up to 5 clinics from around the county with whom we can work to increase their ability to provide health care to the transgender community. This would mean that the services would be available to people without insurance, people on Medi-Cal, and probably on a sliding scale basis to people whose insurance excludes transition related care.
To learn more about the Community Clinics Campaign and to get involved please visit:
http://transhealthcare.googlepages.com/home
Check out more about the campaign and become our friend on MySpace and Facebook:
Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gender-Justice-LA/#!/pages/Gender-Justice-LA/274217255737
YouTube videos
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=FTMAofLA
Blog
http://www.transhealthcarecampaign.blogspot.com/
MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/ccccampaign
FTM Alliance's Health Access Program well underway!! The results of our health survey about the experiences of Southern California guys accessing primary healthcare are available for download here in Word.
For questions about our Health Program contact the Board at info@ftmalliance.org
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES WITH OTHER LOCAL TRANS GROUPS
Trans-Angels is a small group of transgender (MTF and FTM) and genderqueer persons who would be trained to be “chaplain volunteers” at the LA County central jail and twin tower facilities for incarcerated trans/genderqueer inmates. Right now, incarcerated trans/genderqueer inmates either don’t have access to chaplain support, or chaplain support is being provided by folks who are not trans/genderqueer themselves. Chaplain volunteers do not push religion. They sit with a prisoner who has asked to see a chaplain and listen with a loving heart and with compassion. They also help the prisoner connect with their own spirituality by sharing their own spiritual journeys. Becoming a chaplain volunteer is simple: two days of training by the professional chaplains at these facilities, and a half-day of training by sheriff personnel.
If this need has touched your heart and you want to be a spiritual resource for folks from our communities who are in jail, please contact Michelle Dennis at michel3063@aol.com or 310-428-1354.
The City of West Hollywood is seeking increased Community participation with the City's Transgender Task Force. The mission of the Task Force is to advise the West Hollywood City Council on issues of importance to the Transgender Community. Those who are interested in participating are invited to attend the public meetings of the Task Force. Meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7 PM at West Hollywood City Hall, located at 8300 Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood. For more information, please contact: Richard Ryan in the West Hollywood Public Safety Department at 323.848.6470 rryan@weho.org.
OCFTM is looking for help to archive web sites and Internet articles of interest to the transgender community. With so much of our community information passing back and forth electronically, if there were to be a major Internet disaster or massive power outage, all info could be lost or inaccessible. OCFTM is seeking a
dedicated individual or two to help explore and create hardcopy files of important transgender info, web pages, resources, and community groups from the net. This will also create important archival material of historical interest in our ever changing world. There is no funding for this work and it would be voluntary.
Contact Pat for more details; patman420@juno.com
The Orange County Transgender Coalition (OCTC) is in need of help from the OC community. Donations are requested to help offset printing, mailing, and start up costs.
Contact Pat for more details at: patman420@juno.com
Check out our website at: http://www.octcca.org
OCTC needs TG resources/doctors/therapists/pharms/etc. The Orange County Transgender Coalition is seeking your help! We are compiling a resource of OC and nearby trans community resources. We need all the input possible to make a comprehensive and complete listing. We are asking for information on any doctors (personal/HMO/County medical & mental health, other) serving the "T" community in any manner or
capacity. Please go to either www.octc.info or reply back to this address - ocftm@yahoo.com - with any information you can gather including; Doctor's name, phone #, web/e-mail info, city & address, & specialty. If possible, please comment on their services in regards to "trans-friendliness", transgender knowledge, and general respectfulness. Don't assume we already have the info, send it anyway~
THANK YOU!
PFLAG speakers bureau needs more FTMs | If you've ever considered doing any panel speaking and would like to help educate and inform PFLAG audiences (mostly college classes) about trans and FTM specific experiences, advocacy and awareness, please contact Pat at:
ocftm@yahoo.com or for more info about PFLAG, visit the OC PFLAG website at:
www.ocpflag.com PFLAG requires some brief training/orientation of all speakers.
TRANS-FRIENDLY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
"Lifeworks" Seeks Trans Mentors! Are you a caring, successful LGBTQ adult who is interested in helping youth? LifeWorks Mentoring is a non-profit organization that connects youth and adults in the LGBTQ community through our innovative One-on-One Mentoring Program. The focus of our program is supporting older youth and young adults, ages 16-24, in setting and achieving life goals in our five achievement areas: wellness, education, career, home, and personal development. We train each Mentor in the skills necessary to really be there for their youth. Not as parents or authority figures, but rather as people whose focus is to help and support them in achieving their goals and dreams. To get started and fill out your Mentor Application, or for more information, visit our website at www.lifeworksmentoring.org or give us a call at (310) 724-6300.
UCLA Gay, Lesbian, Bi, and Transgender Mentoring Program Needs Mentors!
Women and Transgender People are ESPECIALLY needed! If you have worked through your own coming out process and have developed a positive GLBT identity, and if you want to help other GLBT people who are coming to terms with their orientation, mentoring may be for you. Mentoring is an opportunity to support someone else through the coming out process. You can make a difference and a be positive role model in someone's life. What kind of time commitments are involved? To be a mentor, you must complete 30 hrs. of training, which will take place after the start of the fall quarter. After that you would meet consistently with your mentee for around an hour every week or two. Further, you would be required to attend supervision meetings, every other week. If this is of interest to you, simply contact Dr. Pat Alford-Keating at mentors@ucla.edu or by phone at (310) 825-0768 to arrange for an interview. Bi's, women, transgendered people and ethnic minorities are particularly encouraged to apply.
OASIS (Out Adolescents Staying In School) LAUSD's Educational Options program within Central Continuation High School serves youth who are glbti. We are a drop-out recovery/drop-out prevention program. If you have spare time, OASIS might have the right volunteer job for you!
We need:*Tutors in class* Guest instructors for science, health, fine arts, physical education, career planning,
technology Mentors Role models Or you may want to surprise us with your special skills?! Hollywood, West Hollywood, West Adams, please contact Chris Haiss at haichi87@earthlink.net, or call 213.864.1377.
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