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Steering Committee I Contigo Fund
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Co-Director I Southerners on New Ground
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Project Director, Out in the South Initiative | Funders for LGBTQ Issues
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Director | Grantmakers for Southern Progress
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Coordinator | Queer Mobilization Fund at Southern Vision Alliance
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Vision Keeper/Executive Director | Alternate ROOTS
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Director of the Fund for Trans Generations | Borealis Philanthropy
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Director of Education Policy | Equality North Carolina
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Director of Policy & Programs | Athlete Ally
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Director of Programs | EPIP
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Founder & Executive Director | Black Trans Travel Fund
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Founder and CEO | Brotherhood510
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Vice President | I am Human Foundation
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Founder and Executive Director | Brave Space Alliance
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Program Officer, Black Trans Fund | Groundswell Fund
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Program Director, U.S. Social Justice | Arcus Foundation
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Co-founder & Executive Director | Haitian Bridge Alliance
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Attorney | Transgender Law Center
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Senior Program Officer, SOGIE Program | Wellspring Philanthropic Fund
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Executive Director | Equality Federation Institute
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Co- Founder and CEO | Women Engaged
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Deputy Director | Equality Foundation of Georgia
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Senior Program Associate for the Fund for Trans Generations | Borealis Philanthropy
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Senior Activist Fellow Emerita | Barnard Center for Research On Women
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Executive Director | Equality North Carolina
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Executive Director | Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF)
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Deputy Director | Mijente
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Program Associate, Sex Worker Giving Circle I Third Wave Fund
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Project Director, Grantmakers United for Trans Communities | Funders for LGBTQ Issues
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Reproductive Justice and Sexual Health Program Manager I Women With A Vision
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Senior Program Officer I Wellspring Philanthropic Fund
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Co-Director | Hive Fund for Gender and Climate Justice
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Legal Director | Transgender Law Center
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Gilead Sciences
Platinum Sponsor
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Marguerite Casey Foundation
A Conversation with Jonathan Jayes-Green, Vice President of Programs
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Wellspring Philanthropic Fund
President's Sponsor
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Foundation for a Just Society
Gold Sponsor
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Gold Sponsor
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Alternate Roots
Roots Week 2019
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APIENC
BUILDING TRANSGENDER, NON-BINARY, AND QUEER API POWER.
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Baltimore Safe Haven
Will we stand up for Black Trans Lives, too?
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El/La Para TransLatinas
We are committed to advocate for the rights of TransLatinas.
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Familia, TLC, BLMP
End Trans Detention
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Grantmakers for Southern Progress
Philanthropic Action for Structural Change Work in the South
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Sol the Drag Queen
Sol's Tribute
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Southern Vision Alliance
Learn More About Our Work
Southerners on New Ground
GOD IS CHANGE: SONG’S 2020 REFLECTION VIDEO
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Trans Equity Consulting
Gender Equity with Cecilia Gentili