GenEq Newsletter --- February 24, 2009

GenEq Newsletter --- February 24, 2009 (see below for Table of Contents) March is Women’s History Mont and there will be a lot of amazing events taking place! Come to the KickOff on Noon at Sproul Plaza on Tuesday, 3/3/09 to pick up a calendar of events for the month!! This Thursday is the first Women of Color Dialogues of this semester and the theme is “I Define Me” – hope to see you there!! Smiles, Marisa tallgirl@berkeley.edu To view a PDF version of the Newsletter, see: http://students.berkeley.edu/files/osl/Gender_Equity/02-24-08%20GenEq%20Newsletter.pdf ----------------------------------------------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS: GENEQ ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Women of Color Dialogues: I Define Me – Feb 26 Courtney Martin: Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters – Feb 26 March is Women’s History Month!! So many events! Women’s History Month KickOff – Mar 3 Post-Prop 8: From Trauma toward Healing & Liberation – Mar 10 ON-CAMPUS: 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Institute for the Study of Social Change Thomas I. Yamashita Prize – Nominate by 3/2 Chantal Akerman in Conversation with Kaja Silverman – Mar 1 Get Involved in Mental Health Awareness Week –March 9-13 To Have or Not Have: A Documentary on Reproductive Politics in Iran – Mar 5 Anne Fausto-Sterling: NATURE, NURTURE, NEITHER – Mar 2 Are you interested in sexual rights? Global health? Poverty? OFF-CAMPUS: 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Gender and Sexuality Studies State of the Field Conference @ UPENN Mar 4-6 IMPACT Self Defense Classes & Events for February and March GAYLA – COLLEGE MENTOR Center for Progressive Leadership’s New Leaders Program –Application due March13 Cultural Resources Diversity Program Summer Internship – Applications due March 16 Transgender, Gender Variant & Intersex Justice Project, Grassroots Fundraising Coordinator 18. 19. 20. Internships at Women’s Magazine at KPFA Outstanding Berkeley Women Award – Nominations Due by 3/2/09 A&PI FTM Study ************************************************* 1. Women of Color Dialogues – Feb 26 “ DEFINE ME” Thursday, February 26, 2009 6:30-8:30pm Gender Equity Resource Center (202 Cesar Chavez) For Cal Women Students, Faculty and Staff – dinner and discussion! Questions? Email Aida at aidaz@berkeley.edu ************************************************* 2. Courtney Martin: Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters (webcast) - Feb 26 How the Quest for Perfection is Making Girls Sick Thursday, February 26, 2009 Noon-1pm Webcast at the Gender Equity Resource Center (202 Cesar Chavez) This eye-opening look at twenty-first century culture and its impact on women reveals how food and weight obsession, driven in no small part by images of celebrities openly wasting away, threatens a new generation of girls as the feminist exhortation that “you can do anything” is twisted into “you must do everything.” It also inspires women, young women in particular, to consider what wonderful things might happen if the madness stopped once and for all. Courtney E. Martin is the award-winning author of Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters, called “a hardcover punch in the gut” by Arianna Huffington and “a smart and spirited rant that makes for thought-provoking reading” by the New York Times. She is also a widely-read freelance journalist and regular blogger. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Newsweek, the Christian Science Monitor, Alternet, among others. She is a columnist for The American Prospect Online and an editor at feministing.com, and has appeared on the TODAY Show, Good Morning America, and The O’Reilly Factor. Read more about her work at www.courtneyemartin.com. Questions? Email Marisa at tallgirl@berkeley.edu ************************************************* 3. March is Women’s History Month! So many events!! March is Women’s History Month and there’s a ton going on! Below is a list of GenEq sponsored events, and keep you eye out for the Women’s History Month Calendar, to be distributed by the end of the week! Women’s History Month KickOff Tuesday, March 3, 2009 Upper Sproul 12:00pm - 1:00pm (I have the space reserved, but I’m hoping this will be something planning by as many groups as possible!) Terry Castle Power Dinner with Women Faculty Wednesday, March 4, 2009 Gender Equity Resource Center 6:00pm - 8:00pm LUNAFEST : Short Films By, For and About Women Friday, March 6, 2008 155 Dwinelle (UC Berkeley Campus) 7:00pm – 10:00pm Women’s Caucus Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Location TBA Time TBA Social Justice Feminism Thursday, March 12, 2009 Location TBA Time TBA Women of Color Dialogues Saturday, March 14, 2009 Location TBA Noon-2pm Vagina Monologues Friday, March 13, 2009 – 7pm Saturday, March 14, 2009 – 7pm Sunday, March 15, 2009 – 2pm Pauley Ballroom, MLK Building ************************************************* 4. Women’s History Month KickOff – Mar 3 Tuesday, March 3, 2009 Noon-1pm Upper Sproul Plaza Come celebrate the beginning of Women’s History Month on Upper Sproul at Noon! There will be music, student organizations will be tabling, and more! Come by to pick up a copy of the Women’s History Month Calendar to check out what’s going on this month! Want to help? Questions? Email Marisa at tallgirl@berkeley.edu. ************************************************* 5. Post-Prop 8: From Trauma toward Healing & Liberation – Mar 10 A Discussion About Forging an Inclusive LGBTQ Agenda Tuesday, March 10, 2009 12:10-1:30 pm Gender Equity Resource Center, Lounge 202 Cesar Chavez Student Center In the wake of the struggle against Prop 8 and the racist, classist, and homophobic backlashes after its passage, how can we promote more comprehensive and inclusive dialogues within our LGBTQ communities across race, religion, class, etc.? While the fight for marriage equality continues, how can we address the full breadth of LGBTQ civil rights issues (hate crimes, housing, parenting, military service, etc.)? How can we create space - both safe and 'real' - to engage those who have not been heard in this conversation? Some of our community activists will offer their reflections on these questions and help us begin to engage together in discussion. Everyone welcome! Panelists: Trinity Ordona, Ph.D Director, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Studies, City College of San Francisco, Ocean Campus Pamela Brown, Policy Director, Marriage Equality USA; Assistant Director, Office of Planning & Analysis, UCB Billy Curtis, Director, Gender Equity Resource Center, UCB ************************************************* 6. Institute for the Study of Social Change Thomas I. Yamashita Prize – Nominate by March 2 The FOUNDATIONS FOR CHANGE: Thomas I. Yamashita Prize is awarded annually to an outstanding young social change activist in Northern California. The award of $2,500 honors a person whose work transforms the existing social landscape and serves as a bridge between the academy and the community. An awardee helps to build the capacity of community-based organizations and social movements to confront pressing issues by applying her/his academic expertise. Simultaneously, she/he enriches academic scholarship by sharing the insights and knowledge produced from community engagement with the broader academic community. The award is not limited to students, but an honoree's work should reflect a commitment to strengthening ties between the academy and the community. Thomas I. Yamashita Prize uses a nomination system, where someone other than the nominee identifies the nominee, their contributions, and the kinds of expertise they bring to efforts directed at creating social change. To download a nomination form, please go to http://issc.berkeley.edu/yamashita_prize.php . Nomination due date: March 2, 2009 (The Prize will be announced within four to six weeks after the deadline date. An award ceremony will be held in the spring.) Please send nomination forms and supporting materials to: FOUNDATIONS FOR CHANGE: The Thomas I. Yamashita Prize Institute for the Study of Social Change University of California 2420 Bowditch Street, MC 5670 Berkeley, CA 94720-5670 For more information about the Prize and nomination process go to http://issc.berkeley.edu/yamashita_prize.php or contact Dr. Christine Trost: (510) 643-7237, ctrost@berkeley.edu. ************************************************* 7. Chantal Akerman in Conversation with Kaja Silverman – Mar 1 Sunday, March 1st, 1:30pm Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft Way Free admission Seating: first-come, first-served At this special event, renowned feminist filmmaker Chantal Akerman will discuss her recent work with film theorist Kaja Silverman. In addition to her recent films, they will discuss the multi-channel video installations that Akerman has been creating since 1995. The program will be introduced by Susan Oxtoby, Senior Film Curator of the Pacific Film Archive. Belgian-born, Paris-based filmmaker Chantal Akerman has been praised as "arguably the most important European director of her generation" and her work heralded as "the single most important and coherent body of work by a woman director in the history of the cinema." Her 1975 film Jeanne Dielman 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles has been called "the first masterpiece in the feminine in the history of the cinema." In addition to dozens of films, she has created video installations that have been exhibited at the Venice Biennale and Kassel Documenta. Kaja Silverman is the Class of 1940 Professor of Rhetoric and Film at UC Berkeley, and the author of seven books, including the seminal The Subject of Semiotics (1983). She has written about Chantal Akerman’s work in The Acoustic Mirror: The Female Voice in Psychoanalysis and Cinema (1988) and elsewhere. This program is being presented by the Arts Research Center at UC Berkeley in collaboration with the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive and in cooperation with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. ************************************************* 8. Get Involved in Mental Heath Awareness Week We’re in the thick of planning for Mental Health Awareness week, and are looking for student groups who might be interested in: 1. 2. 3. Sponsoring events Helping with publicity Volunteering during the week (March 9-13) Melissa Martin 643-0698 Events during MHAW: Queer Yoga - Free! Yoga for queer students and allies at Cal and Mills with special guest instructor from Yoga To The People, Berkeley. no experience necessary all bodies welcome Thursday, March 12th 6pm to 7pm Wilde House, 2410 Warring Street, Berkeley A part of Mind Body Awareness Week ************************************************* 9. To Have or Not Have: A Documentary on Reproductive Politics in Iran – Mar 5 Niki Karimi, Actress and Film Maker – in person! Charis Thompson, Commentary Minoo Moallem, Moderator Film Screening, immediately followed by a reception Thursday, March 5, 2009 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Stern Hall, Main Lounge Organized by Gender and Women’s Studies, Li Ka Shing Lecture Series; Co-Sponsored by Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Berkeley Center for New Media, Institute of European Studies, Townsend Center working group on Muslim Identities & Cultures ************************************************* 10. Anne Fausto-Sterling: NATURE, NURTURE, NEITHER: RECONCEPTUALIZING SEX, GENDER AND SEXUALITY Anne Fausto-Sterling Professor of Biology and Gender Studies, Brown University Monday, March 2, 2009, 4 pm. Lipman Room, Barrows Keynote Address to be followed immediately by a reception Sponsors: The Gender and Women's Studies Li Ka Shing Program in Gender and Science, Beatrice Bain Research Group and Science, Technology and Society Center, UC Berkeley. ************************************************* 11. Are you interested in sexual rights? Global health? Poverty? Our first planning meeting will be on Monday February 23, 7-8PM, 254 Dwinelle. We are excited to work with you on this event! There is an exciting event in the works that we need your help for! Two Berkeley students have been funded by Sierra Club and Americans for Informed Democracy to organize a reproductive health campaign on the Berkeley campus. We want to create an exhibit that displays the lifetime experiences of women who face an unmet need for family planning. We will use different forms of media (theater, pictures with text, props/set, audio, video) to portray various health issues that a woman faces due to lack of access to family planning such as unsafe abortion, forced marriage/young pregnancy, misconceptions and exaggerated fear of side effects of contraceptives, post-partum hemorrhage, and obstetric fistula. We are currently recruiting members for the planning committee. *Content Committee-* (5-8 people) Creating the sections of the exhibit *Art Committe*e- (2-3 people) organize Millennium Development Goals artwork *Logistics Committee*- (3 people, would love a person good with technical things!!) *Publicity Committee-* (2-3 people) If you are interested please email either sirina.keesara@gmail.com or kkalkstein@gmail.com to let us know that you want to help out. Please state your preferred committee. Our first planning meeting will be on Monday February 23, 7-8PM, 254 Dwinelle. We are excited to work with you on this event! Sincerely, Kiki Kalkstein (kkalkstein@gmail.com) Sirina Keesara (sirina.keesara@gmail.com) ************************************************* 12. RETHINKING SEX: Gender and Sexuality Studies State of the Field Conference March 4-6, 2009 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Twenty-five years ago, Gayle Rubin’s essay “Thinking Sex” (1984) inaugurated the contemporary field of sexuality studies. This state of the field conference will bring Rubin together with thirty other key figures in gender and sexuality studies to consider the history of the field as well as its current strengths and potential. What are the intellectual and political gains of movements for sexual freedom over the past three decades? And where are we now? The conference will feature panels, conversations, and roundtable sessions on Wednesday evening, Thursday, and Friday. Topics will include activism and scholarship, sexuality studies and academic disciplines, global sexualities, the relations between feminism and LGBT/queer studies, queer of color critique, historiography, sexual practice and community, scholarly generations, new forms of kinship, transgender studies, queer media, gay neoliberalism, disability studies, queer diasporas, affect, and pedagogy. Sponsored by Penn’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center, Women’s Studies, and the Alice Paul Center for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality. For more information, please visit the web site at . ************************************************* 13. IMPACT Self-Defense Classes and Events for February and March Intro to Self-Defense (Co-Ed; ages 14 and up) - Oakland, CA March 7-8, 2009 / Sat & Sun 10:00am-3pm Click to Register! New Class! R.A.R.E. workshop (Rape Awareness & Resistance Education) - Oakland, CA March 21, 2009 / Saturday 12:30pm-5:00pm Click to Register! Verbal Boundary Setting Workshop - Oakland, CA March 29, 2009 / Sunday 11am-3pm Click to Register! ************************************************* 14. GAYLA – COLLEGE MENTOR GAYLA (GSA Advocacy & Youth Leadership Academy) is a three-day intensive training in the legislative process, policy and administrative advocacy, media activism & other important related skills. GAYLA will take place in Sacramento from April 17th to April 19th, culminating in QYAD (Queer Youth Advocacy Day) on April 20th. GAYLA & QYAD Over the last decade, thousands of young people from every corner of the state have rallied on the Capitol steps in Sacramento and educated lawmakers on what they needed to do to make California schools safer for LGBTQ and straight ally students. From 1997-1999 we succeeded in advocating for the passage of the California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act (AB 537). In 2006 we lobbied for the Bias-Free Curriculum Act (SB1437) and Safe Place to Learn Act (AB 606) which were passed by the legislature though unfortunately vetoed by the Governor. In 2007 we succeeded in advocating for the passage of two bills: The Safe Place to Learn Act (AB 394) and The Student Civil Rights Act (SB 777). Again, in 2008 students successfully lobbied for the Foster Youth School Safety Education Act (AB 3015) and the Harvey Milk Day Bill (AB 2567). Fortunately, the Foster Youth School Safety Education Act was signed into law. Unfortunately, the Harvey Milk Day Bill was vetoed. So, what is next? Now that we have legislation passed and laws in place to protect us – we need to work to advocate for the full implementation of these laws! At the same time we will be talking to legislators to educate them on the importance of passing the Harvey Milk Day Bill again, as well as some other legislation that impacts youth. Here’s what we need – committed college juniors and seniors who are willing to attend, be role models, oversee the evening activities, and provide supervision at night. This opportunity will require you to participate in 16 hours of training in March during the first 3 weekends. You must be able to participate fully in the training and be able to be in Sacramento from the afternoon of Friday, April 17th through Monday, April 20th. Arrangements will be made for leaders who need assistance with travel to Sacramento. This means, yes, we will pay for you to get to Sacramento if you can’t get there yourself! We will also pay for your meals and housing. While you will not be paid, you will be loved and appreciated by all! People of color, low income folks, and transgender and gender non-conforming individuals are strongly encouraged to apply. ************************************************* 15. Center for Progressive Leadership’s New Leaders Program –Application due March13 Do you know a passionate young leader who would be interested in being a part of progressive change this summer in Washington DC? The Center for Progressive Leadership's New Leaders Internship Program is a paid ten-week summer program in Washington D.C. for young people from underrepresented communities across the country with a demonstrated passion for progressive change. Each New Leader is matched with a paid internship in a leading progressive organization in DC, including policy and research work, advocacy, organizing, media relations, and on-line communications. CPL New Leaders also participate in orientation and closing workshops, weekly trainings, coaching, and a variety of networking events, conferences and other opportunities. The CPL New Leaders Program is for people who: Are working to make their campus or community a better place Are leaders in their classes or campus groups Have volunteered or worked for a political campaign Have led or been involved with efforts to raise awareness about issues on campus or in your community Can't afford to spend the summer working for free To learn more and apply, visit www.cplnewleaders.org Check us out on Facebook too! Please forward on to your friends and networks. Thank you, New Leaders Team Applications are due March 13, 2009 and February 13 for early decision. ************************************************* 16. Cultural Resources Diversity Program Summer Internship – Applications due March 16 The National Park Service established the Cultural Resources Diversity Program in late 1998 to develop programs and approaches that will diversify the professional workforce in the cultural resources/historic preservation field. Through research, publications, and the internship program we are working to achieve these goals: - Increase the number of individuals representing all the nation's cultural and ethnic groups in professional jobs in this field, as historians, archeologists, historical architects, ethnographers, historical landscape architects, and curators. - Increase the number of historic and cultural resources associated with the nation's diverse cultural groups that are identified, documented, preserved, and interpreted. - Increase the number of diverse organizations and communities that are involved in the cultural resources/historic preservation field and served by National Park Service and other public/private preservation programs. These goals reflect the need to address the changing demographics of the United States. Our nation's increasingly diverse population will influence how the nation sees its past; how it uses the past in the present and future; and, importantly, which historic places are identified, preserved, and interpreted for future generations. The CRDIP is currently recruiting for 14 PAID summer internships! Internship descriptions can be found at http://www.nps.gov/history/crdi/internships/projects09.htm Diverse undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to apply by March 16, 2009. ************************************************* 17. Transgender, Gender Variant & Intersex Justice Project, Grassroots Fundraising Coordinator Job Title: Grassroots Fundraising Coordinator (Temporary) Job type: 0.5-0.75 FTE for 6 months, with possibility for full-time thereafter Compensation: $40,000/year FTE, with benefits (health, vision, dental, life) Desired Start Date: Immediately, position open until filled Job Description The Transgender, Gender Variant & Intersex Justice Project, a ground-breaking social justice nonprofit organization, is seeking a dynamic, passionate person to coordinate our current and future grassroots fundraising efforts. This temporary position will be primarily responsible for 1) coordinating grassroots fundraising activities (including individual donor cultivation), and 2) building organizational infrastructure and capacity to support longterm member-led grassroots fundraising. Ideal candidates have experience working in teams, and are conscious of their impact on an organization’s culture. Please see our website for more information about our organization. See below for job duties and additional qualifications. Duties: § § § § § Coordinate anniversary fundraising event, house parties, and smaller fundraising events, with support of Coordinate direct mail & online solicitations and major donor solicitations, with support of volunteer Help create grassroots fundraising culture amongst staff, members, volunteers, and donors Update and manage donor database on an ongoing basis, write thank-you letters, deposit donations with Create organizational infrastructure to receive and track membership dues from community members volunteer Fundraising Team Fundraising Team bookkeeper § § § Work collectively with other staff, grant-writing contractors, and organizational members to conduct Act as liaison for organization with grant-writing contractors Perform administrative duties related to above tasks financial planning for the organization Skills & Qualifications: § § § § § goals § § § § § § Empathetic and understanding, particularly when working with people currently and formerly imprisoned, Self-motivated: comfortable asking questions and asking for help, takes initiative, able to stay on task Able to self-advocate: able to communicate supervision needs and set healthy boundaries with clients, Familiarity with basic bookkeeping principles and able to read financial statements B.A. degree or substantial equivalent life/work experience Ability to jump quickly into the position and to also to transition out with internationality, accountability, and people in recovery, people with mental health issues, marginally housed/homeless people, etc. Experience coordinating grassroots fundraising activities Proficiency using MS Office applications (primarily Word and Excel), as well as with Internet, email, and Outstanding written and verbal communications skills, and able to communicate effectively with people Highly organized with prior experience in adhering to schedules and deadlines, and working in an office Outstanding multi-tasking skills: able to prioritize tasks, set goals, and think-through steps to achieve database applications from diverse backgrounds, political orientations, etc. environment volunteers, members and other staff a vision for the future of the organization. Desired qualifications: § § § § § § § § § Prior experience working in teams and in non-hierarchical/collective settings Experience using “Web 2.0” social networking tools (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, etc.) for fundraising purposes Experience using Giftworks donation tracking software Demonstrated commitment to the TGI communities, communities of color, poor & working class Understanding and commitment to anti-racist principles Prior experience working against police brutality, government surveillance, and the prison industrial Prior experience mentoring others Familiarity with prison abolitionist principles Self-care system in place communities, people in recovery, people currently and formerly imprisoned, and people with disabilities complex TGIJP is an equal opportunity employer, and people of color, people with criminal convictions, and transgender persons are especially encouraged to apply. Please see our website, http://www.tgijp.org, for more information about us. Questions: Call us at 415-252-1444 To apply, send resume, cover letter, 2 writing samples (maximum 5 pages each) and a list of 3 references to: TGIJP Hiring Committee 342 9th Street, Suite 202B San Francisco, CA 94103 Email & faxed applications accepted: info@tgijp.org, Fax: 415-252-1554 ************************************************* 18. Internships at Women’s Magazine at KPFA Women's Magazine is an hour-long public affairs radio program that airs on KPFA radio that presents and discusses women's lives and issues globally and locally from a radical multiracial feminist/mujerist/womanist perspective. We bring women's issues, lives, culture, music, struggles and achievements to the forefront and bring a feminist critique of issues important to the progressive community. The Women's Magazine airs the first three Mondays of every month from 1-2pm on KPFA radio, 94.1 FM or online at www.kpfa.org/womensmagazine. Located in Berkeley, California, KPFA is one of the oldest and largest listener sponsored radio stations in the U.S. and can be heard from Sacramento to Fresno. Who are we? We are group of diverse women of various ages and races many of whom are programmers on other shows on KPFA. Some of us work on other shows like Voices of the Middle East and North Africa, Pushing Limits, Free Speech Radio News and La Raza Chronicles and some of us are recent graduates of KPFA's Apprenticeship Program and others are activists and community members. INTERNSHIP PROGRAM As part of our commitment to bring in diverse women's voices we are providing training in radio production skills for women from the community to learn how to produce radio and develop their own voice. You will learn all facets of radio production and will produce radio segments that will be aired on Women's Magazine. We are looking for women who are committed to the vision of our show and to learning how to produce radio pieces in order to bring voices of women that are not represented in the media to the airwaves. You must be available a couple of evenings a week and several weekends a month. This training will require about 6- 8 hours a week and because of the length of time it takes to learn radio skills you must be able to commit to a 6 month minimum amount of time working with us. But this training is really for those who are interested in having an ongoing commitment to working with us and to women's issues. Queers, women of color, women from other countries and low income women are especially encourage to apply TO APPLY Because of the limited space all applicants will be asked to fill out a 1 page statement prior to being accepted describing 1) why they are interested in working with us, 2) their political experience, the communities they are part of and their interest in feminist issues and KPFA , 3) their experience and interest in radio production and 4) their availability in terms of time. You can e-mail it to the e-mail address below. For more information please contact us at: 510-848-6767 ext 608 or at womensmagazine@kpfa.org. If you want to receive academic credit for your internship please let us know. ************************************************* 19. Outstanding Berkeley Women Award – Nominations Due by 3/2/09 Attached is the nomination form for this year’s Outstanding Berkeley Women award, presented by the City of Berkeley's Commission on the Status of Women. Please distribute widely. Nominations are open to women who currently live, work or learn in Berkeley and are 14 years of age or older. The Commission on the Status of Women is looking for women in our community who are under-recognized for their work or who are unconventionally successful. Submissions are due by Monday, March 2, 2009 . All are welcome to attend the Outstanding Berkeley Women event. The event will be held on the evening of April 1st at 6:30pm at the North Berkeley Senior Center. Contact Tasha Tervalon-Norcome TTervalon@ci.berkeley.ca.us for more information and for a nomination form. ************************************************* 20. A&PI FTM Study Hello, I am conducting a study of the experience of transgender and gender non-conforming people on the female-tomale spectrum and of Asian or Pacific Islander descent. I am a gender-variant person assigned female at birth and of Chinese American descent. The project is for my research through the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant University in San Francisco. If you were assigned female at birth, identify as a transgender and/or gender non-conforming person of Asian or Pacific Islander descent, are 18 years old or older, and live in the San Francisco Bay Area, I would like to invite you to participate in a one-and-a-half to two hour interview. You will be compensated $20 for transportation costs and your time. If you would like to learn more about the study, or have a question, please feel free to contact me at api.ftm@gmail.com or at (415) 820-9649. When I receive an e-mail or voice message, I will reply with more information. If you decide to participate, we can set up a mutually convenient location and time for the interview to occur. Thank you for your time, thoughtfulness and spirit. Your participation and contribution makes a difference. With deepest appreciation, Kobi California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University api.ftm@gmail.com (415) 820-9649