Equal Rights for the Transgender Community

As a part of the ‘Dismantling Social Injustice’ series, this event will focus on the disparities and inequities that the Transgender community faces, including voting rights and civil rights equality.

Join Cynthia Dames (she/her) (Founding Member and Project Managing Consultant for The NEW Pride Agenda) and Kate Sosin (they/them) (LGBTQ+ Reporter at The 19th) for a conversation on the historical and systemic factors that have contributed to these disparities and the legislative and cultural actions we must take to affect change. This panel will be moderated by Gwynn Krueger (they/them), Meetup’s Director of Community Experience. Plus stick around for a Q&A session.

This event is the fifth in the ‘Dismantling Social Injustice’ series. Watch the previous events here:
Ending Disparities in Healthcare: http://meetu.ps/3lw7zv
Bold Allyship: http://meetu.ps/3lqYHV
Economic Mobility and Urban Policy: http://meetu.ps/3lmG5W
How to Help Dismantle Social Injustice: http://meetu.ps/3lhgVM

Agenda:
Introductions (5 mins)
Conversation with Cynthia and Kate (40 mins)
Q&A session (15 mins)

About the panelists:
Cynthia Dames, founding member and Project Managing Consultant for The NEW Pride Agenda; principle at Cynthia Dames Consulting LLC
Cynthia is an experienced former government affairs professional who provided progressive advocacy on behalf of health, human service, and social justice non-profits in New York City and New York State. On behalf of her clients, Cynthia worked to solidify legislative and budgetary advances on issues including health/HIV, Mental Health, Domestic Violence, Criminal Justice Reform, and LGBT and Transgender rights.

Kate Sosin LGBTQ+ reporter at The 19th
Kate is the LGBTQ+ reporter, focusing on transgender rights, incarceration, politics and public policy. Kate has conducted deep-dive investigations into transgender prison abuse and homicides for NBC News. They previously worked at Logo TV, INTO and Windy City Times. Kate has a B.A. from Hampshire College in Western, MA. They live with their partner and tiny but fierce chiweenie in Los Angeles.

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