BLIND LGBT PRIDE INTERNATIONAL (BPI) PRESENTS TRANS 101

In observance of Transgender Day of Rememberence (TDOR), , BPI invites all to join it’s monthly Info-Share Session, at 3 PM PDT, 5 PM CDT and 6 PM EDT on Sunday, November 13, 2016.

 

RitaDunn will present an overview of issues and concerns facing the Transgender community and their families.

 

To participate in the teleconference call 218-895-3779 and enter code 2012#.

 

TDOR is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence., Additionally, during the week of November 14-20, individuals and organizations around the country participate in Transgender Awareness Week to help raise the visibility of transgender and gender non-conforming people and address the issues these communities face.

 

TDOR was started by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed in 1998. The vigil commemorated all the transgender people lost to violence that year and began an important memorial that has become the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance.

“The Transgender Day of Remembrance seeks to highlight the losses we face due to anti-transgender bigotry and violence. I am no stranger to the need to fight for our rights, and the right to simply exist is first and foremost. With so many seeking to erase transgender people — sometimes in the most brutal ways possible — it is vitally important that those we lose are remembered, and that we continue to fight for justice.” – Transgender Day of Remembrance founder Gwendolyn Ann Smith

 

BPI Committee Chair Appointments

The Blind LGBT Pride International (BPI) president chooses the committee chairs to perform the work of the organization.  The people that will carry out the committee duties are:

 

Advocacy & Legislative – Don Brown

Budget & Finance – Sarah Wilds

Constitution & Bylaws – Harlow Pease

Fundraising – Kevin Ratliff

Membership – Guillermo Robles

Elections – Harlow Pease and Don Brown

programs – Gabriel Lopez

Public Relations – Gabriel Lopez (Newsletter – Leah Gardner; Website – Will Burley; Social Media – Gabriel Lopez)

 

If you have an intrest in becoming a part of one or more of the standing committees, please visit the

Contact page

to email the committee chairs.

Welcome new Board Members

At this year’s Blind LGBT Pride International conference and convention, three new board members were elected during the annual meeting.  The members would like to welcome:

 

Sarah Wilds as the new Treasurer;

Dennis Sims as the new member at large 3; and

Rob Hill as the new member at large 4.

 

Will Burley was re-elected as president.

 

We look forward to working with the new board members for the next two years!

Transitional Board Meeting 2016

Blind LGBT Pride International (BPI) will hold it’s first board of directors’ meeting Sunday, August 14, 2016 at 2 PM PDT, 4 PM CDT, 5 PM EDT on the conference line 218-895-3779, access code 2012#.

 

The new and returning board members will be introduced, committee chair appointments will be announced plus much, much more.  This meeting is open to members and friends, alike.

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