8:30am – BYO Breakfast and Coffee; Opening Remarks

9:00am – REUNITE: Building Community Connections Through Facilitated Conversations

10:30am – REIMAGINE: Facilitated Discussion on Dreaming Bigger for the Trans Community

When trans rights are under attack to the extreme extent they are in the United States right now—and, by a different frame, as they have been since western colonization began—it can be tempting to be reactionary without taking time to reflect, recenter, and remind ourselves what we’re working towards. In this workshop, participants will take time to collectively envision our trans liberatory utopias, through free writing, speaking in small groups about the world they are working towards, and participating in a full-group “fishbowl” dialogue with some selected guests/visionaries—Ebony Harper, Jen Jenkins, and Swethaa Ballakrishnen—and volunteers from the collective.

Moderator

D Dangaran 

Speakers

Swethaa Ballakrishnen

Ebony Harper

Jen Jenkins

12:00pm – Lunch (Buffet inside Institute room)

1:00pm – REJUVENATE: Optional Wellness Activities with Alli Simon

Moderator

Alli Simon

1:30pm – RESISTANCE: State of the Union and a Call to Action

This session will be a dialogue bookended by commentary from our panelists. We welcome the perspectives of all trans lawyers and individuals who are on the ground working to improve the lives of trans people. The panelists will initially present their perspective – informed by the work they are doing – on the state of the trans community and related political and legal movements. The panelists will next share some ideas about what they believe the community can and should do next to address the situation and advance our interests.

The moderator will then facilitate a conversation between the panel and the participants on what they are seeing in the world and what can be done about it. Near the end of our time together, the moderator will invite the panelists to provide some concluding remarks about the discussion and some ideas to develop in our next session, RESURGENCE: Breakout Groups for Meeting the Call to Action.

Moderator

Rafael M. Langer-Osuna 

Speakers

Alejandra Caraballo

Anya Marino

Caspian Nash

2:45pm – Break

3:00pm – RESURGENCE: Breakout Groups for Meeting the Call to Action

4:45pm – Closing Remarks