Black Trans Media; & Labor Organizing in Queer Social Service Agencies

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Published: 24 January 2021

Stahimili Mapp interviews Sasha Alexander, co-founder and director of Black Trans Media,  Sasha and Stahimili discuss the the need for an organization that centers Black Trans people for the purposes of documenting their history and current situation, in a Black community, here in New York and elsewhere.

Black Trans Media maintains a physical space in Bedford Stuyvesant where food distribution occurred during the CoVid crisis. That among other current projects as well as future goals are covered during this enlightening conversation. For more go to:

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blacktransmedia/ ,

website: https://blacktransmedia.wixsite.com/blacktransmedia

twitter: @BlackTransMedia

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Alliance for Global Justice is their fiscal sponsor.

Labor organizer Desma Holcomb analyses the issues at play in the unionization efforts of workers in queer social service agencies like Gay Men's Health Crisis and Callen-Lorde  Community Health Center.

Black Queer Woman Running for Council Seat; and Housing Works Union Wins Election

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Published: 11 January 2021

Black Queer Woman Running for Council Seat #RadicalLove

Kristin Richardson Jordan is here to discuss her candidacy for City Council with Out-FM's Stahimili Mapp. Kristin is an out Black queer woman running for the seat in the 9^th district in Harlem.  She is a third generation Harlemite running on a self-described “radical platform” with the intent of disrupting the status quo on the campaign trail and in the city council. During this interview she discusses her platform of 7 focus areas for which the word H.A.R.L.E.M serves as an acronym.  For information on her campaign go to https://kristinforharlem.com/

RWDSU, the Housing Works Union, Wins Election

The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), the union representing Housing Works workers, won the recent election with 85% of the workers voting in favor. This is another victory for workers during the COVID-19 epidemic. Kaitlin Abrams and Brian Grady from the Housing Work's union discuss with Out-FM's Naomi Brussel how they won their election to  represent the workers at the progressive non-profit. Housing Works is the largest provider of housing for people with HIV/AIDS in the US.