"Our separate struggles are really one.
A struggle for freedom, for dignity and for humanity."
- MLK
Radom thoughts of Cecilia Chung and her fairy tales in San Francisco's Tenderloin.
After 5 weeks, still no sign of missing Lodi woman
The article can be found on: http://www.lodinews.com/articles/2005/04/30/news/1_missing_050430.txt
The fact that Ms. Sandoval being a trans woman and has vanished without atrace have some people fear for the worst.
Community Leader Cecilia Chung to join TLC as Deputy Director and 2005Berkeley Law Foundation Fellow Shane Caya to Join as Family Law Attorney
April 28, 2005
Contact: Christopher Daley, Director(415) 865-0176
chris@transgenderlawcenter.org
San Francisco, CA The Transgender Law Center, founded in 2002 as a fiscally sponsored project of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, has been granted independent non-profit status by the Internal Revenue Service and is celebrating with two significant hires. The newly independent TLC will welcome on board a Deputy Director and a full-time project attorney.
“After more than two-years of unbelievable support from NCLR, we’re finally ready to stand on our own,” said TLC Director Christopher Daley. “And I can’t think of a better way to celebrate than by tripling the size of our full-time staff. With these hires, TLC will be better able to collaborate with transgender communities and allies throughout California in order to create a state in which everyone can fully and freely express our gender identities.”
Well-known community activist and San Francisco Human Rights Commissioner, Cecilia Chung, will join the organization as Deputy Director. In her new position, Ms. Chung will run two of TLC’s existing programs as well as deepening state-wide collaborative and fundraising efforts. “Cecilia is exactly the right person at the right time for this job,” said newly elected TLC Board Chair Mikayla Connell. “We couldn’t be happier that she has agreed to join the organization and help us take it to the next level.”
Joining Ms. Chung will be Transgender Family Law Project Director, Shane Caya.Mr. Caya, a 2004 graduate of Golden Gate Law School and father of two, was recently awarded a prestigious Berkeley Law Foundation Fellowship. Mr. Caya’s project will focus on the needs of transgender people in family court including issues involving: marriage, domestic partnership, child custody and visitation, and emancipation. “The Berkeley Law Foundation is thrilled to be partnering with TLC to support Shane’s vital work,” said BLF Board Co-President Linda Lye. “Shane’s demonstrated commitment to transgender families and his personal connection to the community he intends to serve resonate deeply with BLF's core values. We are confident that Shane will deploy the power of the law in the service of social justice.”
Ms. Chung and Mr. Caya will join Health Care Access Project Manager Willy Wilkinson and Safe Bathroom Access Campaign Coordinator Bryan Burgess in conducting the ground-breaking work for which TLC has become known. Ms. Chung is scheduled to join TLC in the first of July. While Mr. Caya’s fellowship officially begins in the fall of 2005, TLC is currently raising funds to bring him on as early as mid-May.
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The Transgender Law Center (TLC) is a civil rights organization advocating for transgender communities. We use direct legal services, education, community organizing, institutional change strategies, and policy and media advocacy to improve laws and challenge discriminatory practices that affect people’s ability to fully express their diverse gender identities.
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