

U.S. Department of State
International Visitor Leadership Program
Reflections on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
CITY SPLITS:
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
Wednesday, 15 December 2021
Group 2: Basic Rights Oregon
Portland, Oregon | Organized by WorldOregon
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Carolina MUSSI | Argentina
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Nijat GULIYEV | Azerbaijan
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Georgia HEJDUKOVA | Czech Republic
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Aisha TAMBAJANG | Denmark
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Marianela CARVAJAL DIAZ | Dominican Republic
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Philipp AIGNER | Germany
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Badara Aly KONE | Mali
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Tabby BESLEY | New Zealand
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Hubert SOBECKI | Poland
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Joanna KUBICKA | Poland
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Marta RAMOS | Portugal
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Risma BISSESAR | Suriname
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Abiola Bienvenu AKINDES | Togo
Meeting Resources

Meeting Details
Please join 10 minutes early
Login: 13:50 Eastern U.S. Time
Meeting: 14:00–15:30 Eastern U.S. Time
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Zoom link: https://meridian-org.zoom.us/j/84467258008?pwd=anhMYmZ3NVpTVDNGYW1mZlBadEZTZz09
Meeting ID: 844 6725 8008
Passcode: IVLP
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Meeting organized by: WorldOregon in collaboration with Meridian International Center
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Meeting Topic: Nancy Haque will discuss advocacy and program services for the LGBTQI+ community.
Meet Your Speaker

Nancy Haque
she/her/hers
Executive Director
Basic Rights Oregon
A long-time organizer and activist in social justice movements, Nancy Haque first came to Basic Rights Oregon as a volunteer in 2007. A few years later, she joined the Board of Directors and then transitioned to a staff role in 2015, as Co-Executive Director. Under her leadership, Basic Rights Oregon expanded its racial justice work as a founding member of the executive team of One Oregon, an immigrant, refugee and Muslim justice coalition. Basic Rights Oregon also deepened its commitment to transgender justice by launching Catalyst, a leadership development cohort for transgender and gender non-conforming Oregonians. Prior to joining the staff of BRO, Nancy spent seven years as the Building Political Power Director at Western States Center, where she led a voter organizing training and empowerment project and managed leadership development programs. Nancy spent eight years working on economic justice issues, with Jobs with Justice and the National AFL-CIO. The daughter of immigrant parents from Bangladesh, Nancy is the first member of her family born in the United States. She grew up in the DC area, where she was inspired to becoming politically engaged, joining her first protest as a fourth grader. She studied Political Economy and Social Change at The Evergreen State College and has a master’s degree from the Center for Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She lives in southeast Portland with her young son and is an aspirational baker and crafter.
About the Organization

Basic Rights Oregon (Portland, Oregon) engages in strategic, values-based coalitions to address the many needs of the LGBTQI+ communities in Oregon via building alliances with progressive groups that advocate for working families, racial justice, immigrant rights, reproductive justice, and campaign reform. This session will discuss their legal and legislative advocacy in Oregon, as well as how they use interactive group storytelling as a tool to for groups generating new ways forward.
Transgender Justice (Basic Rights Oregon):
​​​​https://www.basicrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2017-Transgender-Justice-Fact-Sheet.pdf
Transgender Resources (The City of Portland):
​​https://www.portlandoregon.gov/81271
Equality Federation (advocacy)
https://www.equalityfederation.org/what-we-do
Equality PAC:
Fair Pay Workplace:
​​https://fairpayworkplace.org/
Political Research Associates:
​​​​https://politicalresearch.org/
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Fierce Families (network of families of transgender people - Basic Rights Oregon):
​​​​https://www.basicrights.org/get-involved/fierce-families-network/
LGBTQ+ Census (U.S. Census):
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-kits/2020/2020-census-lgbtq.html
LGBTQ+ and Poverty in the United States (Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law):
https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/lgbt-poverty-us/
Transgender People and Poverty (National Women’s Law Center):
LGBTQ+ and Unemployment (Fast Company):
https://www.fastcompany.com/40493319/lgbtq-workers-still-face-higher-unemployment-rates
Prohibition on Conversion Therapy (Oregon):
​​https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_675.850
Conversion “Therapy” Laws (Movement Advance Project):
https://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/conversion_therapy
Conversion Therapy and Youth Mental Health (The Trevord Project0:
Murder of Transgender People in 2020 (National Center for Transgender Equality):
Violence Against Transgender People and People of Color (GLAAD):
​​https://www.glaad.org/blog/violence-against-transgender-people-and-people-color-disproportionately-high-lgbtqh-murder-rate
Hate Crime Statistics 2020 (U.S. Department of Justice):
​​​​https://www.justice.gov/hatecrimes/hate-crime-statistics
LGBT Activism in Oregon (Portland State University):
https://www.pdx.edu/heroines/lgbt-activism-oregon
Trans Lifeline (UI.S.’s first trangender suicide hotline):
​​https://translifeline.org/
Adi’s Act - Suicide Prevention (Basic Rights Oregon):
​​https://www.basicrights.org/featured/working-for-adis-act/
Bill Extending Protection to Gender Identity - Oregon (Oregon Public Broadcasting):
Gay/Trans Panic Defense Bans (Movement Advancement Project):
​​https://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/panic_defense_bans
Gender Affirming Health Resources (Oregon Health):
https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/HEALTHYPEOPLEFAMILIES/WOMEN/HEALTHSCREENING/Pages/Provider-Resources.aspx
3rd Gender on U.S. Passports (National Public Radio):
​​https://www.npr.org/2021/06/30/1011866915/u-s-will-add-an-option-other-than-male-or-female-on-passports
Oregon First State to add 3rd Gender on Driver’s License (NBC News):
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/oregon-becomes-first-state-add-third-gender-driver-s-licenses-n772891
Transgender-Inclusive Healthcare Services (Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes):
Oregon Sexual Assault Task Force Advocate Training:
https://oregonsatf.org/programs/sexual-assault-training-institute/advocate-training/
Police, Jails & Prisons (National Center for Transgender Equality):
​​​​https://transequality.org/issues/police-jails-prisons
Guidelines for Protection of Transgender Prisoners (National Public Radio):