TGI Justice is moving to Oakland!

TGIJP is in the process of moving, and will be completely moved by the end of March! We've been invited to share space with Tracy House (Transgender Resources and Advocacy Center for Youth), an exciting program of AIDS Project East Bay in East Oakland. We are thrilled with this new partnership and the opportunities it presents.

Our new address is
1201 46th Avenue
Oakland, CA 94601
Our new phone number will be (510) 533-3809.  
(please bear with us as we transition our phone lines over to the new space- if you cannot reach us by phone, please email us at info@tgijp.org )
Click on image below to get a printable version of our latest Stiletto Prison Newsletter!

KALW Interview with TGI Justice Member, Grace Lawrence

Transgender immigrant detainees face isolation in detention
The issue of prison rape is often belittled by standup comedians, but it’s really no laughing matter – especially if you’re a transgender woman locked up in an all-male facility.

Grace Lawrence, 43, is a transgender woman from Liberia who was in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, for nearly three years. For all but six months, she was kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day...
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TGI Justice is seeking new Leadership Team member with finance skills

The Transgender Gender Variant & Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP), a groundbreaking member-led social justice organization, is seeking a highly skilled, highly organized person with accounting and finance skills to serve as our newest Leadership Team member.

Join an amazing team of dedicated activists fighting to ensure that transgender people are safe from the Prison Industrial Complex!

This is a non-paid, volunteer position

TGIJP’s mission is to challenge and end the human rights abuses committed against transgender, gender variant, and intersex (TGI) people in California prisons and beyond.  TGIJP recognizes that poverty is integral to the profound and pervasive discrimination and marginalization that TGI people experience.  This cycle of poverty, discrimination, and marginalization is a major underlying cause of why TGI people end up in prison.

Requirements and Duties:

  •   A financial background with thorough understanding of financial reports including: cash flow, budgets, and P&L
  •   Ability to communicate and translate financial information and financial concepts to TGI Justice leadership, staff, bookkeeper, and development consultant
  •   Partner with staff, developer, and leadership to develop our annual budget  
  •  Ability and willingness to strategize planning for longer-term financial  planning and health of organization
  •  Ability to easily assess a situation and identify what action needs to be taken
  •   Committed to working with people with diverse genders, racial backgrounds, class backgrounds, and abilities
  •   Able to meet quarterly with TGI Justice Leadership Team in San Francisco or Oakland, as well as responding to occasional ad hoc requests
  •   Able to review monthly finance and cash flow reports and communicate with TGI Justice staff via email or phone if any concerns or questions arise
  •   Committed to social justice and TGIJP’s mission

Transgender and people of color are encouraged to apply!

Please submit resume with cover letter and three professional references to stormmiguel@tgijp.org


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TGI Justice Project is a group of transgender people—inside and outside of prison—creating a united family in the struggle for survival and freedom.
We work in collaboration with others to forge a culture of resistance and resilience to strengthen us for the fight against imprisonment, police violence, racism, poverty, and societal pressures.  We seek to create a world rooted in self determination, freedom of expression, and gender justice.
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