Town Hall Seattle and Pottery Northwest present
Joyful Resistance
Leveraging the Power of Arts Activism
Rental Partner: The Endowment for Equal Justice presents
Bridging Movements
On Gender, Race and Collective Liberation
Note: Doors for this event will open at 5:00 PM.
The Endowment for Equal Justice invites you to join us at Town Hall on July 31st to learn from special guests Leigh Thompson and QLaw Foundation about how to support transgender rights in our current climate. This event is part of the Endowment’s Race Equity Speaker Series which are free community events meant to educate folx and bring them together in a shared space to learn more about marginalized communities and the barriers they face to accessing justice and other resources. This specific event focuses on the intersection of race equity and transgender rights both nationally and locally, exploring the experiences of transgender communities and will include a speaker and moderated discussion with an Legal Foundation of Washington (LFW) grantee partner, QLaw Foundation. It will be catered by That Brown Girl Cooks. Come hear their stories/experiences as members of the transgender community and learn more about how to support transgender rights that are actively under attack from the current administration.
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S. Leigh Thompson (also S. Leigh Thompson-Shealy) is a white and Native queer trans genderqueer person with disability who has worked at the intersections of art and social and political justice for over 25 years. Leigh has worked as a trainer, campaign strategist, community organizer and lobbyist for organizations such as the ACLU, GLSEN and Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation. They hold a BA in Theatre from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and an individualized MA from Gallatin at NYU, focusing on utilizing creative participation for political and social change with course work in change theory, community studies, public policy, nonprofit management and campaign strategies.
Leigh is currently a consultant, facilitator and strategist supporting deeper understanding of equity, inclusion and justice and building tools to dismantle systemic power, privilege and oppression. His consulting clients include small local to large global nonprofits, educational institutions, movement coalitions and businesses from around the world.
QLaw Foundation: “Fighting for a world that we can be proud of.”
QLaw Foundation of Washington promotes the dignity and respect of 2SLGBTQIA+ Washingtonians within the legal system through advocacy, education, and legal assistance.
Our Vision
A world in which no 2SLGBTQIA+ person will face additional barriers to authentic living, access to justice, or equality before the law because of their queer identity.
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