In 2013-2014, we are conducting a strengths/needs assessment of the media & organizing capacity of our LGBTQ and Two-Spirit movement(s) and facilitating skillshares and workshops around transformative media organizing. The project is guided by project partners from organizations that work with LGBTQTS folks, especially People of Color, working class, immigrant, rural, and other LGBTQTS communities
most impacted by structural injustices. The project is supported by faculty and staff at the MIT Center for Civic Media and by the Ford Foundation’s Advancing LGBT Rights Initiative. Who We Are:
The Out for Change project is based at MIT’s Center for Civic Media, and activities are guided by the project partners, composed of people from 7 LGBTQTS movement groups. The project will also create a group of project advisors to support the research as well as skillshares. Our project team includes:
Project Partners:
Karla Mejia, INCITE! (www.incite-national.org)
Gabrielle Joffe & Nora Berson, Black & Pink (www.blackandpink.org)
M. Adams, Freedom Inc. (www.aboutfreedominc.com)
Susana Segura & Graciela Sanchez, Esperanza Peace & Justice Center (www.esperanzacenter.org)
Mytchyll Mora & Andrea Ritchie, Streetwise & Safe (www.streetwiseandsafe.org)
Dawn- Marie Luna & Jill Marcellus, GSA Network (www.gsanetwork.org)
Luis Ramirez & Jerssay Arrendondo, Q***r Undocumented Immigrant Project (unitedwedream.org/about/projects/quip)
Project Coordination Team:
Kamaria Weems Carrington, Project Coordinator
Sasha Costanza-Chock, Assistant Professor of Civic Media, MIT, Principal Investigator
Becky Hurwitz, Codesign Facilitator & Community Organizer, MIT Center for Civic Media, Codesign & Skillshare lead
Heather Craig, MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Research Assistant
Royal Morris, MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Research Assistant
Chris Schweidler, Research Action Design (RAD), Strengths/Needs Assessment lead
