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2009 Annual Report Strategic Plan 2009-2013 a Bold Path to Equality 2009 ANNUAL REPORT STRATEGIC PLAN 2009-2013 A BOLD PATH TO EQUALITY OVERVIEW Building An Inclusive Movement Basic Rights Oregon’s Strategic Plan rep- resents a bold new approach to ensure Cultivate the leadership of transgender people, youth that all LGBT Oregonians experience and LGBT people of color. And prioritize their interests full equality. Discrimination against LGBT while deeply engaging businesses, community leaders and people continues in Oregon – we are ex- straight allies in a statewide network to broaden support for equality. cluded from the freedom to marry, LGBT teens have the highest rates of suicide, our youth endure bullying at school, and Winning majority support for the freedom to marry transgender people are denied basic for all Oregonians medically necessary health care. Mar- riage discrimination has a daily impact Ultimately, marriage has a federal solution, but Basic Rights on caring, committed couples, hurting Oregon will play an important role in creating the national Oregon families in very real ways. tipping point by achieving a statewide marriage victory. To win, we need to build majority support for marriage equal- ity and run an inclusive campaign that addresses the needs of transgender families, LGBT families of color and young people. Mission Statement Achieving signifi cant policy change to improve the lives of transgender and Basic Rights Oregon will ensure gender non-conforming Oregonians that all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Oregonians experience Basic Rights Oregon supports policies that are inclusive of equality by building a broad and in- transgender Oregonians. We seek to understand and ar- clusive politically powerful movement, ticulate the impact of all of our campaigns on trans people shifting public opinion, and achieving across the state. In addition, in the next fi ve years, Basic policy victories Rights Oregon will coordinate ambitious policy campaigns to increase the safety and well being of transgender members of our community. Increasing and enforcing protections for LGBT and allied youth across Oregon Basic Rights Oregon will build upon our work with LGBT and allied youth. We will lead a policy agenda that increases the safety and well being of LGBT and allied youth. Enforcing and Defending Our Victories Fully implement and enforce domestic partnerships and nondiscrimination laws by working with businesses and state agencies to educate about these laws. We are also committed to defending against any and all attacks on LGBT equality and working through the courts and the legislature to close any loopholes. STRATEGIC PLAN 2009-2013 A BOLD PATH TO EQUALITY A MESSAGE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear Friends, What an amazing time to be part of the movement for LGBT equality in Oregon! We all remember those challenging years from 1988 to 2004, when Oregonians voted on over 33 statewide and local ballot measures attacking the fundamental human dignity of the LGBT community. But we have started a new chapter in our movement. Since the last statewide ballot measure cam- paign in 2004, Basic Rights Oregon has been aggressively seeking pro-active policy changes and building an inclusive program. And yes, we are winning! In 2007, we passed two landmark laws to establish Domestic Partnerships and ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. In 2009, we worked with a broad coalition to pass the Oregon Safe Schools Act, aimed at eliminat- ing bullying and harassment in our schools. These are three of the most substantial legislative vic- tories the organization has seen, and are representative of an assertive strategy to pursue policy gains for Oregon’s LGBT community, in addition to defending against homophobic and transphobic efforts. This year marked the fi rst full year of implementing our new strategic plan that prioritizes the needs and the leadership of LGBT youth, LGBT people of color, and transgender Oregonians. Along with revamping our policy strategy, we have established a strong voice in Oregon’s move- ments for social justice. We have always been a reliable partner to choice and labor movements, and have increasingly become a partner to racial justice and immigrant rights movements as well. Your investment in our work has created the opportunity for the organization to transition from a successful campaigning organization to a movement-building powerhouse. It is this movement that will win marriage equality for our community in the coming years. Together, we have made tremendous progress, but discrimination aimed at gay and transgender Oregonians persists. Together, we will continue to work towards the day when every gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and allied Oregonian experiences equality. With deep appreciation, Jeana Frazzini Executive Director Basic Rights Oregon & Basic Rights Education Fund RACIAL JUSTICE AND ALLIANCE BUILDING At Basic Rights Oregon, we are committed to anti-racist work in our organization and in the state as a whole. As a primarily white LGBT organization in a primarily white region, we work both to develop an analysis of the impact of racism in our organization and community and to act on that understanding. Our commitment to racial justice shows in our strategic plan and work plans, in ongoing political education with our base, in the action we take for racial justice and in explicit statements addressing how our work affects gay and transgender people of color. Today, we have increasingly multi-racial leadership in our organization, a track record of support for racial justice and a reputation as being a dependable ally. We do this work because it is the right thing to do and because it helps us build a bigger, stronger movement. Executive Director Jeana Frazzini trains participants at the Creating Change Conference in Texas. WE HAVE A VISION FOR WHAT IS POSSIBLE: Imagine a ballot measure fi ght where the media and Imagine a movement where people are able to bring opposition can’t pit gay and transgender communities their full selves and fi nd community–where we can and communities of color against one another. break down the dynamic in which gay and transgen- der people encounter homophobia and transphobia Imagine the power of a movement for justice that is in situations that are supposed to be safe for people united across identity, where advocates for LGBT jus- of color, and racism in places that are supposed to be tice work side by side in the struggle for immigrant safe for LGBT people. rights and for economic justice. EDUCATING OUR BASE TO BE EFFECTIVE ALLIES FOR RACIAL JUSTICE Nearly 500 participants have attended Basic Rights Oregon’s workshops on dismantling racism in the LGBT movement. In 2009, we compiled the resources and tools we have used in our work for racial justice and re- leased Standing Together: Coming Out for Racial Justice. CENTERING THE LEADERSHIP OF PEOPLE OF COLOR As part of the Safe Schools for ALL Youth campaign, Basic Rights Oregon worked in coalition with many organizations of color in- cluding CAUSA Oregon, the Urban League, and the Asian Pacifi c American Network of Oregon. Basic Rights Oregon also part- nered with the Oregon Students of Color Coalition to produce their special report on the disproportionate impact of bullying and harassment on students of color in Oregon. BEING A DEPENDABLE AND PUBLIC ALLY TO RACIAL JUSTICE Supporting racial justice organizations and campaigns led by people of color is a priority of Basic Rights Oregon. In 2009, we supported comprehensive immigration reform, took a public stance in favor of honoring the life and contribution of an advo- cate for justice with the naming of Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard, and more. STANDING UP FOR TRANSGENDER JUSTICE Justice for transgender communities is a key component of Basic Rights Oregon’s work. Transgender Oregonians face serious barriers to meeting such basic needs as housing, employment, health care, and accurate documenta- tion. And protections on the basis of gender identity and expression affect all of us—especially those of us who don’t always look traditionally masculine or feminine. To make real change for trans justice, that change must be led by trans Oregonians. TAKING THE LEAD FROM TRANS COMMUNITIES In 2009, Basic Rights Oregon convened a Trans Policy Once the responses were in, Working Group members Working Group. Working Group members represent sorted through the priorities identifi ed by the communi- a broad range of experiences and areas of expertise, ty and selected several arenas in which to shift policy. with the majority identifying as transgender, gender- Chief among those was Basic Rights Oregon’s new queer or gender nonconforming. The Working Group campaign to increase access to competent health care conducted months of careful research and analysis, and inclusive insurance for transgender Oregonians. soliciting input from transgender and allied Oregonians from across the state, and developed a strategic plan to advance transgender equality in Oregon. Working Group members facilitated listening sessions in Portland and Eugene for transgender Oregonians and their families to identify the most pressing policy changes that need to be made by and for trans com- munities. Listening sessions were supplemented by a comprehensive online survey. Trans Policy Working Group Members at a meeting in summer 2009. From left to right: Alec Esquivel, Camille Hopkins, Tobi Hill-Meyer, Tash Shatz (Staff), Aubrey Harrison (staff), Kerry Johnson (Board) and Laura Calvo. “I think it all starts with health reform. If we can get the health care that we need, we would all be more inclined to help with other issues.” —Eugene listening session participant WHY HEALTH CARE? THE WORK AHEAD Transgender Oregonians face serious barriers to ac- In 2010, Basic Rights Oregon will continue cessing appropriate, affordable care: to engage the leadership of transgender Oregonians in our work to increase access to • It’s common practice in Oregon to deny health care appropriate care and inclusive insurance across to transgender Oregonians just because of their the state.
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