Greetings,
Happy New Year, wishing you a wonderful 2024!
Welcome to the TAJA Co. new monthly newsletter TAJA S.P.E.A.K.S, where our mission is to inform, inspire, and create a safe space for discussion on topics that are important to our communities and collective society.
The TAJA Co. newsletter will be the place where you can view stories and discussions on areas important to your daily life. Discussions on climate change, policy issues affecting TGNC and POC communities, and social justice are the main areas of focus for the newsletter. However, we will also cover other areas of interest, such as entertainment, technology trends, innovation, and much more.
The TAJA Co. Newsletter will still provide information on the organization’s service to the trans and nonbinary community as well as their allies and all of the wonderful programs offered here at our organization. We will also continue to provide information on upcoming events, collaborations with other organizations and showcase all of the wonderful things happening here in our community.
We are so excited to share our new format with you and look forward to engaging with you throughout the New Year. Please enjoy our newsletter, and we hope that it becomes your new source of information, impactful stories, and a way to entertain you in the future.
Thank you for your continued support, and don’t forget to keep following TAJA Co. as we grow together.
Thank you,
Akira Jackson
CEO, TAJA Co.
Features
“Foundations should trust Black trans leadership as we grow our teams and figure out financial requirements, for example, so that we can drive our mission and be in control,” says Akira Jackson, TAJA Co. CEO, in a feature on Northern California Grantmakers. Read more!
Upcoming Events
Every month we hope to showcase local and national community and cultural events to help raise awareness and encourage opportunities to mobilize and get engaged.
January Events:
1/1 – New Year’s Day
1/1 – Kwanzaa
1/1 – Mental Wellness Month begins
1/1 – Poverty Awareness Month begins
1/15 – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
1/21 – Women’s March Anniversary
1/22 – Trans Prisoner Day of Action and Solidarity
Have suggesting of community events that you want us to feature? Email us the details and we will do what we can highlight the event in a upcoming newsletter.
Headlines
In our country, the discussion of bodily autonomy has grown as some members of the current legislature have held forums, conducted sessions, and moved to create legislation that is intended to restrict personal autonomy for all Americans.
Currently, there are those who work to oppose these efforts to allow for the continuation of self-autonomy in the most important decisions related to one’s body, including gender-affirming care and reproductive rights
Check out these articles to learn more about this important topic.
- The Intertwined Future of Attacks on Abortion and Gender-Affirming Care by ACLU – read more here.
- Lawmakers in blue states are linking protections for abortion and gender-affirming care by The 19th – read more here.
- California Becomes the Sixth State to Legally Protect Telehealth Abortion and Gender-Care Providers by Ms. Magazine – read more here.
Stay tuned for more news and headlines throughout 2024 on a range of topics from political analysis, climate change, social justice, and more.
Entertainment
Check out some of the most dramatic and inspiring queer reality TV moments of 2023 in our entertainment news. Read more!
Program Highlights
Lean more about TAJA’s TWDP program, a 12-week program designed to improve clerical skills, support resume and professional CV creation, and more for trans and non-binary community members.