Resumé of Werk

A brief summary of the work and service I’ve contributed to my community through activism, advocacy and contracted speaking engagements.

Facilitations, Activism, and Appearances

Spoke on the panel for the Transcripts Podcast. The panel was archived and contributed to the new audio documentary, The South Deserves People Like Me. The documentary follows Black and multi-racial southerns build a home and community, south of the Mason-Dixon Line.

Presented at 2021 FATE conference on using taboo as a queered narrative device. April 2021

Facilitated "Mental Health from a Trans Perspective" Seminar, Virginia Department of Behavioral And Developmental Services

Performed in the short film, "Everyday Black Matter", Directed and written by Dr. Chaz Barracks

Testified on behalf of Virginia House Bill 1429 (passed 2020), Virginia General Assembly

Honored as an Agent of Change for the Centennial Celebration of Women's Suffrage, Virginia Museum of History and Culture

Panels, Lectures, & Hostings

LGBTQ+ Violence Panelist, Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance, November 2020

Panelist, RSPI@VCU Negative Space “unConference”, November 2020

Keynote Lecturer, Equality Virginia TIES conference, October 2020

Keynote Lecturer, Planned Parenthood Y’all Means All Conference October 2020

Panelist, Regis College School of Social Work Social Justice Panel, September 2020

Panelist, Women Working for Equality 1920-2020, Virginia Governor’s Office, August 2020

Panelist, Equality Virginia’s Day of Action, February 2020

Ask A Trans Person, Equality Virginia, December 2019

Host & MC, Virginia Pride Festival, September 2019

Panelist, She the People Virginia Town Hall Meeting, May 2019

Moderator, Trans Lives and Public Policy Forum, VCU, March 2019

Panelist, Health Equity in Action Panel, Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, February 2019

Panelist, Black Mental Health Panel Virginia, Department of Health, February 2019

Panelist, LGBTQ Safety On-and-Off Campus, VCU, October 2018

Panelist, Trans Lives and Public Policy Forum, VCU, March 2018