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Transgender Law Center TLC serves as a technical assistant to TEEI by providing legal information to TEEI Collaborative partners and clients. TLC also engages San Francisco employers and Human Resource managers in free workshops, both on-site and off-site, in order to provide common sense steps that employers can take to make their workplaces safer for transgender employees.
Kristina [email protected]
SF TEAMSF TEAM is an all-volunteer project, sponsored by The Center. SF TEAM was created to bring disparate parts of the transgender community together to engage in community empowerment and mentoring. SF TEAM’s mission is to commemorate its community’s heritage; to empower and nurture transgender and gender-variant individuals; and to increase visibility to promote positive social change.
Yavante M. [email protected]
Matching dynamic people with sustainable jobs in safe workplaces.
Partners
The San Francisco LGBT CenterThe San Francisco LGBT Community Center (The Center) provides mentoring services linking job seekers and newly-placed employees with community members who have successfully navigated the workplace.
The mentoring program builds on the transgender community’s culture of mentoring and formalizes it by training mentors in confl ict resolution and legal rights.
Clair [email protected]
Jewish Vocational ServiceJVS provides clients with job navigation and vocational services including one-on-one employment counseling, individual and group training sessions, job search and placement services, retention and career advancement support, and access to computers and specifi c skills enhancement trainings when needed.
Natalie [email protected]
Transgender Economic Empowerment initiativeSF LGBT Community Center
1800 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94102
415-865-5632www.teeisf.org
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“So much of a person’s
identity and self-esteem
is wrapped up in their
career. The transgender
community won’t begin
to experience real
social change until the
workplace is safe for
transgender people.”
—JoAnne Keatley
Co-Chair, SF TEAM
TEEI ServicesTEEI is designed to help transgender individuals achieve fi nancial self suffi ciency through stable employment in jobs that provide a living wage, benefi ts, and opportunities for advancement.
Job navigation services• help individuals develop job searching skills, successfully connect to public and private employers, and access post placement support.
Mentoring services• provide job seekers and newly placed employees with peer-based practical and emotional support combined with educational and social opportunities.
Legal and • technical services engage employers and HR managers through free workshops—both on- and off-site—that provide common sense steps they can take to make their workplaces safer and more welcoming for transgender employees.
TEEI Employer Leadership CouncilComprised of Bay Area employers, the TEEI Employer Leadership Council provides the Collaborative with direction as it develops and implements strategic employer outreach plans. To receive an appointment to the council, an employer must exhibit a strong commitment to
Hiring transgender employees in • a range of diverse employment opportunities.
Addressing the needs of • transgender employees in their benefi ts packages.
Responding to common • transgender workplace issues.
Providing diversity training to • managers, supervisors, and co-workers.
Collaborating with TEEI to address • workplace issues as they arise.
Charter Employer Leadership Council Members
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
San Francisco Airport Commission
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
Transgender Economic Empowerment InitiativeMatching dynamic people with sustainable jobs in safe workplaces.TEEIobs in safe workplaces.
The Transgender Economic Empowerment Initiative (TEEI) is the nation’s fi rst coordinated, public/private effort to transform the economic health of transgender people and their families.
Following closely on the heels of the 2006 report, “Good Jobs NOW!” the City and County of San Francisco allocated funds for community organizations to use to turn around the high rates of unemployment and underemployment within the transgender community.
TEEI links employees with employers, provides support for transgender job seekers and newly placed employees, and improves safety in San Francisco workplaces.
TEEI Funders
Human Services Agency of San Francisco
Walter and Elise Haas Fund
Women’s Foundation of California
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
San Francisco International Airport
For more information, visit www.teeisf.org or call 415-865-5632.
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—Transgender Job Seeker
