On June 2nd, 2012, TIH will be hosting a Trans-Formal event in Phoenix, AZ for the trans community to have a chance to get dressed up and go out and dance and have fun.
There is a limit of 150 tickets total to this event. At the door, tickets will be $35.00 per person, but, if you order now, you can get a discounted price of 25.00 per person, or 45 dollars per couple.
Order your Transformal Tickets Now!
The theme for the evening is Wishing On A Star, the event acts as a fundraiser for This Is HOW, enabling us to improve our ability to provide services to the trans community locally and beyond.
Attendees will be greeted by a DJ and great dance music, the opportunity for a picture to be taken of them if they wish with various options there, dinner (a choice of BBQ brisket, stuffed portobello mushrooms, or chicken breast, with side salad and vegetables or beans), and raffle prizes, including a door prize.
The event runs from 7:00pm top midnight, allowing for plenty of time after to go out to the nightlife for those wanting to, and means mixing and mingling with people in a fun place.
It is being held at Circle H Barbeque, who have agreed to shut down their restaurant for us that night, giving us the place entirely.
Sponsorships are available for a reasonable rate of 250 per sponsor, and tables can be purchased for $150.00, giving four seats.
Contact any member of This Is HOW for more information or to purchase tickets, or email us at staff@thisishow.org for more information.
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HELP! TIH has an IMMEDIATE need for a replacement cooling system, ours has died. We’ll have final figures on the cost of a new evap system tomorrow, and we have two very gracious heating/AC volunteers who will install, but we’re looking at somewhere between $500-800 to keep our residents from getting heat stroke! Please help us out by donating what you can today. Use the paypal button to the right, or flag down a staff member!
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Be sure to watch our Volunteers page (http://www.thisishow.org/?page_id=44) for openings. We’ve posted a few of them for now, but are going to have more accurate job descriptions up for them by the end of April.
Positions are unpaid (everyone involved with TIH is unpaid — for now), and are a lot of work, but it is a great opportunity and is a “real job” that definitely is worthy of inclusion on a Resume.
In days like this, where unemployment is high, working for a non profit allows you to be employed even while you look for work.
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In October of February of 2012, This Is HOW began a process of reorganizing in order to better serve the needs of the community of Trans people to which it is dedicated, and to allow for our continued growth and expansion as an expert organization in the area of Trans Lives.
This process is expected to be finished and finalized by the end of March, 2012. The Board of Directors and Executive Director have been working hard during this process to ensure tha there are no interruptions to the services we provide, but the effort has been exhausting and at times costly.
We are excited to show the world our new look and our revamped identity, now shown by the large graphic at the top of our page, our brand new logo, and several images that you will be seeing.
Additionally, we have revamped our program offerings, and restructured our courseware.
We do all of this on less than 2500 dollars a month. Imagine what we can do with greater financial resources. We are bale to do it through the hard work and persistent dedication of a team of volunteers from all manner of backgrounds.
It is a new chapter in the life of This Is HOW, now without the periods, but with the same zeal and dedication that has marked our work for over six years.
In early April, we will be making our filings available online for download, and we will be expanding the number of documents, tools, and related items available from us. We will be producing videos, creating a community newsletter, and posting volunteer opportunities for Board members, for committee members, and for Chapter Leaders, as well as the every day volunteers that make what we do possible.
We do this work because it must be done. We do this work because we believe in making life better.
Won’t you support This Is HOW? Won’t you donate today to help keep all of the incredible efforts now going on and help us towards the next step in our growth?
Post this image in your Facebook profile. Show the world you support making life better. Show the world you support transforming lives. Show the world you support living Authentically. Show the world you support Trans people.
Show the world you support This Is HOW.
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TIH does many things for the trans community, and one of those things we do is to provide informative and interesting Seminars and Workshops to the general community that are intended to serve as cultural competency efforts.
This past weekend, TIH presented our two-day presentation on TransHistory, a rather different look at the way the history of the Trans community has come about.
Drawing on multiple resources, but especially Dr. Susan Stryker and Zagria, as well as general history and independent research, we have assembled a rough examination of some of the forces and people and events that have shaped the history of the Trans community in the United States.
The presentation itself for this two-day seminar is being made available to the general public on 2 CD’s. Developed in Microsoft PowerPoint the CD’s are intended for use by presenters and organizations who want to provide similar information to their local areas. The CD’s are autoplay, and include the PowerPoint Viewer for ease of use.
The full Seminar is two days long, presented by Staff members of This Is H.O.W. and our standard policy is to present the seminar anywhere provided we can get there, three people are present, and there is interest.
We are currently working on a Video excerpt of this Seminar, which will feature some of the moments from today’s event, so that people can see the work we do.
Today’s seminar covered trans history leading up to roughly 1950.
The CD is available for a donation of $50.00. This isn’t our usual habit, nor is it a thing we want to be doing, but unfortunately, the current economic climate forces us to charge far more for this than we would like.
CD’s are shipped via US postal service, typically three to five days after we receive payment. Payment can be mailed to us at the address to the left (check or Money Order), made via PayPal via the link Below, or given to any staff member in person (cash or charge only).
Thank you!
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This is H.O.W. has been the premier provider of trans related social services for over six years, and continues to lead the way through cutting edge programs and services that are trans centric and educational efforts with and for the wider community on trans issues, lives, and needs.
It has done so through the overwhelming support of people just like you, donating a few dollars here and there to help keep the doors open and the services happening.
It has been said that you cannot ask a person to pull themselves up by their bootstraps when they don’t have any boots, and it is the focus on making sure they have those metaphorical boots and a bit of a helping hand that has enabled TIH to provide support and services for well over 500 hundred trans people in its existence.
We have a very broad mission and we are constantly looking towards how we can make the program better, including a complete revision of our class programs. We have a therapist on staff, a BSN on staff, and our combined team does all of this for no personal gain — no one is paid.
Donate To This Is H.O.W. and help Make Life Better for trans people!
From Binders for Trans men to bus passes to housing for both emergency and longer term needs, from clothing available to the public to classes in all the little things we always wanted to know when we were young, TIH gives people a hand up, not a hand out.
Our funds go towards dozens of initiatives and effort meant to make life better, because for trans folk’s lives to truly get to where it gets better can be of help, they need a little bit of help to make life better so they can see it.
Right now, we are recovering from the incredible holiday season we had this year, where we provided several trans folk with the first christmas as themselves, and for some even the first christmas they can say they enjoyed. Everyone got presents, and our holiday was open to the general community.
We have started a new year. We are moving forward, with seven new major projects we will be announcing shortly. To make this possible, we have to cover our basic expenses.
Our basic expenses are dramatically cheaper than they have ever been, and we are in an incredible place. We purchased our own property for the housing and emergency spaces. We have a waiting list right now of 7 individuals — men and women in great need.
Our monthly expenses for our housing program include mortgage of 410 a month, electricity of 80, gas of 50, internet of 60, water and trash of 50.
That’s just one of several programs we operate. And we are expanding.
We desperately need for 1000 people to donate 5 dollars each by February 28th. This will enable us to make sure our bills are paid for this first quarter, and let us focus on fundraising for additional efforts and programs.
You can make an enormous difference — that’s what 5 dollars can do.
We hope to get 1000 people to commit to donating 5 dollars a month for a year, to truly enable us to grow and allow us to make it possible for us to expand into additional cities, such as our effort this year to open up a TIH in Los Angeles.
To make it possible for us to open an additional facility right here in Phoenix Metro.
To give trans people an opportunity to succeed, instead of setting them up for failure.
Show your support of the trans community by donating $5.00 today , and then go out and tell everyone you know to do the same.
It has been said that you cannot ask a person to pull themselves up by their bootstraps when they don’t have any boots, and it is the focus on making sure they have those metaphorical boots and a bit of a helping hand that has enabled TIH to provide support and services for well over 500 hundred trans people in its existence.
We have a very broad mission and we are constantly looking towards how we can make the program better, including a complete revision of our class programs. We have a therapist on staff, a BSN on staff, and our combined team does all of this for no personal gain — no one is paid.
Together, we can make a difference.
Together, we can Make Life Better.
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Donate To This Is H.O.W. and help Make Life Better for trans people!
There are some who think that the purpose of TIH is just to help those with substance abuse. It is not, nor has it ever been so, although that is one of many areas of focus we have. Nor is TIH meant just for persons of color, although that is a focus we have. Nor is TIH just about trans women, although we have helped many women.
Since 2006, TIH has been the leading social services organization for trans individuals in the phoenix metro area. Housing, substance abuse, crisis intervention, rape, domestic violence, safe sex and HIV services, transition skills, advocacy, and much, much more. We are, still, the only service organization of our kind in the state of Arizona, and the new year will bring growth and opportunity, thanks chiefly to you, those who support us.
There is so much more to TIH than just a cute house and substance abuse. There is a deeper and broader understanding of trans lives and needs.
Should someone tell you TIH is just about substance abuse, know they do not understand the fullness of what the staff of volunteers do, and the importance of Agency.
On behalf of the board of directors and the staff of TIH we wish you and yours a safe and happy new year that brings forth great joy.
Feel free to join us this year for our annual new years eve celebration. We will be showing a marathon of superhero films this year.
Over the next two months, our website will undergo some changes as we prepare for the effort to open a house in Los Angeles, California and provide tools and assistance to trans service organizations all over the country.
As ever, we depend o the small dollar donations of people like you. We have had one grant in the last six years, and all of our daily expenses are covered by donations from every day folks just wanting to help. 95% of every dollar donated goes to direct service.
Donations can be by cash, check, dropped at a local branch of Bank of America (email us for the account number), credit card in person with our staff members, or via paypal here on the site.
Bedding, towels, clothing, food, shelter, education, advocacy, and all the little things that make life better are things we constantly need, from shampoos and razors to binders and packers.
This is H.O.W. serve the community as a whole, not merely the people in our residence program. We are open to any and all trans people, and do not hesitate to turn to us should you need help.
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First Fridays
presented
by the
One Voice Community Center
&
This Is H.O.W.
Showcasing & Supporting
Artists in Our Community
***OUR FIRST VERY SHOW***
Beginning Friday December 2nd.
6-10pm
located at the One Voice Community Center
4442 N. 7th Avenue, Phoenix AZ 85013
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Have you ordered yours yet? There are just a few more days to order some of the best tamales in the southwest!
Check out the Tamale Fundraiser Page for more information and the order form. You can also place an order with staff members or by emailing tamales@thisishow.org.
In case you haven’t heard, we’re celebrating the Southwest Tradition of Holiday Tamales and inviting our friends to share in the fruits of our labors (for a small contribution, of course!)
We’re taking reservations from now until December 8th, with pick-up available after December 11th, and delivery available (for a fee) December 19-22.
Thanks for your awesome support!
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Nov. 21 - Nominations for the First AZ Trans Awards have been posted and voting has begun! Check out the group page and vote. Tell your friends who don’t have Facebook stop by the 1VCC later and there will be paper ballots. Thanks for your patience while we dealt with our computer problems! Voting will continue until Midnight on Thanksgiving, to give a little extra time. The Awards will be presented at the T.I.H. Housewarming on Nov. 26th.
Nov. 19 - Software/Hardware difficulties have delayed getting out the final nominations for the AZ Trans Awards, but we’re working on them. Stay tuned for more details.
There is only a week left to nominate trans individuals (men and women), allies, and others who have significantly contributed to the improvement of trans lives in Arizona. Nominations close at midnight November 15th.
Award Categories include:
- Man of the Year
- Woman of the Year
- Therapist of the Year
- Business of the Year
- Health Care Provider of the Year
- Organization of the Year
- Advocate of the Year (for persons of color only)
- Trailblazer of the Year
- Ally of the Year
- Newcomer of the Year
- Performer of the Year
To nominate someone, send an email with their name and why they should win the Award to Awards@thisishow.org. Nominations are anonymous, and there is no limit to the number of people you can nominate.
Board and Staff of This Is H.O.W. are not eligible.
Please share this with all the people you know who have an interest in seeing recognition for those who have worked hard for us.
We will take suggestions for additional categories, as well.
Open Voting on the top three nominees in each category will begin on November 17th and end November 23rd, with Awards presented November 26th, at the Housewarming Celebration for Our Own Place.
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