Made for Flight: What we do

Welcome to Made for Flight

Made for Flight is a Transgender youth and ally empowerment project created by TC Tolbert and run in conjunction with Casa Libre en la Solana. Made for Flight receives gracious funding from the Kresge Arts in Tucson grant via Tucson Pima Arts Council and the Alliance Fund's Queer Youth Initiative grant. Thank you both!

This workshop series incorporates transgender history, ally development, creative writing, and kite building to commemorate the lives of the transgender individuals who have been murdered in the last year.

Sunday, October 3, 2010

What we do

Made for Flight creates a space specifically for youth voice during the preparation for, and the implementation of, Tucson’s Tenth Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance (November 20, 2010), culminating with a public display of hand-made kites that celebrate the lives of murdered Transgender individuals and a youth literary reading at UA.

Workshops are ongoing and open to trans and allied youth. During each workshop we learn a bit of transgender history, share personal stories, learn about our transgender sisters and brothers who have been murdered in the previous year, and build kites to commemorate their lives.

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ChocolatefactoryFebruary 17, 2012 at 9:31 AM
I WANT A KITE MADE FOR ME!
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Appreciations

Made for Flight would like to thank Every Voice in Action for the funding to launch this project. We would also like to thank the Kresge Foundation, Tucson Pima Arts Council, and the Alliance Fund. This project would not be possible without you.

I would also like to thank Stephanie Balzer, Jennifer Hoefle, Kristen Nelson, and Julia Gordon for their help in brainstorming, writing the proposal, and for faith in the project. Thank you to Alison Davison, Felix V, Dori Guest, and Jai Smith for their enthusiasm and invaluable support. And thank you to Kimi Eisele for showing me what is possible and for pushing me to do more.

Donors

A huge thank you to Amy Pippin for her generous donation to this project. Amy saw the project on Facebook and sent this note to us, "To you and your youth in the project, this Mama loves you all!" How amazing is she? Thank you, Amy.

Thank you for the following organizations for donating resources, gift cards, food, and other items to this project. We could not have done it without you!

Sunflower Market on Speedway http://www.sfmarkets.com/

Trader Joe's on Grant and Swan http://www.traderjoes.com/

Target on Broadway http://www.target.com/