LINKS:

People:

Colin Kennedy Donovan
RESYST Seattle co-founder. "Colin Kennedy Donovan is an anti-racist Irish/English/German/Spanish 'white' physically (dis)abled genderqueer trans activist, performer, educator and writer. S/he has performed and facilitated workshops throughout the Pacific Northwest, including Against Patriarchy (University of Oregon--Eugene), Sluts Against Rape (Portland, Oregon) and the Seattle Poetry Festival."

Qwo-Li Driskill
RESYST Seattle co-founder. "Qwo-Li Driskill is an up-and-coming First Nations, Two-Spirit/Queer poet, essayist, activist, and popular educator. From hir groundbreaking presentations on mixed race identities rooted in hir African, Cherokee, Irish, Lenape, Lumbee, and Osage heritages, to hir skilled facilitation of the 'Theater of the Oppressed' liberation movement for social justice, Qwo-Li's multi-issue approach to education gives a refreshing view of the cutting-edge concerns of the new milennium."

Organizations:

Community Coalition for Environmental Justice
"We are a people of color-led, multiethnic nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization working on social, economic and environmental health issues that disproportionately impact people of color, refugee, indigenous, immigrant, and low income communities.”

Intersex Society of North America
"The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) is devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with an anatomy that someone decided is not standard for male or female.”

Gay City Health Project
206.860.6969
A grassroots health organization for gay, bisexual and transgender men in Seattle. Gay City's mission is to promote gay and bisexual men's health and prevent HIV transmission by building community, fostering communication and nurturing self-esteem.

The Northwest Two-Spirit Society
An organization for Two-Spirit, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning First Nations people in the Pacific Northwest United States.

People of Color Against AIDS Network
"POCAAN is a multi-cultural AIDS prevention organization created in response to the devastating impact that HIV/AIDS was and continues to have on communities of color. In Washington State, POCAAN brings people of color together across differences of race, gender, class and sexual orientation to achieve its mission."

Planting Seeds Community Awareness Project
"it is our belief that all people are intelligent and have the ability to solve problems which face their communities but are often held back by powerfull self-serving institutions. our main goal is to aid in the process of self-determination and healing for all living beings by fostering open and honest communication between people."

RESYST All Forms of Oppression
Our cousin organization in Pittsburgh. "RESYST is a radical queer project of the Thomas Merton Center working to unite through the shared struggles our differences create so that we can broaden our foundation to affect positive change."

Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology
RESYST Seattle's work emerges directly from the radical and community minded goals of this collection, and began as part of the Revloutionary Voices Queer Youth Road Trip in 2000.