For Immediate Release: August 18, 2021
Contact: Ciora Thomas, ciora.thomas@sisterspgh.org, 412-297-0548
(PITTSBURGH) -- SisTers PGH is launching a scholarship program for three Black/Brown trans people in Allegheny County to join our organization in Puerto Rico in October 2021 for several days of self-care and leadership development training.
We are partnering with our friends at GLITS Inc., a health and housing nonprofit in NYC that caters to the LGBTQIA+ community, to conduct this week of inspiration and growth, which will center around how to navigate being a Black trans-led agency.
“Black and brown trans and nonbinary people rarely get opportunities to take care of themselves or to carve out a block of time for self-development or education,” said SisTers PGH Founder and Director Ciora Thomas. “This is just one way our organization can change that.”
Applications are now available at www.sisterspgh.org. This is a great opportunity for a local trans person of color to get in on the ground level and see how this type of grassroots work is done.
Anyone with questions about the scholarship program or application process can reach out to SisTers PGH at info@sisterspgh.org.
Please consider donating to this effort at
PayPal: PayPal.me/sisterspgh
CashApp: SisTersPGH
Venmo: SisTers-PGH
Please notate “Retreat” in the description box so funds can go directly to this effort. Thank you in advance
