Vanessa Edwards Foster: Hate Crimes- A Long Time Coming And A Long Struggle Ahead

Pams House blend Nov 06 09

This is a guest post by Vanessa Edwards Foster. Vanessa Edwards Foster, a longtime activist, is co-founder and current President of the National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (NTAC), a grassroots coalition of transgender Americans who are politically active and lobby locally, statewide and at the national level.

Vanessa was also the first trans individual ever elected President of a chapter of a National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC) for Harris County in her home, Houston TX. Vanessa is a half-white/half-native transgender woman; she was an Obama delegate in 2008--returning to the Democratic National Convention as a delegate for a second time. Full story...

Tagged: advocacy coalition, annapolis, co founder, critical component, delegate, democratic national convention, federal hate crime legislation, harris county,

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