Transgender Law Center
Transgender Law Center is the largest national, trans-led organization working to set all people free. We champion the right of all transgender and gender-nonconforming people to make their own choices and live freely, safely, and authentically. Prioritizing BIPOC, disabled, and HIV+ communities, we advance community-driven strategies that harness trans knowledge, power, and joy to ensure that we all not only survive but thrive at all ages and phases of life.
Latin American Youth Center, Inc.
Our mission is to empower all youth to achieve a successful transition to adulthood through comprehensive and innovative programs that address youths’ social, academic, and career needs. Since our founding in the late 1960s, LAYC has grown from a small grassroots recreation center into a nationally recognized agency serving all youth. Each year LAYC serves over 4,000 youth and families through youth centers, school-based sites, and public charter schools in the District of Columbia and Maryland’s Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties as the Maryland Multicultural Youth Centers (MMYC). We believe in a future where all youth pursue their dreams, reach their goals, and acquire the skills and self-confidence to live a life of purpose, connection, contribution, and joy.
Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition
Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition is a woman-run, volunteer-driven, nonprofit organization dedicated to solving the problem of cat homelessness in NYC. We do this through rescuing and rehoming homeless cats, addressing the root causes of homeless cat overpopulation, providing affordable spay/neuter services for rescuers and underserved communities, and supporting and advocating for the individuals and small rescue groups that are rescuing cats from the streets of New York City. Since opening in 2016, our community adoption and rescue space Brooklyn Cat Cafe has welcomed 150,000 visitors from around the world. We operate a deeply discounted spay/neuter and surgery clinic for cat rescuers and low-income cat owners which is the most affordable option in NYC for low-income cat owners to