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WORKSHOPS:

• Fall 2006-2008
  Harvard University FemSex Program
  Facilitated classes on gender, gender expression, and gender oppression for student-run Female Sexuality (FemSex) classes at Harvard University. (Cambridge, MA)
• November 17, 2008
  Wellesley College Gender Oppression & Activism Dialogue
  Facilitated workshop on gender, privilege and activism for 40+ students and staff. Co-organized by the Wellesley College Peace Coalition. (Wellesley, MA)
• October 21, 2008
  Swarthmore College Gender Oppression Conversation
  Facilitated a two-hour workshop on gender, gender expression, and gender oppression for students as part of Swarthmore's LGBTQ Week. (Swarthmore, PA)
• September 18, 2008
  Hampshire College Gender Oppression 101 Training
  Facilitated conversation entitled Translating the Gender Landscape: Creating awareness and Activism on gender, gender expression, and gender oppression with students, staff and administrators. Part of the Civil Liberties & Public Policy Program's workshop series. (Amherst, MA)
• August 28, 2008
  Bryn Mawr College
  Facilitated workshops for 40+ residential life student leaders on gender and gender expression, with break-out sessions to develop best-practices for community-determined concerns. Facilitated workshop for health center counselors on concerns specific to trans and/or gender non-conforming individuals. (Bryn Mawr, PA)
• May 6, 2008
  Centre Church (UCC) LGBTQ Film Night
  Facilitated dialogue with members of Centre Church (United Church of Christ) on gender oppression. Tools included the film Call Me Malcolm and the Living Genders: the embodiment of Self in gender non-conforming people workshop. (Lynnfield, MA)
• March 27, 2008
  Brandeis University
  Co-facilitated a conversation on gender and gender expression with LGBTQ student leaders at Brandeis University. The conversation was part of an ongoing workshop series between Keshet and Brandeis. (Waltham, MA)
• February 29, 2008
  Out Now Springfield
  Conversation with youth activists dedicated to the support, safety, understanding and acceptance, equality and liberation for the LGBTTSQQIA community – at home, in schools and throughout society. (Springfield, MA)
• February 12, 2008
  Queer Theory Course at UMass-Amherst
  Organized the Living Genders workshop for students in a Queer Theory course at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. (Amherst, MA)
• February 10, 2008
  Keshet Safe Schools Liaison Training
  Co-facilitated an hour-long workshop for Keshet's Massachusetts Jewish Safe Schools and Supportive Communities Network liaisons on how to create accountable spaces in Jewish communities for various genders and expressions. (Jamaica Plain, MA)
• June 8, 2007
  Jewish Organizing Initiative (JOI) Fellows Training
  Facilitated a two-hour class on gender identity and expression. This class included the Living Genders workshop and breakout groups to discuss how to create sustainable change within participants' respective organizations. (Boston, MA)
• April 21, 2007
  Experiential Workshop at Wellesley College's Ally Convention
  Organized by Wellesley College and its Campus Wide Diversity Initiative for students, faculty, staff, and administrators. Translate facilitated the workshop Living Genders: the embodiment of Self in gender non-conforming people for more than 30 members of the Wellesley community. (Wellesley, MA)

Conference Presentations:

• April 3-5, 2009
  Civil Liberties & Public Policies (CLPP) Annual Conference
  Translate to facilitate workshop on gender oppression at the 2009 CLPP Reproductive Rights Conference. (Amherst, MA)
• January 17, 2009
  Tiffany Club of New England's First Event Conference
  Translate to facilitate a workshop exploring trans(gender) feminism. (Peabody, MA)
• January 18, 2008
  Tiffany Club of New England's First Event Conference
  Facilitated a workshop discussing the specific challenges facing trans women who want to enter women's college communities. (Peabody, MA)
• March 29, 2008
  18th Annual GLSEN-Boston Conference
  Facilitated three workshops at the annual GLSEN-Boston Conference, themed "Teaching Respect: Embracing Your Voice as a Force for Change." (Jamaica Plain, MA)

Consultations & Interviews:

• October 2008
  Fraternity & Sorority Transgender Resource Guide
  A Translate member contributed edits to the Lambda 10 Project's Fraternity & Sorority Transgender Resource Guide, published by Sarah Fielding and Jessica Pettitt.
• September 2008
  Documentary Interview with Boston University Graduate Student
  A Translate member was interviewed for a short documentary film project focusing on the work of Translate Gender Inc. The film was used for graduate class purposes. (Boston, MA)
• September 2008
  Thesis Interview with Hampshire College Undergraduate Student
  Translate members were interviewed for the thesis Re-Conceiving Health and Building a Community of Memory: A Study of Two Emerging Organizations which focused on Translate Gender Inc. and one other new project initiative. (Amherst, MA)
• April 30, 2008
  Bryn Mawr College Needs Assessment
  Met with campus faculty, staff, administrators, and students to co-develop a campus needs assessment addressing concerns specific to trans and/or gender non-conforming individuals attending, wanting to attend, or having had attended Bryn Mawr College. (Bryn Mawr, PA)
• March 2008
  When Girls Will Be Boys (Alissa Quart, The New York Times)
  Translate co-founders Shannon Sennott and Hadley Smith were interviewed and consulted for the article When Girls Will Be Boys in The New York Times. Read the full article here.
• April 2007
  When She Graduates as He (Adrian Brune, The Boston Globe)
  Translate co-founder Shannon Sennott was interviewed for the article When She Graduates as He in The Boston Globe. Read the full article here.

Events:

• October 2007
  Chatham University Monologue Performance
  Organized with current students, alums and administrators to bring a weekend-long conversation about gender and gender expression to Chatham University. Highlighted by "Transitions and Transgressions: Autobiographical Monologues by Chatham Students and Alums" which explored the barriers of "otherness" within the context of racial, ethnic, religious, sexual, and socio-economic identities and their intersections with gender identity, expression, and representation of Self. Organized by Chatham's Diversity with the Dean Series. (Chatham, PA)
• July 25, 2007
  Boy I Am at the Smith School of Social Work
  Co-founder Shannon Sennott organized a film screening and discussion for students, faculty, staff, and administrators at the Smith School of Social Work. Co-founder Hadley Smith sat on a panel conversation following the film. (Northampton, MA)
• May 19, 2007
  Boy I Am at the Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival
  Film screening and discussion co-presented by Translate with GenderCrash and the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition. Co-founder Hadley Smith participated as a panelist in a discussion following the screening. (Boston, MA)
• March 11, 2007
  Toilet Training Film Screening & Discussion
  Organized and co-sponsored a film screening of Toilet Training at Fisher College for over 60 participants, ranging in age from 15 to 58. (Boston, MA)

Panels:

• December 1, 2007
  "Activism and Academia" Panel at Northeastern University
  Co-founder Hadley Smith, along with other social justice activists in the Greater Boston area, discussed the intersections of activism with academia. The panel was part of a day-long conference for graduate students at Northeastern University. (Boston, MA)
• November 8, 2007
  "Culture Shock" Program at Wellesley College
  Co-founder Hadley Smith sat on a panel about trans issues and gender identity at Wellesley College and beyond. Organized to encourage students to talk about concerns sensitive or pertinent to the Wellesley College Community. (Wellesley, MA)
• April 9, 2007
  Trans Alums and Wellesley College
  Co-founder Hadley Smith sat on a panel of trans and/or gender non-conforming alums from Wellesley College speaking about the concerns specific to individuals graduating with a degree from a single-sex institution. (Wellesley, MA)
• March 31, 2007
  17th Annual GLSEN-Boston Conference
  Co-founder Hadley Smith sat on the panel "What is the T in GLBT? Transgender Youth Panel" moderated by Grace Sterling Stowell, Executive Director of BAGLY (Boston Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youth). (Jamaica Plain, MA)
• March 30, 2007
  University of Rhode Island Symposium on GLBTQQI Issues
  Co-founder Hadley Smith sat on the panel "Transforming Our Communities: A Panel With the Founders of Three Pioneering Transgender/Transexual Social Justice Organizations." (Providence, RI)

Articles & Publications:

• IFGE: Issue 114, Fall/Winter 2008
  Translating Gender on Women's College Campuses in The Transgender Tapestry
  Co-authored by Shannon Sennott and Hadley Smith. For more information, see this page.