Towards the equality of all people.
Towards the equality of all people.
About Us
Our Mission
To build community resources for oppressed and marginalized people, via direct services, capacity-building training, and project support.
Projects
HOUSELESS LEADERSHIP PROJECT
People experiencing houselessness are socially and politically excluded from the public sphere. We are organizing with people who experience houselessness and their allies to combat policies and practices of institutions which marginalize people. Current projects include the Houseless Leadership Project.
TRANSGENDER INFORMED CONSENT
Our other current project, the Transgender Informed Consent Project, include entering conferences for medical professionals, nurses and students regarding trans informed consent. Trans informed consent is important for culturally competent medical care that does not exclude any group of people. We are educating to ensure that medical professionals, nurses, students, and others are educated in informed consent.
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Leadership Spotlight
Mike Felder, an organizer for Fund for Empowerment's Houseless Leadership Project
Planner
Elisheyah McKinley is a Planner for the Fund for Empowerment. She also runs the 144000 Church Within Gatherings. She has a background in running life-changing outreach homes. She has direct experience of houselessness in Phoenix. She is responsible for running events, outreach, tying people together and creating community. She is a motivational speaker and speaks regularly at the Phoenix City Council. She is also in charge of distributing personal protective equipment aka PPE and other resources. She is skilled at media, marches and at being a civil rights advocate. She believes that people are houseless but not forgotten.
DONATE HERE: https://www.nfggive.com/guidestar/82-3772127
Founded in 2018, in Phoenix, by Dorian Vrenden (President) and Elizabeth Venable, MA, MPA, (Treasurer), the Fund hopes to build capacity in the populations it serves by holding workshops and trainings, developing speakers, and functioning as an umbrella for projects. Our projects are generally advocacy based but develop skills and capacities in the population while spreading knowledge. The Fund envisions itself as an ally in generating resources for community projects for marginalized people.
DONATE HERE: https://www.nfggive.com/guidestar/82-3772127