17 November 2026
8:00 PM Bangkok (ICT) / 8:00 AM Panama
Online | 90 minutes
How can we build safety and security practices that strengthen the long-term sustainability of trans organizing?
Join the International Trans Fund for an online capacity-building workshop exploring practical approaches to physical, digital, organizational and psychosocial security.
Together, we’ll explore risk assessment, crisis preparedness, collective care, leadership wellbeing and organizational resilience, drawing on the experiences and strategies of activists working across different contexts.
A practical knowledge sharing space where trans organizers can:
Understand how physical, digital, organizational, and psychosocial safety contribute to sustainability.
Identify common organizational vulnerabilities and approaches for assessing and prioritizing risks.
Explore practical strategies for crisis preparedness, organizational continuity, and protection.
Exchange lessons learned across diverse political, cultural, and geographic contexts.
Identify at least one practical action that participants can adapt to strengthen the safety and resilience of their organization.
Speakers
Mitch Yusof
Executive Director,
SEED Malaysia
Mitch Yusof is the Executive Director of SEED Malaysia, a transgender-led organization advancing participatory governance, healthcare access, and livelihood support for trans and marginalized communities. His leadership centers on strengthening community-based organizations, building inclusive systems, and amplifying transgender advocacy in Malaysia and beyond. Mitch’s work bridges grassroots resilience with strategic vision, ensuring empowerment is recognized not as charity, but as justice.
Cristian King
Executive Director,
TRANSSA, Dominican Republic
Cristian is a non-binary trans activist, a founding member, and the Executive Director of TRANSSA (Trans Siempre Amigas). With over 20 years of experience in human rights, they serve as an ILGALAC Regional Council member for the Caribbean. Their work is notable for the founding of the Human Rights Observatory for Trans People, as well as for spearheading comprehensive health and self-help programs for trans women living with HIV and those who use substances. They act as a focal point for the Office of the Ombudsman and represent transgender women within the Country Coordinating Mechanism for the national HIV response.
Jennifer Josefina de la Torre Delfín
Red Latinoamericana de Defensoras Digitales, Mexico
Jennifer is a feminist activist, researcher, and human rights advocate. She holds degrees in Social Communication and Political Science and a master’s degree in Human Rights. She teaches at the Faculty of Law and Political Science and conducts research at Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango (UJED), focusing on human rights and gender. A co-founder of several feminist collectives in Durango and a digital rights defender within the #LeyOlimpia movement in Latin America, she advocates for legal reforms to prevent and address digital violence against women.
Interpretation available in English, Spanish, Chinese, French, Russian and Arabic.*