Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    TRANSGENDER JUSTICE WORK: BASIC RIGHTS IS A LEADER WITHIN THE LGBTQ EQUALITY MOVEMENT, TAKING A LABORATORY APPROACH TO CREATING CHANGE, AND SHARING BEST PRACTICES WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SO THAT OUR WORK CONTRIBUTES TO THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR EQUALITY. 2017 SAW A NUMBER OF LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR BASIC RIGHTS OREGON AND IN 2018 WE WORKED WITH ALLIES AND PARTNERS TO ENSURE THE FAIR AND THOROUGH IMPPLEMENTATION OF THOSE VICTORIES--INCLUDING THIRD GENDER MAKERS ON STATE DRIVER'S LICENSES AND IDS, THE NATION'S SECOND STANDALONE TRANSGENDER EQUALITY BILL THAT SIMPLIFIES THE PROCESS FOR TRANSGENDER PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR NAME AND GENDER MARKERS ON BIRTH CERTIFICATES, AND REQUIREMENTS THAT COMPANIES CONTRACTING WITH THE STATE GOVERNMENT OFFER EQUAL HEALTH CARE BENEFITS TO TRANSGENDER EMPLOYEES THROUGH HB 3060.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $12.4K

  • Program 2 [2020]

    ELECTORAL CANDIDATE WORK: THE BASIC RIGHTS OREGON EQUALITY PAC SEEKS TO END DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY IN OREGON BY ELECTING PRO-EQUALITY CANDIDATES TO ALL LEVELS OF OFFICE AND ELEVATING OUT LGBTQ CANDIDATES WHENEVER POSSIBLE. WE ARE A NON-PARTISAN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE FOCUSED ON STATEWIDE AND LEGISLATIVE OFFICES. OUR VOLUNTEER PAC BOARD MEMBERS INTERVIEW CANDIDATES AND ISSUE ENDORSEMENTS TO ELECTED LEADERS AND HOPEFULS WHO ARE DEDICATED CHAMPIONS FOR EQUALITY. OUR ENDORSEMENT CRITERIA SPANS BASIC RIGHTS OREGON'S PROGRAM PRIORITIES, INCLUDING RACIAL JUSTICE AND JUSTICE FOR TRANSGENDER OREGONIANS.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $118.5K

  • Program 3 [2020]

    CIVIC ENGAGEMENT WORK: BUILDING POLITICAL POWER FOR LGBTQ OREGONIANS HAS LONG BEEN A CORE OBJECTIVE FOR BASIC RIGHTS. TO THAT END, NONPARTISAN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CONTINUES TO BE A KEY STRATEGY AS WE WORK TO SECURE LEGAL EQUALITY BY PASSING LEGISLATION, MOBILIZE LGBTQ OREGONIANS AND THEIR ALLIES TO INFLUENCE DECISION MAKERS AND BUILD COALITIONS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO LASTING, VIBRANT MOVEMENTS FOR LGBTQ JUSTICE AND PROGRESSIVE ORGANIZING. FUNDAMENTAL TO BASIC RIGHTS' WORK IS A PRINCIPLED COMMITMENT TO PARTNERSHIPS AMONG THOSE, OUR DECADES-LONG VALUES-BASED COLLABORATIONS WITH RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS. WE ARE ACTIVE LEADERS WITHIN SEVERAL COALITIONS: FAIR SHOT OREGON,ONE OREGON, AMONG MANY OTHERS.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $25K