About Us
TVPC is a Chicago-based civil rights organization dedicated to the education, empowerment, freedom, and liberation of same gender loving Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and other sexual identity communities. Marching for our rights is nothing new, TVPC will always fight for inclusion, educational, social, and economic justice for BIPOC LGBTQ+ people and others. The Village Project Collective Empowerment Center is a safe space for the Black LGBTQ+ community and our cisgender allies.
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Our Mission: The Village Project Collective strives to enhance the quality of life for the BIPOC LGBTQ+ community and others. Commitment, Understanding and Innovation, and passion are the values central to the Village Project Collective mission. We understand that community matters and we challenge ourselves to think creatively as we focus on fundamental issues that systemically plague BIPOC LGBTQ+ persons. We believe that change is possible when we put our hearts and minds to it.
Vision: BIPOC LGBTQ+ community members and others have a right to live free of racism, gender intolerance, violence, and systemic injustice. They have a right to strive to achieve their fullest potential and to participate in all aspects of life without fear. Our vision is to help BIPOC LGBTQ+ community members gain access to resources that support reaching a better quality of life.
Our Values:
• Respect: We treat all people with dignity and respect
• Stewardship: We strive to support our communities by being
socially, financially, and environmentally responsible.
• Ethics: We strive to meet the highest level of support
• Learning: We challenge each other to strive for excellence and to continually learn.
• Innovation: We embrace continuous improvement, bold creativity, and change/.
Fighting For You
TVPC was born out of the numerous needs facing the Black LGBTQ+ community. A community that continues to be economically disadvantaged due to continuous systemic structural discrimination. A sizable percentage of our community by design face housing and food insecurity, fewer educational opportunities, barriers to a sustainable living wage and a lack of affordable healthcare.
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We are fighting against the disproportionate level of economic insecurity, violence, harassment, HIV and health inequity, religious intolerance, criminal injustice, targeted arrest and disparate rate of Black Trans incarceration.
Early on we understood that a key part in securing a better quality of life for same gender loving Black LGBTQ+ in need of our support was to provide free and easily accessible HIV testing. We immediately went to work and found sponsors that understood the necessity for our existence. The need is great but we were built for this. We are always in need of supporters that see us and share our vision.
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