Update from Ingersoll Board of Directors, July 16 2021

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 12:32:54 GMT

Earlier this year, Ingersoll Gender Center’s Board of Directors hired an independent investigator from a private law firm. Current and former members of Ingersoll staff, board, and volunteers were interviewed to arrive at findings and recommendations that the Board and Staff has now received.

A brief message from the Ingersoll Gender Center Board of Directors:

“We know that the last year has been difficult, and acknowledge the length of time the investigation has taken. Now that the investigation is finished, we are committed to understanding and addressing the findings, and to using them as guides for moving forward. This week we shared the findings with Ingersoll’s staff, and beginning soon we will meet to start discussions about the findings and our future as an organization in continued service to trans and gender diverse community.

Our next chapter is one of collaboration – working together as a board and staff to drive Ingersoll into our collective future. In this, we are committed to making more deliberate decisions about how we grow and where we put our resources so that we can more fully support employees and better serve our community. And we are committed to prioritizing, as a formal and ongoing part of Ingersoll, our growth as an anti-racist organization.

By prioritizing these goals, alongside the guidance of the findings’ recommendations, we hope to build this organization into what it really can be. As a Board, we are committed to doing this because we believe in Ingersoll’s larger mission of service – we believe in the good work that we have done, and in the greater work that we must now begin.

Thank you for your continued support during this time.”

Please direct questions, comments, or concerns to board@ingersollgendercenter.org

Ingersoll Board of Directors Statement, March 17 2021

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:27:01 GMT

The Ingersoll Gender Center Board of Directors is aware of the accusations of misconduct that have been made regarding the organization. We take these issues very seriously and have authorized a complete professional investigation into all matters. The investment the community has made in Ingersoll and the liberation of all trans people, especially and including Black trans people, is central to our work—and we remain committed to holding ourselves and the organization accountable to the highest standards of service.

Ingersoll, founded in 1977, is a community-based support organization for the transgender community. We have grown from our very humble beginnings as a local peer support group to now including services for health care and policy advocacy. We value the over four decades of work that has been put in by our volunteers, staff, and donors. We are committed to honoring their legacy by ensuring we live up to our vision of “a world that nurtures healthy communities free from violence, centers self-determination for all people, and celebrates all gender identities and expressions”.

We thank the community for its 44 years of investment in Ingersoll Gender Center. We stand on the shoulders of giants in this work and are committed to accountability at every level of the organization.

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Update from Ingersoll Board of Directors, July 16 2021

Ingersoll Board of Directors Statement, March 17 2021