Safety and Wellness for Trans People of Color

Life is Work is a Black and Brown Trans-led social services and advocacy organization located on West Chicago Avenue. Their mission focuses on providing case management-guided programs assisting with employment, legal services, and safe residential options for trans people of color.

Life is Work envisions a world where trans people of color can obtain safety and wellness after facing discrimination and/or abandonment from family and community resources. To accomplish this, Life is Work provides needed development skills, legal aid, and housing assistance to all transgender and non-binary persons of color on Chicago’s westside.

CCBH is committed to supporting Life is Work in their arduous and necessary labor by spreading awareness and raising donations towards their mission and vision. Please join us in supporting their efforts by making a donation!

Life Is Work was founded in 2017 with their Meals for Christmas community event, which yearly feeds over 300 homeless and others experiencing housing instability in the Chicagoland area to increase the health, safety, and security of transgender and nonbinary individuals. Life is Work identified severe service and initiative gaps for transgender Non-binary (TGNB) communities of color in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Life is Work established partnerships with local housing specialists and linkage agreements with health care providers to provide direct access for transgender people of color. Access to housing, healthcare, and jobs for their clients has become increasingly difficult amid an epidemic of anti-transgender legislation at the state and federal levels.