Calling on all Transgender People & Allies: Send your Resumes to Congress

Calling on all Trans People & Allies: Send your Resumes to Congress Take Action! Take action today for ENDA. Here's what else you can do: Visit our updated ENDA page for the latest info Sign the ENDA petition Write to your members of Congress Read our Toolkit on how you can take action Quick Links NCTE Website Visit our FacebookPage and tell us about sending in your resume! Join Our List April 28, 2010 Are you or a friend looking for work? Do you only have a part-time or temporary job? Are you afraid of coming out at work and would like to have a job where you don't have to worry every day about being fired? Are you being harassed at work and wish you had a better job? If so, this important action is for you!! Because we are in the final push to get ENDA passed in the House of Representatives, we are calling on transpeople to golook for work-at your member of Congress' office. We need you to demonstrate to Congress that we need jobs and we are determined to get them. Whether you are a carpenter or a physicist, a politician or a factory worker, ask them for a job and for your rights! We've included a sample cover letter to send to your Congressional office that calls on your member of Congress to support your job search by supporting ENDA. Personalize the cover letter as you see fit, print out a copy of your résumé, and go down to your Representative's office that is closest to your home and hand it in. Here are some tips: You can find out who your member of Congress is and where their offices are located athttp://www.house.gov. You can find help on how to write a résumé and other job search tips at: Out & Equal's CareerLink Out for Work (for LGBT students) Pride at Work (AFL-CIO) Congress is a formal white-collar institution, so put on the best business clothes that you have (for example, a suit, pantsuit or blouse and skirt) so you'll be taken seriously as a Congressional job applicant Print out your cover letter and résumé neatly If you absolutely can't travel to your Representative's district office, fax or e-mail your information. Take your letter to your Representative's office whether or not they support ENDA-the purpose of this action is to demonstrate the need for jobs for transgender and other LGBT people. And, you might get work as well! We hope so. Please also send a copy to NCTE and we will deliver the resumes and this important message to the White House and your state's Senators, asking for their active support in putting transgender people back to work. We need your help NOW to reach every transperson who is unemployed or underemployed and ask them to take action. Will you please help us bring this message home to Congress? We need people in each and every Congressional district in the country to demonstrate the urgency of ENDA for transgender, lesbian, gay and bisexual people. With a trans  unemployment rate twice the national average, we need Congress to act now. And if you have a job, support those in our community who are out of work by calling your member of Congress right nowand urging them to support ENDA, HR 3017. CALLING YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS   To let your members of Congress know how you feel about ENDA, call the Capitol Switchboard at 202.224.3121 and ask to speak to your Representative (have your zip code handy and they'll help identify your member of Congress). When you are connected with your Representative's office, give your name and your city and then let them know: I am calling in support of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (H. R. 3017/S. 1584), which will protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from job discrimination. No one deserves to be fired from their job because of who they are. Please vote yes for ENDA. If you get voicemail, feel free to leave a message-the messages are listened to and count just as much as if you reach a staff member. You can call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  If you've called in the past, no problem ... call again or write or visit. And if you really can't call tomorrow, call on a different day. And please, forward this message to your friends, family members and allies.  WANT TO LEARN MORE?   There are many ideas about how you can take action on NCTE's ENDA webpage. Visit it today. The more we all do, the more likely we are to pass this vital legislation. It is up to us. About NCTE The National Center for Transgender Equality is a national social justice organization devoted to ending discrimination and violence against transgender people through education and advocacy on national issues of importance to transgender people. By empowering transgender people and our allies to educate and influence policymakers and others, NCTE facilitates a strong and clear voice for transgender equality in our nation's capital and around the country. The National Center for Transgender Equality is a 501(c)3 organization.