EVENT NAME Farming under the Rainbow: LGBTQI+ Inclusive Dev Programs in Honduras & CA EVENT DATE: WEDNESDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER 2022 ----------------------------------------------- EVENT CHAT [2022-09-28 10:03:24] [Rajendra Uprety] Namaste! from Nepal. [2022-09-28 10:03:26] [Branden Ryan] Greetings everyone - Branden Ryan (he/him), Senior Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Specialist at Chemonics International. Very excited for this event! [2022-09-28 10:03:28] [Maria Elisa Christie] hi/hola, this is Maria Elisa Christie, WGD Director at the Center for International Research, Education and Development at Virginia Tech [2022-09-28 10:03:31] [Issa] Issa Osorio, Corus International, Washington, DC [2022-09-28 10:03:33] [Melissa Matlock, ACDI/VOCA] Hi everyone! Melissa Matlock (she/her) from ACDI/VOCA in Washington, DC [2022-09-28 10:04:01] [Sheryl Cowan] Hello everyone, Sheryl Cowan, SVP CNFA [2022-09-28 10:04:08] [Vilma Biba] Hi everyone, this is Vilma Biba from IREX Kosovo office [2022-09-28 10:04:08] [Gina Vukojević (she/elle) FRI-RRI] Hello all! My name is Gina (she/elle/ona) from Farm Radio International (FRI) and I am the Team Lead for Gender Equality and Inclusion. Happy to share the space with you all - calling in from Serbia [2022-09-28 10:04:19] [Graciela Hijar] Hi everyone! I'm Graciela Hijar, Gender Consultant at the Adaptation Fund [2022-09-28 10:04:25] [Joky Francois] Hi to everyone, I am Joky Francois, gender lead of the Rainforest Alliance [2022-09-28 10:04:29] [Thor Hong] Hi all, Thor Hong, US Department of Labor [2022-09-28 10:04:30] [Michael Riggs] Hello/hola, Michael Riggs, Technical Advisor at FAO (based in Rome) [2022-09-28 10:04:38] [martin coria] Martin Coria, Church World Service. Congrats to the organizers for the initiative. [2022-09-28 10:04:43] [Elkin Romero] Elkin Romero (he/him/his), DEIA Fellow, USAID, Washington DC [2022-09-28 10:04:44] [Grace Katee] Hey everyone, Grace Katee. Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Advisor, Mercy Corps based in Kenya [2022-09-28 10:04:54] [Orry Pratt] Buenos dias! Orry Pratt (he/him), USAID/Colombia [2022-09-28 10:05:00] [Kat Fiske] Hi everyone! I'm Kat Fiske (she/he), Deputy Director of Institutional Donor Marketing at Corus International. So happy this important webinar is happening - many thanks to the organizers! [2022-09-28 10:05:19] [David Trapp] Hola, buenos dias o tardes. Soy David Trapp, el Coordinador de Éxitos para los usuarios de LiteFarm (litefarm.org). Gracias por la experiencia. [2022-09-28 10:05:22] [Hillary Proctor] Hi everyone. Hillary Proctor from Making Cents International. [2022-09-28 10:05:42] [Sarah Page] Sarah Page (she/her), technical advisor for land restoration, Catholic Relief Services. Happy to be here! [2022-09-28 10:05:56] [Hayley Morgan] Hi! I'm Hayley (she/her), Gender Focal Point at Better Cotton, based in the UK [2022-09-28 10:05:57] [Meg Wever] Greetings, all, Meg Weaver, from ACDI/VOCA. [2022-09-28 10:06:10] [Shannon Kelley] Hi everyone! I'm Shannon Kelley (she/her), Business Development Manager at DevWorks International [2022-09-28 10:06:14] [Luis Estrada] Hi everyone. Luis Estrada from Peace Corps, home-based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras [2022-09-28 10:06:28] [Robin] Hi all! Robin Schmid (she/her), Senior Manager of Institutional Donor Marketing, Corus International [2022-09-28 10:06:42] [John R Vreyens] Greetings. John Vreyens, University of Minnesota Extension [2022-09-28 10:06:51] [M V Lee Badgett] hi folks--Lee Badgett, economist at UMass AMherst in US. Directing the LGBTI Livelihoods Project [2022-09-28 10:07:06] [Michael Saltz] Greetings! This will be a dual language in English and Spanish. Please use the translation button in the bottom left to select the language you are most comfortable with. We recommend keeping the original audio on low volume. [2022-09-28 10:07:10] [Ryan Kaminski] Integrating LGBTQI+ Considerations in USAID’s Resilience and Food Security Programming Sectors: https://www.usaid.gov/documents/integrating-lgbtqi-considerations-usaid%E2%80%99s-resilience-and-food-security-programming-sectors [2022-09-28 10:07:28] [Michael Saltz] ¡Saludos! Este será un idioma dual en inglés y español. Utilice el botón de traducción en la parte inferior izquierda para seleccionar el idioma con el que se sienta más cómodo. Recomendamos mantener el audio original a bajo volumen. [2022-09-28 10:07:59] [Ennet] Hi everyone. Ennet Bera, Program Officer Environment, Fund for Innovation and Transformation. [2022-09-28 10:08:16] [Emily Teerink] Emily Teerink, GAYA Program Coordinator at Mercy Corps in Washington, DC [2022-09-28 10:08:22] [Ryan Kaminski] Bios of all participants: https://www.agrilinks.org/events/farming-under-rainbow-lgbtqi-inclusive-development-agriculture-programs-honduras-and-central [2022-09-28 10:08:44] [Becky] FYI, I tried to join on the phone and I still haven't been let in so other folks trying to join through that method may be having issues joining. [2022-09-28 10:09:32] [Ryan Kaminski] (Guest Blog): Food Security Challenges Facing LGBTQI+ Communities: https://www.agrilinks.org/post/food-security-challenges-facing-lgbtqi-communities [2022-09-28 10:09:43] [Glenn Lines] Hello everyone! Glenn Lines, ACDI/VOCA, Maine, USA [2022-09-28 10:09:45] [John Lee] Good morning! I'm John Lee (he/him) with the Strategic Initiatives practice doing inclusive agricultural sourcing at TechnoServe. [2022-09-28 10:09:50] [Muhamed ] greetings all. Muhamed Bizimana, CARE International, based in Haiti [2022-09-28 10:10:05] [Ryan Kaminski] (Guest Blog) Webinar: Climate Change and Agriculture in Central America and the Andean Region: https://www.agrilinks.org/event/webinar-climate-change-and-agriculture-central-america-and-andean-region [2022-09-28 10:10:14] [Dago Acevedo] I just see the speakers description. I don't know if there's any presentation going on. Thanks [2022-09-28 10:10:31] [Elisabeth Garner] Hi everyone - SO excited to see this topic! Elisabeth Garner, GESI Lead, CIFOR-ICRAF [2022-09-28 10:10:39] [Ryan Kaminski] (Guest Blog) LGBTQI+ Inclusive Agriculture: Empowering LGBTQI+ Communities for Resilience: https://www.agrilinks.org/post/lgbtqi-inclusive-agriculture-empowering-lgbtqi-communities-resilience [2022-09-28 10:12:18] [Alejandro Valencia (he/his/him)] Un placer a todos, Alejandro Valencia del equipo de Resiliencia y Seguridad Alimentaria en USAID [2022-09-28 10:12:39] [Alejandro Valencia (he/his/him)] Follow us on Twitter at @USAID_LGBTQI [2022-09-28 10:12:48] [Ryan Kaminski] Follow us on Twitter at @USAID_LGBTQI [2022-09-28 10:12:58] [Alejandro Valencia (he/his/him)] Siganos en Twitter utilizando @USAID_LGBTQI [2022-09-28 10:13:46] [Daniel] Daniel Bailey- USAID/RFS [2022-09-28 10:14:17] [Vanesa Martin] Saludos, hi all! Vanesa Martin, Amazonia Science Coordination Lead at NASA SERVIR [2022-09-28 10:16:11] [Monse Acosta] Hello everyone! Saludos a todos! Monse Acosta, Director of Development at CARE. It's a pleasure to be here. [2022-09-28 10:16:36] [Krista Jacobs] Hi, everyone! Saludos a todxs! Krista Jacobs from Landesa. [2022-09-28 10:18:10] [Alejandro Valencia (he/his/him)] Recuerden enviar sus preguntas utilizando el boton de "Q&A" en la parte alta de su pantalla (desde su celular) o en la parte baja de su pantalla (desde su computador) [2022-09-28 10:18:30] [Md Abiar Rahman] Abiar Rahman from Bangladesh [2022-09-28 10:19:36] [Alejandro Valencia (he/his/him)] Remember to send us your questions using the button labeled "Q&A" at the top left part of your screen (on your phone) or bottom right on your screen (when connected via computer) [2022-09-28 10:20:56] [Daniel Vernick] Hi! Dani (they/them) with the World Wildlife Fund, based in Boston [2022-09-28 10:23:44] [Trent Blare] Buenos dias a tod@s. Soy profesor asistente en economiá agricola en la Universidad de Florida basado en Miami. Good morning and greetings from windy Florida. I'm an assistant professor in Food and Resource Economics in the Unviersity of Florida based in Miami. [2022-09-28 10:24:56] [Zuleyka ] ¡Buenos días y saludos a todxs! Zuleyka Lugo from TechnoServe Puerto Rico [2022-09-28 10:29:54] [Alejo] Stay safe out there Trent! [2022-09-28 10:34:15] [Michael Saltz] If you are in the English Channel, please click listen to the original audio to hear Katya. [2022-09-28 10:39:40] [martin coria] Question to SOMOS CDC or to ACDI-VOCA Honduras: can you comment on the level of openess or resistance of Honduras´ non-LGBTI rural stakeholders to embrace LGBTI inclusion and participation in their own practice? Martin Coria, Church World Service. Gracias! [2022-09-28 10:40:21] [De Bont May] Het spaans wordt in het nederlands helemaal verkeerd vertaald. spijtig. Kan het in grote lijnen worden samengevat? [2022-09-28 10:40:37] [Ralph Merriam] in the experience of TMS, what are some factors that provide incentives for young LGTBQI folk to stay in rural areas & engaged in ag-related work or businesses? [2022-09-28 10:42:12] [martin coria] Do rural municipalities in Honduras have a legal mandate or access to resources to advance LGBTI inclussion and participation? [2022-09-28 10:44:12] [Daniel] @Ralph, as development practitioners, I don’t think we should be trying to “bribe” people to stay in rural areas. We should be working to allow all people to thrive wherever they wish to live and provide for themselves and have the families they wish. [2022-09-28 10:46:13] [Juan] hey muy gratificante la labor que hacen para este sector de la sociedad. Mi pregunta es: como hacen para incluir a las personas LGTB al mundo laboral sobre todo del sector privado, ya que es verdad que las capacitaciones tiene un impacto directo en las personas LGBT pero como estan cambiando la mentalidad en el publico general "personas de mente cerrada" [2022-09-28 10:49:05] [Daniel] One of the most important first tools every organization can implement is to provide full inclusivity training to all local staff and partners. This is especially important in countries where identifying LGBT people could endanger them. [2022-09-28 10:49:40] [martin coria] how we can send data to USAID? [2022-09-28 10:49:58] [Lena Zuniga Rivera] TRANS: hey very gratifying the work you do for this sector of society. My question is: how do you do to include LGBT people in the working world, especially in the private sector, because it is true that the trainings have a direct impact on LGBT people but how are you changing the mentality in the general public "closed minded people"? [2022-09-28 10:52:06] [Lena Zuniga Rivera] TRANSLATION: Good morning everyone. I am an assistant professor in agricultural economics at the University of Florida based in Miami. Good morning and greetings from windy Florida. I am an assistant professor of agricultural economics at the University of Florida based in Miami. [2022-09-28 10:55:17] [Jenn Williamson (she/her), ACDI/VOCA] If you are interested in learning more about some of our approaches in Colombia, please feel free to read about them here: https://www.acdivoca.org/2020/01/psychosocial-support-tool-reconciles-communities-improves-employability/ [2022-09-28 10:55:29] [Jenn Williamson (she/her), ACDI/VOCA] and here: https://www.acdivoca.org/2021/05/colombia-based-inclusiones-initiative-makes-inclusion-a-workplace-priority/ [2022-09-28 10:56:16] [Alejandro Valencia (he/his/him)] Recuerden enviar sus preguntas utilizando el boton de "Q&A" en la parte alta de su pantalla (desde el celular) o en la parte baja de su pantalla (desde su computador) [2022-09-28 10:56:24] [Shawn Mugisha ] Hi everyone Shawn Mugisha a transgender male from Uganda working with Ubuntu Law and Justice Centre as the director advocacy and community liaison. I am also a farmer using permaculture to address the challenges food and nutrition insecurity for urban dwelling queer people living with HIV and individuals threatened by homelessness, I'm so grateful to be learning about what's being done in other parts of the world. Greetings from Uganda [2022-09-28 10:56:46] [Michael Saltz] Please switch to Original Audio if you cannot hear Katya [2022-09-28 10:59:32] [Moon Medina (they/them)] 👏 [2022-09-28 11:04:09] [Ian Pringle] Hi Everyone, So pleased to see this discussion happening and to be here. I'm Ian Pringle from Farm Radio International. We're a Canadian-African communication for development organisation. I'm personally (as a gay man) and professionally interested to learn how we as a communication organisation can do more/better as an organisation in this space. [2022-09-28 11:12:33] [David Trapp] Gracias por su respuesta Elvin. Yo agradeceria muchísimo si podemos conectar para hablar mas sobre como podemos mejorar nuestra inclusividad en el desarrollo de nuestra plataforma LiteFarm (litefarm.org). [2022-09-28 11:28:35] [Alejandro Valencia (he/his/him)] La conversacion continua despues del evento de hoy. Enviaremos enlaces para que sigan haciendo preguntas y discutiendo acerca de este importante tema [2022-09-28 11:28:50] [Jenn Williamson (she/her), ACDI/VOCA] For some more ideas on data collection, please feel free to check out this blog post, which has suggested resources at the end: http://www.acdivoca.org/2021/06/pride-month-qa-experts-discuss-challenges-and-opportunities-for-collecting-lgbtq-data/ [2022-09-28 11:28:55] [David Trapp] Thank you to all the panelists!!! Extremely informative. [2022-09-28 11:29:07] [Antoinette Sallah ] Great work team! [2022-09-28 11:29:17] [Glenn Lines] Thanks for the very important conversation! [2022-09-28 11:30:30] [Graciela Hijar] Great discussion. Thank you to all speakers! [2022-09-28 11:31:03] [M V Lee Badgett] Thank you for these insights! [2022-09-28 11:32:11] [Grace Katee] Thanks for the amazing presentation [2022-09-28 11:32:12] [Luis Estrada] Thanks! [2022-09-28 11:32:29] [Alfredo Rueda] gracias [2022-09-28 11:32:59] [Joky Francois] thanks a lot! [2022-09-28 11:33:00] [Ryan Kaminski] Please email lgbtqi@usaid.gov for more information on USAID's LGBTQI+ inclusive development efforts -----------------------------------------------