Tree of Life Hosts Screening of Documentary MAJOR!

Tree of Life Unitarian Universalist Congregation is honored to host a screening of MAJOR! which explores the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a formerly incarcerated Black transgender elder and activist who has been fighting for the rights of trans women of color for over 40 years. MAJOR! will be shown on Saturday, March 29 at 7 pm at the church, 5603 West Bull Valley Road in McHenry.

The film is co-sponsored by Tree of Life, McHenry County NOW, and McHenry County Citizens for Choice.

Admission is free and open to the public. Freewill donations will be taken to support the work of the Transformative Justice Law Project which provides free legal services for trans and gender non-conforming people.

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is a veteran of the Stonewall Rebellion and a survivor of Attica State Prison in New York, a former sex worker, an elder, and a community leader and human rights activist. She is simply “Mama” to many in her community. Her personal story and activism for transgender civil rights intersects struggles for justice and equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people (LGBTQ+) from the 1960s to today. At the center of her activism is her fierce advocacy for her girls, trans women of color who have survived police brutality and incarceration in men’s jails and prisons.

For more information see the Tree of Life web page https://treeoflifeuu.org/major-documentary-screening/, the Facebook Event https://www.facebook.com/share/1HVcQLFytC/, email office@treeoflifeuu.org , or phone 815 322-2464.