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NAME: bre danvers-kidmanPRONOUNS: they/them/theirs
FOCUS:-Connecting people with ideas and potential solutions that address their needs as holistically as possible (aka: getting shit done); -Enabling communities to communicate more effectively using empathy and active listening (aka: talking shit through); -Working with clients to mitigate both the immediate crisis and the underlying patterns that led to it (aka: helping you work on your shit)
BACKGROUND:
Most recently, I led MaineTransNet through several turbulent transitions, and fought alongside a coalition of other organizations and individuals to defeat 8 anti-transgender bills in the Maine State Legislature. In that role, I provided training and technical assistance to nonprofits, foundations, healthcare workers, sexual assault and domestic violence center staff, attorneys, school personnel, students, community organizations, and government agencies.
Prior to that, in 2020, I became the first openly non-binary person in history to appear on a ballot for US Senate in an eye-opening two year statewide primary race. I went on to chair the People First Portland campaign that fall and winter, which won several major ballot initiatives while being significantly outspent.
I graduated from Loyola University Chicago with a B.A. in English/Creative Writing and Studio Art in 2009. After spending a few years working in call centers ranging from telephone repair to dental marketing, I attended and graduated University of Maine School of Law 2016, Magna Cum Laude. While in school, I chaired the LGBT+ student caucus, served as secretary for Law Students for Reproductive Justice, and participated in the Women's Law Association and the Maine Association for Public Interest Law. I received the Women's Law Association Fellowship in 2014 and served as the inaugural Andrew S. Cray Law Fellow at the National Center for Transgender Equality in the summer of 2015. I also served as a casenote/comment editor for the Ocean and Coastal Law Journal and received a CALI Award for Excellence in the Study of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation. I was a student attorney at the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic, where I worked on several probate guardianship cases, parental rights and responsibilities actions, and matters involving juveniles accused of crimes. After graduation, I spent five years focused almost exclusively on the needs of low-income people accused of crimes. Eternally passionate about protecting civil liberties and helping communities grow stronger, I strive for solutions which minimize harmful systems involvement, leverage resources to connect to appropriate social supports, and protect the ability of communities to remain structurally strong through our connections.
In my free time, I enjoy organizing performance art and activism around body positivity and consent culture, making electronic music, and researching ways to make public policy more responsive to real human concerns.
FOCUS:-Connecting people with ideas and potential solutions that address their needs as holistically as possible (aka: getting shit done); -Enabling communities to communicate more effectively using empathy and active listening (aka: talking shit through); -Working with clients to mitigate both the immediate crisis and the underlying patterns that led to it (aka: helping you work on your shit)
BACKGROUND:
Most recently, I led MaineTransNet through several turbulent transitions, and fought alongside a coalition of other organizations and individuals to defeat 8 anti-transgender bills in the Maine State Legislature. In that role, I provided training and technical assistance to nonprofits, foundations, healthcare workers, sexual assault and domestic violence center staff, attorneys, school personnel, students, community organizations, and government agencies.
Prior to that, in 2020, I became the first openly non-binary person in history to appear on a ballot for US Senate in an eye-opening two year statewide primary race. I went on to chair the People First Portland campaign that fall and winter, which won several major ballot initiatives while being significantly outspent.
I graduated from Loyola University Chicago with a B.A. in English/Creative Writing and Studio Art in 2009. After spending a few years working in call centers ranging from telephone repair to dental marketing, I attended and graduated University of Maine School of Law 2016, Magna Cum Laude. While in school, I chaired the LGBT+ student caucus, served as secretary for Law Students for Reproductive Justice, and participated in the Women's Law Association and the Maine Association for Public Interest Law. I received the Women's Law Association Fellowship in 2014 and served as the inaugural Andrew S. Cray Law Fellow at the National Center for Transgender Equality in the summer of 2015. I also served as a casenote/comment editor for the Ocean and Coastal Law Journal and received a CALI Award for Excellence in the Study of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation. I was a student attorney at the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic, where I worked on several probate guardianship cases, parental rights and responsibilities actions, and matters involving juveniles accused of crimes. After graduation, I spent five years focused almost exclusively on the needs of low-income people accused of crimes. Eternally passionate about protecting civil liberties and helping communities grow stronger, I strive for solutions which minimize harmful systems involvement, leverage resources to connect to appropriate social supports, and protect the ability of communities to remain structurally strong through our connections.
In my free time, I enjoy organizing performance art and activism around body positivity and consent culture, making electronic music, and researching ways to make public policy more responsive to real human concerns.
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