The I Am Human Foundation runs a comprehensive portfolio of programs serving LGBTQ+ communities of color across health, wellness, workforce development, youth services, trans community work, civic engagement, and harm reduction. Our work is organized into six focus areas, each with its own set of programs designed to meet a specific set of community needs.
Click into any focus area below to see the full range of work happening within that program area, who it serves, and how to get involved.
Health and Wellness — Sexual health, cancer care, mental wellness, movement, healing after harm, and community programming. From HIV navigation to yoga, our health and wellness work treats our communities as whole people deserving of whole-person care.
Economic Wellness — Financial education, wealth-building, and economic mobility for the communities we serve. From budgeting and credit to investing and our Money Moves youth cohort, we help people build lasting financial ground beneath them.
Disability Justice — Accessibility, healing, and leadership for disabled and neurodivergent community members. We remove barriers and build power, and we make sure those most impacted are the ones shaping the work.
Workforce Development — Career pathways into health, human services, and community-rooted careers for adults pushed to the margins of the labor market. Includes initiatives for trans veterans, youth, and seniors.
Youth Programs — Affirming spaces where LGBTQ+ youth of color heal, lead, and build their futures. From peer support to crisis intervention to job readiness, we walk alongside young people through every step of growing up.
Trans and GNC Services — Direct services, community building, and advocacy work for trans and gender nonconforming community members. Trans Connect, name and gender marker navigation, affirming healthcare, and more. Built by and for trans community.
Civic Engagement — Nonpartisan voter registration, civic education, and policy advocacy. We trust our community to decide for themselves, the way they always have, and we make sure they have what they need to participate.
Harm Reduction — Naloxone distribution, fentanyl test strips, safer sex supplies, hormone safety education, and crisis response. We meet people where they are, without judgment, without conditions.
Some of our flagship programs deserve their own spotlight. These are programs you may have heard of by name, programs that have served thousands of community members, and programs core to how we describe our work to funders and partners.
Men Like Us — Peer-led HIV navigation for Black and brown men, including peer navigators, testing, PrEP and PEP access, treatment adherence support, and brotherhood-rooted support groups.
Navigate to Life — Cancer screening navigation for Black and brown men, including Black trans men. Covers prostate, colorectal, breast, and cervical cancer with continued support after diagnosis.
Black Boy Joy Retreat — A three-day healing and empowerment retreat for Black men across the spectrum of masculine experience. (Coming Soon)
Trans Connect — Our flagship trans community support group, where trans men, trans women, and gender nonconforming community members gather monthly for honest conversation and connection.
Roots and Rise — Nonclinical workforce training preparing LGBTQ+ adults of color for careers in peer support, community health work, and case management.
There are many ways to engage with our programs. If you are seeking services for yourself or someone you love, contact us through any focus area page or email us at info@iamhumanfoundation.org.
If you are a funder or partner looking to support our work, our Get Involved page outlines opportunities. If you are a volunteer ready to give your time, we always need community members willing to support our programming.
For general questions about our programs, partnership inquiries, or to learn how to access services, email info@iamhumanfoundation.org. For specific program inquiries, visit the relevant focus area page or note the program name in your message.