Traction Project was created to build community programs to solve gender-based injustices that are being overlooked by other organizations. These programs are designed to be functioning models for movements that will extend beyond Traction Project’s immediate reach.
Traction Project was founded in 2019 in San Francisco by a handful of community organizers who needed more tools and resources to keep a myriad of ad hoc projects going. Our leadership is comprised of people who have been personally impacted by gender injustice, who wish to help others navigate their own circumstances.
Traction Project is not interested in prioritizing problems based on their fundraising potential or other top-down priorities. Our method is to first identify an authentic need by talking to members of a community that has been marginalized by gender, and asking how they would solve their problem if they had more help. We choose how to invest ourselves based on efficient use of community resources, whether it can be replicated as a grassroots movement by other organizers, and the realistic worth for the people we are serving.
Interested to join the board or volunteer? Contact us at thetractionproject@gmail.com
Scout Tran
Executive Director
Scout (ey/em/eir) is an artist and educator, born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ey has won a Belle Foundation Award for music, and a Prism Award, an Ignatz Award and two Eisner nominations for comics. Eir sculptures have been commissioned by the SFMOMA and the Exploratorium, and has performed puppetry for the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Ey is a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, rides a pink motorcycle, and would love to see a world where trans folks are celebrated more for their endeavors than their inspirational sob stories.
Our Board
Cordelia Millerwhite
Secretary
Jennifer Stevens
Treasurer
Shawn Keiser
Board Member
Beezer de Martelly
Board Member