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Third Eye Consulting and Innovations Firm specializes in offering comprehensive consulting services tailored to nonprofit organizations and individuals seeking to thrive within the nonprofit sector. Our expertise is rooted in enhancing leadership development skills, fostering creative visions, and achieving transformative goals and outcomes.
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about Verniss McFarland III
Verniss McFarland, III (pronouns: Verniss, She, They) is a gender-nonconforming-trans-identifying person from Houston, Texas, who has been active in the community for more than 17 years, starting as a student volunteer for HISD and HIV resource navigator. Born in the South Park community, Verniss always had a passion for community togetherness, revitalization, volunteerism, and culture, starting in elementary school and evolving as they continued to mature and develop a better understanding of building a sustainable future in the community.
In the Spring of 2017, Verniss founded The Mahogany Project (TMP, Inc.) in Houston, TX, sparked after the death of Chyna Gibson, a trans-experienced Black woman who slanged in New Orleans on February 25, 2017. TMP inc. aims to reduce social isolation, stigma, and acts of injustice in TQLGB+ communities of color.
Currently, Verniss is working to end stigma aimed at BIPOC folx of TGNCNB experience in Texas through The Mahogany Project, The Mahogany Center (the first Black trans-led and founded physical space in Houston), and Coalition for Trans Liberation, combating anti-transgender policy and working to mobilize the community.