Elle Halo, is a Black woman of trans experience, and a dedicated LGBTQ Health Equity Advocate and Educator. Founder and Consultancy Director of TRANCE Consulting L.L.C. and has founded The Paris Tikka Mahon Memorial Transition Fund. She is a writer model and singer. She was The First Transgender woman Community Co -Chair of SAPG STATEWIDE ACTION PLANNING GROUP FOR HIV AND AIDS OF WISCONSIN. She was an inaugural member of The Black AIDS Institute Ambassadorship of Biomedical Prevention. She is also a 2nd term member of The Board of Directors at Diverse and Resilient, as well as a member of the mutual aid fundraising team Love On Black Women LLC.
She is the EmpowerHer Summit Facilitator for Black Trans Women Inc.
She has experience as a public speaker and subject matter expert in areas of LGBTQIA health/ Transgender health, safety, and social disparities. In 2023 she received the Woman of the a year Award -Black Trans Advocacy Coalition (BTAC) a 2019 Milwaukee Pridefest Individual of the Year Award 2021, and 2021 Best LGBT Advocate Best of Milwaukee Award- Shepherd Express and LGBT Progress Award in activism recipient, The Black Rose Intuitive Community Rose Award and a Transfaith Bobbie Jean Baker Grantee. Her mother is a minister, Evangelist Veronica Hardin, and Elle’s community work honors her mother’s example of unconventional community leadership.
The Paris Tikka Mahon Memorial Transition Fund exists to build a better future for the black LGBTQ community of Milwaukee beginning with providing free facial laser hair removal treatments for black Transwomen in collaboration with SHEBA Sisters Helping Each other Battle Adversity / Diverse & Resilient . We hope to offer financial assistance for all trans affirming care, transition related procedures and one day with your help provide support for trans affirming surgeries. The future of the fund will be a garden and art installation in the city of Milwaukee this is a legacy peice for our community dedicated to Paris Tikka Mahon and Ronnie Grace the fund hopes to be here to support future generations of black and brown lgbt + folks the fund stands to tell the stories of trans and lgbt hate crimes anti trans murder HIV /Aids awareness infant mortality gun violence fentanyl related deaths suicide, youth suicide Sickle Cell Anemia Long Covid rare-lung disease diabetes and to honor our lost elders. You can support the transition fund by contacting Elle Halo @elle halo@gmail.com
Or by donating via Love On Black Women $lobw80 or $Elle Halo with the word trans or the trans flag emoji in the description
Elle is a dedicated community activist, and building something special
our mission is to break down the barriers of stigma, empower all QTPOC through opening minds, taking seats at tables when we may be unwanted in the space. Creating tables.
Resource Navigation, building to provide direct service programing,
Combatting health disparities
ensuring access to gender affirming care through services like facial laser hair removal treatments for black trans women in Milwaukee. Supporting artist's and black trans folks directly. Advocating for mental health, civic engagement, and a trauma based approach rooted in abolition and liberation.
TRANCE CONSULTING is also a creative brand, there will be creative projects like The Elle Halo Show, future music, publications programming events and products are soon to come!
Our mission is to break through decades of discrimination and marginalization to empower trans folks to step into leadership spaces, and create their OWN tables and build generational wealth.
WE COME WITH AN ABUNDANCE BASED MINDSET
WE ARE THE FLAME KEEPERS
and WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT To build a brighter future together!
Most of Elle's work is community based trans and or black led, she works with local and national organizations we will be wherever the work calls us to be! With a spirit of service.
Elle manages multiple social media networks and manages organization partner platforms and creates social media content she is a writer and blogger.
Collabrative Event Organizing, Event Hosting,
Panel moderation/organizing. Keynote Speaker. Event Judging.
Elle curates facilitates and develops customized trainings, affinity spaces, panel events, Artivism and Empowerment spaces, she is also available for facilitation and workshops. She offers up grassroots non profit / small business coaching website design
Elle has developed years of grassroots fundraising experience in kind donations, donation canvassing, mutual aid organizing, grant reviewing, and has become a accomplished independent grant writer.
Elle entered into executive leadership via grassroots organizing and historic Board service she is a 2nd term board member for Diverse and Resilient, and was the first transgender woman to join and eventually become the Community Co Chair of The Statewide Action Planning Group for HIV/ STI's of WI.
Current /Past Committees include
The Attorney General's Sexual Assault Response Team
#Liberate MKE-
Sunseeker Crisis Care Intervention
Inclusive Restroom WorkGroup - Equal rights Commission MKE
MKE Black Grassroots Network for Health and Equity
National Transgender Survey Outreach Committee
Elle is a singer songwriter and poet, a fiction writer and a professional model that has worked with many photographers.
Center Street Days Fest you might catch Elle down at Center street daze.
https://www.mobilize.us/hrcwi/event/657686/
Join HRC and the WISDEMS Democratic Convention Watchparty at Walkers Pint
You might catch elle down at Heal the hood
End Your Summer Right! Elle Will be here tabling for The Paris Tikka Mahon Memorial Transition Fund