The Gathering Grounds

Trans Lifeline is a grassroots, peer-run hotline and microgrants organization providing direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis - for the trans community, by the trans community. At our core, we believe in the life-saving power of community: people showing up for one another, sharing resources, and choosing care even in the hardest moments.

We are deeply grateful for the opportunity to partner with Wizards of the Coast. In a world that often feels on the brink, we’re reminded that collective action can change the outcome. May we gather our communities, tap what we have, and create a little Magic together - because trans lives depend on it.

Wizards Pride is dedicated to making Wizards of the Coast a LGBTQ+ inclusive workplace. As an employee resource group, we work to ensure that LGBTQ+ employees feel seen, supported, and celebrated-both within the company and in the broader community.  Beyond our internal efforts, Wizards Pride actively engages in work for and in the community, including outside partnerships, annual participation in Seattle Pride and our yearly charity campaigns.   

Women of Wizards is an employee resource group at Wizards of the Coast committed to supporting the growth and success of women and gender-diverse employees. Our mission is to build an inclusive and supportive workplace by fostering mentorship, career development, and leadership opportunities. Through connection, collaboration, and open dialogue, we aim to empower our members and contribute to a more welcoming and equitable culture — both at Wizards and within the gaming industry.  

Birds of Paradise is a group of creators focused on uplifting marginalized members of the Magic the Gathering community and providing safe and welcoming spaces for gaming. 

Pendragon is an EDH and pauper subformat for Magic: The Gathering where players choose a common-rarity creature (Arthur) and a legendary equipment (Excalibur) to form their command zone and deck color identity. The rest of the 100-card singleton deck is composed of only common-rarity cards within that color identity. Because of this pauper-style rarity restriction the format is affordable and extremely approachable for new and returning Magic players alike. We owe the success of the format thus far to the community and are dedicated to uplifting and supporting the community and especially those of marginalized identities. Love is our Excalibur! 

We are a non-profit veterans motorcycle organization that supports all veterans, especially combat veterans. Veterans The Gathering is an effort we started in response to funding cuts in mental health for Vets in WA state. Our aim is to improve mental health, promote prosocial activity, reduce anxiety, depression and aggression through TCG and RPG.