Two-Spirit youth deserve culturally competent programming and they deserve a voice in creating it. GSA Network will launch a Two-Spirit Initiative to bridge the gap between Native youth organizing and LGBTQ+ youth organizing. This identity-based initiative provides space for youth to bring their cultural practice into their organizing activities and supports our organization’s efforts to decolonize our curricula. Learn more at gsanetwork.org/resources/two-spirit … [Read more...]
The White House | A Proclamation on National Native American Heritage Month, 2022
"America has not always delivered on its promise of equal dignity and respect for Native Americans. For centuries, broken treaties, dispossession of ancestral lands, and policies of assimilation and termination sought to decimate Native populations and their ways of life. But despite this painful history, Indigenous peoples, their governments, and their communities have persevered and flourished. As teachers and scholars, scientists and doctors, writers and artists, business leaders and elected officials, heroes in uniform, and so much more, … [Read more...]
GSA Network | Register Your GSA/LGBTQ+ Club!
Voting for the First Time on November 8
Voting for the First Time on November 8 The midterm General Election is: Tuesday, November 8th. Find your polling place here. If you are eighteen or older and haven't registered to vote yet, you still can! Fill out the application here and bring your receipt to an in-person voting location on November 8th. If you are sixteen or seventeen, you can pre-register to vote when you turn eighteen. Sign up here. If you are under sixteen, check out the election process to know more about the community. Why does voting matter? Every … [Read more...]
SafeRx Santa Cruz County | NARCAN Directory for Youth & Anonymous Youth Survey
SafeRx Santa Cruz County (SafeRx) is a local substance use safety coalition comprised of social service, government, behavioral health, and healthcare organizations dedicated to aligning and accelerating best practices for opioids and other substances, as well as current best practice guidelines to reduce death. NARCAN Directory for Youth (PDF Available Here) Complete our Anonymous Youth Survey! SafeRx is asking for North County student voices in a brief survey to identify student experiences/perspectives around alcohol and other … [Read more...]
Transgender Awareness Week, November 13 – 19 & Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), November 20
The week before Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20, people and organizations around the country participate in Transgender Awareness Week to help raise the visibility of transgender people and address issues members of the community face. Learn more and find ideas to participate at glaad.org/transweek Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), November 20 Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of … [Read more...]
GSA Network | #GSADay4GJ: GSA Day for Gender Justice + Virtual General Assembly, November 11
GSA Day for Gender Justice (#GSADay4GJ) is a national day of action for GSA clubs, LGBTQ+ youth, and allies to center trans, nonbinary, and gender diverse people and mobilize for their liberation. The National TRUTH Council leads #GSADay4GJ through creative storytelling and media projects. In 2018, the team wrote and published their Nine-Point Platform for liberation, outlining the themes of upcoming annual #GSADay4GJ campaigns. This year, TRUTH is calling on GSAs to mobilize around the fourth point of the platform: We Call for an End of … [Read more...]
GLSEN | Solidarity Week, November 7 – 11
GLSEN's Solidarity Week is a student-led program where LGBTQ+ students and educators in K-12 schools lead the conversation on how non LGBTQ+ people can be in solidarity with them and also how they can show solidarity with others in their community. Solidarity Week Guides Students Elementary School Educators Middle & High School Educators For resources, tools, and ways to participate please visit glsen.org/programs/solidarity-week … [Read more...]
Crisis Support
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Weekly LGBTQ+ Youth Virtual & In-Person Events
The Diversity Center Youth Program, Santa Cruz County The youth program at TDC provides supportive, educational and social activities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer and questioning (LGBTIQ) youth. Check out their weekly schedule events at diversitycenter.org/youth Questions? Email youth@diversitycenter.org The Epicenter Presents: "Sharing Circle" - In Person Developed from the concept of peer social support, our Sharing Circle is designed to create a safe space for LGBTQ+ youth to express … [Read more...]