The Safe School Project Presents
Event Details
A day of workshops, gatherings, and leadership opportunities for youth, families, and educators from the central coast!
•Queer, Trans, & Allied Student Summit for middle and high school students!
• Glitter Kids for elementary school students!
• Understanding Gender for parents, guardians, and educators. Bilingual!
Breakfast & lunch provided!
When: Saturday, September 30, 2023 @ 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM
Where: Watsonville High School
Cost: FREE!
Queer, Trans & Allied Student Summit of the Central Coast – Fall 2023
“Capybaras: A Nonjudgmental Look on Queer History”
All High School & Middle School LGBTQIA+, Questioning, & Ally Students Welcome!
The Queer, Trans, and Allied Student Summit of the Central Coast is a free summit that is led by youth leaders from the tri-county area. This upcoming summit will provide students the opportunity to:
- Experience workshops created by fellow youth and community organizers.
- Meet students throughout Santa Cruz County, Monterey County, and San Benito County — from Watsonville, Salinas, Soledad, Monterey, San Juan Bautista to Scotts Valley — who are working to help create safer schools in their communities!
- Have access to a resource fair which provides useful support for LGBTQIA+ youth, allies, and families.
- Empower and liberate lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, trans, queer, intersex, asexual, questioning, and allied youth.
- The first 150 students to register will receive a free summit t-shirt and a personalized Goodie Bag!
When: Saturday, September 30, 2023 @ 9:30am – 2:00pm
Where: Watsonville High School, Watsonville
Breakfast, Snacks, and Lunch Provided!
- Visit SafeSchoolsProject.org/
summit-queer-trans-allied- summit-fall-2023 for updates and more information! - Check out our Facebook Event Page!
Save your spot at the Queer, Trans, & Allied Student Summit of the Central Coast – Fall 2023!
Students and community members under 18 are encouraged to submit a design for the upcoming Queer, Trans, and Allied Student Summit of the Central Coast — Fall 2023.
The design contest is open to all currently enrolled high school and middle school students located in Santa Cruz, San Benito, or Monterey County. All entries needed to incorporate the summit theme “Capybaras: A Nonjudgmental Look on Queer History”
The winning designer will receive a hoodie with the design and a $25 gift card.
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Guidelines – Learn how to submit a t-shirt design!
- Submission Deadline: Friday, September 1 by 5:00 pm
We welcome all workshop and caucus proposals with a priority on youth-led submissions. Please note that all workshops will take place for exactly fifty minutes and caucuses are thirty minutes. The Fall 2023 theme is Capybaras: A Nonjudgmental Look on Queer History.” Workshop topics relevant to the summit theme are highly encouraged but not limited to it.
Submit a Workshop Proposal HERE by Monday, September 11, 2023 at 5:00 pm.
Check out the workshops and caucuses from the 2022 Student Summit as a reference.
These are some suggestions for workshops:
Volunteer Opportunity
Please help us make the Queer, Trans, and Allied Student Summit of the Central Coast run smoothly. We are looking for volunteers to help with a few aspects of the event and if you have an hour or two to spare during the day of the event between 7:15 am – 3:00 pm on Saturday, September 30, 2023 at Watsonville High School in Watsonville, please contact contact the Fall 2023 Summit Volunteer Coordinator at CoordinateSummit@gmail.com or (831) 427-4004.
Questions?
Monterey County: Jacob Agamao / he/she/they / LGBTQ+ Services Coordinator, Our Gente, The Epicenter, Salinas / jacob@epicentermonterey.org
Santa Cruz County: LGBTQIA+ Student Planning Committee, Queer, Trans, & Allied Student Summit of the Central Coast / CoordinateSummit@gmail.com
“Understanding Gender”
A free bilingual conference for parents, guardians, adult allies, and educators who want a deeper understanding of gender and youth in Monterey, San Benito, & Santa Cruz Counties.
Simultaneous Spanish Interpretation Provided
Haga clic aquí para información en español
When: Saturday, September 30, 2023 @ 9:30am – 2:00pm
Where: Watsonville High School
Understandings of gender are changing rapidly and it can be challenging to keep up! All children are limited by traditional gender roles and stereotypes, whether they are transgender, gender expansive, or not. Parents and adult allies play a crucial role in creating a safe and supportive environment for all young people around their gender.
We hope you’ll join us for a day of learning, conversation, and reflection about youth and gender, including such topics as:
- Understanding the dimensions of gender
- Learning common terms and concepts
- Affirmative parenting practices around gender
- Suggestions for talking with children and teens about gender
- Making schools more gender inclusive and safer for gender expansive youth
- Strategies for navigating the school system with transgender or gender nonconforming students
- Exploring mental health topics for gender diverse youth
- Staying connected to your faith community while embracing your gender diverse child
- For more information, contact us at gendersummitsc@gmail.com, call (831) 427-4004 or visit safeschoolsproject.org/
adultsummit/
Registration Open — Sign up today!
Presented by TransFamilies of Santa Cruz County and Safe Schools Project of Santa Cruz County