Queer Youth Meetups - Saturdays, 1-3 pm Join us for community building, leadership opportunities, field trips, and relaxation for your back to school month! 8/3 is a chill beach day at Cowell's, 8/10 we're hosting a clothing & school supply swap, 8/17 is our biyearly speaker/storyteller workshop, 8/24 sees us attempt to play a sport (non-serious participation strongly encouraged), and 8/31 closes out the month with a low-key jam session, with your instruments and voices welcome and our extra instruments available too. Queer Movie Night … [Read more...]
HAPPEN – HIV/Aids Prevention & Peer Education Network
Self-Care Saturdays, August 17, Soledad
Join us on a Saturday of the month for some fun self-care activities! Open to any youth ages 14 - 24 Next Meeting: Saturday, August 17th, 2024 @ 12 - 4 PM … [Read more...]
Love & Craft, Join Our Self Love Support Group!, August 14th & 28th, Salinas
Explore your self love and learn from others all while exercising your creativity with a different art project each meeting. When: Wednesday, August 28th, 2024 @ 4 - 5:30 PM Where: 737 S. Main St. Salinas, CA … [Read more...]
Mutual Aid Mondays – Drop-In Supportive Housing Services, Salinas
When: Mondays @ 1pm - 6pm Ages: 18 - 24 … [Read more...]
Call for T-Shirt Design Submissions and Workshops for the Fall 2024 Queer, Trans, & Allied Student Summit!
Call for Workshop Proposals! - Due Wednesday, September 11, 2024 @ 5:00 PM / No late proposals accepted! 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 2024 theme is “Corals and Queerness: Resilience in the Face of Adversity.” Workshop topics relevant to the summit theme are highly encouraged but not limited to it. For workshop ideas and suggestions click here! Submit a Workshop … [Read more...]
Call for Volunteers – Queer, Trans and Allied Student Summit
Fall 2024 Student Summit Planning Committee!
The committee does logistics, opening ceremony, closing ceremony, food, registration, goodie bags, organizes workshops, chooses a keynote speaker, and more! The committee meets from Summer to October, in zoom meetings 1 hour a week. Fall 2024 Student Summit Planning Committee Form Questions or want to learn more? Please call (831) 427-4004 or email coordinatesummit@gmail.com … [Read more...]
Crisis Support
PDF of these resources available here. … [Read more...]
Weekly/Monthly Queer & Trans Youth Programs
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 Weekly and Monthly Happenings Let’s Connect LGBTQ+ Youth Group (4th Wednesday of Every Month @ 2:30 - 5 PM) The Diversity Center is hosting a LGBTQ+ youth group at Pajaro Valley Prevention and Students … [Read more...]