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URL:https://peer2peeracademy.org/events/creating-safe-spaces-for-lgbtqia-y
 outh-and-communities-august-22/
SUMMARY:Creating Safe Spaces for LGBTQIA+ Youth and Communities: August 22
DESCRIPTION:The Women’s Leadership Project (WLP) is a Black feminist ment
 oring\, civic engagement\, service learning and advocacy program designed 
 to educate and train young middle and high school age girls of color\, LGB
 TQIA+ and gender expansive youth in South Los Angeles to take ownership of
  their school-communities.\n\nSince 2006 WLP has been based at South L.A. 
 high schools such as Gardena High School\, Washington Prep High School\, K
 ing-Drew Medical Magnet\, Dorsey High\, Diego Rivera and Duke Ellington Co
 ntinuation School.\n\nUsing a Black feminist humanist curriculum with a so
 cial justice lens\, the WLP program is designed to empower youth to develo
 p their own voices\, self-identity\, political agency\, and healthy relati
 onships\, while promoting critical consciousness about and activism around
  sexual and domestic violence prevention\, racial justice\, gender justice
  and LGBTQIA+ empowerment to prepare for college\, careers and community l
 eadership. The WLP also sponsors the #Standing4BlackGirls coalition\, whic
 h advocates for mental health\, education\, safe spaces and jobs for BIPOC
  girls and queer youth.\n\nCreating Safe Spaces for LGBTQIA+ Youth and Com
 munities\nOver the past decade\, the number of individuals who identify as
  LGBTQIA+ has increased dramatically in the U.S. Utilizing culturally resp
 onsive\, intersectional best practices\, literature and community engageme
 nt strategies\, this course will examine local and national climate issues
  for LGBTQIA+ communities of color\; center LGBTQIA+ perspectives\; and pr
 ovide practitioners with data\, strategies\, and resources to affirm posit
 ive mental health and social agency for LGBTQIA+ and gender expansive yout
 h and adults.\n\nParticipants will:\n\n 	Learn about the sociopolitical cl
 imate that informs LGBTQIA+ lived experience.\n 	Become educated about key
  terms and language that amplify the diversity of sexual orientation\, gen
 der identity\, gender performance\, and gender expression.\n 	Participate 
 in verbal and written reflection exercises that connect their lived experi
 ences and cultural knowledge with social and gender justice advocacy and c
 ommunity engagement.\n 	Develop critical consciousness about the ways in w
 hich intersectionality informs their professional practice and stakeholder
  relationships.\n\nSessions will be offered multiple times throughout the 
 year.
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CATEGORIES:Women's Leadership Project
LOCATION:Hairitage Salon\, 612 E Manchester Blvd\, Inglewood\, CA \, 90301\
 , United States
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