Day Long Institutes • Thursday, January 25 Please check the grid schedule for room locations.
fully, nor build our families and our movements in the generative ways that we must. In fact, the more we bury and deny our erotic truths, the more our vision for vibrant lives and collective liberation falters. This Institute is Open to All. Don’t be late! The doors close at 9am sharp. Presenters: Ignacio Rivera, Amelie Zurn, Jack HarrisonQuintana, Andrea Jenkins, Debanuj DasGupta, Shannon Perez-Darby and others
Police Violence and LGBTQ People and Communities Police violence and police reform efforts are issues that have been sweeping the nation for the past several years and LGBTQ people are often at the forefront in terms of organizing and policy as well as the deadly impacts police violence have against LGBTQ people, especially LGBTQ people of color. This Institute will allow participants to better understand the histories of LGBTQ police violence and organizing, national policy reform efforts and ways individuals and groups can engage in organizing in their local communities and beyond to better understand and address police violence impacting LGBTQ people. Presenters will include staff from the New York City Anti-Violence Project, the Transgender Law Center, the Audre Lorde Project, and BreakOUT!,
PFLAG Town Meeting and Advocacy Institute: Parenting and Advocating for Our LGBTQ Kids in a Hostile Environment Our LGBTQ kids are growing up in complex and rapidly changing social and political environments. In this Institute, PFLAG National Staff will hold a mini-Town Meeting for parents and families (LGBTQ or otherwise) who want or need more resources and support in raising children of any gender and sexual orientation. We will ask participants:
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What are your personal challenges?
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How are multiple burdens of Islamophobia, policing, poverty, racism, anti-immigrant sentiment, religious bigotry and ableism impacting your child and family?
NATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE • CREATING CHANGE 2018
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What institutions or issues should be prioritized around advocacy in this difficult political moment?
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What opportunities (local, state, federal) have arisen because of the chaotic and anti-LGBTQ administration?
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If you were determining priorities for PFLAG, what would they be?
After the town meeting, senior staff will do minitrainings on some of our favorite PFLAG advocacy tools including How to Tell Your Story in 2 Minutes. Finally, we will have a training session for participants interested in joining the Task Force Advocacy Day effort on the Hill. Since January, intensive constituent lobbying has thwarted a number of terrible legislative proposals. Let’s build on that resistance through the power of PFLAG. Faculty: Jaime M. Grant, Executive Director; Catherine Hyde, PFLAG Board; Diego Sanchez, Director of Advocacy, Policy and Partnerships; Jean-Marie Navetta, Director of Learning and Inclusion; Jamie Curtis, Director of Chapter Engagement; and Liz Owen, Director of Communications
Digital Strategy Training Institute At the ninth annual Digital Strategy Training Institute (DSTI), you will spend a day hearing from a range of experts about the latest digital tools and online advocacy strategies that you can incorporate into your work, how to find social media tools that are appropriate for your budget, how to stay on top of the latest new media trends, and how to successfully implement them at your organization. Presenters: Allison Palmer, Kyle Graden, Ryan Davis, and colleagues
LGBTQ Campus Resource Professionals Institute The Institute, sponsored by the Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals (the Consortium), provides professional development, skills building, and networking for those who have professional roles supporting LGBTQ people on college and university campuses. The Institute, intersectional in nature, is grounded in anti-