LGBTQ+ YOUTH PROGRAM
ages 10-17
UPCOMING SESSIONS
Saturday, December 15, 2018, 12pm to 3pm
DESCRIPTION
This is a support, empowerment, and leadership program available for free for youth, ages 10-17, who identify as LGBTQ+, immigrant, people of color, or allies interested in making new friends, discussing life issues and ideas that matter to them, learning the power of community, advocacy, and organizing, and creating change together.
PROGRAM LOCATION
Friends of the Family, 16861 Parthenia St, North Hills, CA 91343
POPULATIONS
This program was intentionally created for and with youth who are between the ages of 10 and 17, specifically for middle and high school students who are:
• LGBTQ+ children and teens of color
• Immigrant children and teens
• Kids and teens experiencing bullying in school
Although our focus populations are the communities mentioned above, please know that all middle and high school students are welcome! and the program has many members who identify as "allies" or "supporters" of the vulnerable populations that this program is tailored for.
• LGBTQ+ children and teens of color
• Immigrant children and teens
• Kids and teens experiencing bullying in school
Although our focus populations are the communities mentioned above, please know that all middle and high school students are welcome! and the program has many members who identify as "allies" or "supporters" of the vulnerable populations that this program is tailored for.
COST
Free
SERVICE LENGTH
3 hours
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INTERSECTIONS NEARBY
Balboa & Parthenia stop
EXPECTATIONS
• Have access to mentors, role models, and local talent
• Make new friends who live and study in the San Fernando Valley
• Break free from social isolation
• Understand toxic clicks vs healthy relationships
• Learn how to cope with risky factors and promote protective factors for wellness, resilience, and personal transformation
• Belong in a safe and brave space centered on loving yourself, relating to others, and improving our lives
• Learn more about your communities and discover what it's like to feel empowered
• Discuss your life experiences related to identity, relationships, coming out, home, school, transitions, environmental issues, and spirituality/religion
• Gain skills that will help you stand out in many environments and overcoming difficult situations
• Be part of activities that will help you embrace a new meaning of life, community, and truth
• Have faith in leading by volunteering in special projects, committees, and team-building decision-making processes
• Discover and practice healthy behavior amendments
• Understand and practice self-love, self-acceptance, self-regulation, resilience, power, and pride
• Expand your sense of family and siblinghood
• Give yourself the opportunity to have a fierce youth development
• Discover how community organizing, activism, and advocacy work
• Gain the knowledge related to creating structural change from school campaigns to local and state policy changes
• Have fun with youth from all across the San Fernando Valley
Questions? Preguntas? Ronnie.Veliz@SomosFamiliaValle.org Let's talk / Hablemos (818) 428-0120
• Make new friends who live and study in the San Fernando Valley
• Break free from social isolation
• Understand toxic clicks vs healthy relationships
• Learn how to cope with risky factors and promote protective factors for wellness, resilience, and personal transformation
• Belong in a safe and brave space centered on loving yourself, relating to others, and improving our lives
• Learn more about your communities and discover what it's like to feel empowered
• Discuss your life experiences related to identity, relationships, coming out, home, school, transitions, environmental issues, and spirituality/religion
• Gain skills that will help you stand out in many environments and overcoming difficult situations
• Be part of activities that will help you embrace a new meaning of life, community, and truth
• Have faith in leading by volunteering in special projects, committees, and team-building decision-making processes
• Discover and practice healthy behavior amendments
• Understand and practice self-love, self-acceptance, self-regulation, resilience, power, and pride
• Expand your sense of family and siblinghood
• Give yourself the opportunity to have a fierce youth development
• Discover how community organizing, activism, and advocacy work
• Gain the knowledge related to creating structural change from school campaigns to local and state policy changes
• Have fun with youth from all across the San Fernando Valley
Questions? Preguntas? Ronnie.Veliz@SomosFamiliaValle.org Let's talk / Hablemos (818) 428-0120