Are you between the ages of 13-24 and interested in public health, sex education, and LGBTQ issues? SMYAL is now accepting applications for our newest cohort of Peer Health Fellows! Fellows will be working to find out how LGBTQ+ youth (13-24), especially those of color, struggle to access health-related services and how to break down… Continue reading Peer Health Fellowship Interest Meeting
Join us on Discord for virtual programs! Our community spaces are a place where queer and trans youth can meet other young people who hold the same identities, talk about a wide variety of topics that impact them, find support, or just be in community with one another. Click here to join on Discord.
Rotating topics in a chat-based discussion room for queer and trans youth ages 13-19. Join at QChatSpace.org
Join us on Discord for virtual programs! Our community spaces are a place where queer and trans youth can meet other young people who hold the same identities, talk about a wide variety of topics that impact them, find support, or just be in community with one another. Click here to join on Discord.
February Topic: CONFIDENCE Join on Zoom SMYAL is partnering up with the incredible C. Alexandria-Bernard Thomas to bring you monthly poetry writing workshops from Feb. 2022 through 2023! Each month, award-winning poet, and advocate C. Alexandria-Bernard Thomas (He/they) will be hosting their original workshop Writing to Wellness™, a discussion-based workshop designed for writers to use… Continue reading Writing to Wellness™ with C. Alexandria-Bernard Thomas
Rotating topics in a chat-based discussion room for queer and trans youth ages 13-19. Join at QChatSpace.org
Join us on Discord for virtual programs! Our community spaces are a place where queer and trans youth can meet other young people who hold the same identities, talk about a wide variety of topics that impact them, find support, or just be in community with one another. Click here to join on Discord.
Join us on Discord for virtual programs! Our community spaces are a place where queer and trans youth can meet other young people who hold the same identities, talk about a wide variety of topics that impact them, find support, or just be in community with one another. Click here to join on Discord.
Rotating topics in a chat-based discussion room for queer and trans youth ages 13-19. Join at QChatSpace.org
Join us on Discord for virtual programs! Our community spaces are a place where queer and trans youth can meet other young people who hold the same identities, talk about a wide variety of topics that impact them, find support, or just be in community with one another. Click here to join on Discord.
Join us on Discord for virtual programs! Our community spaces are a place where queer and trans youth can meet other young people who hold the same identities, talk about a wide variety of topics that impact them, find support, or just be in community with one another. Click here to join on Discord.
Join us for a week of learning and action all about black queer history then and now! Invite a friend and come learn together! The zoom or chat links for each program can be found at smyal.org/youth. Anyone who attends 2+ events will receive a copy of a zine made by Black artists! … Continue reading Black Queer History Week of Learning & Action
This is a discussion about how BIPOC, queer, and disabled students are systematically pushed out of schools– and what we can do about it! We’ll play an interactive game (The Game of K12 Life) that helps us see how this works. We’ll then have a discussion about how you can start a campaign in your… Continue reading Virtual Drop-In Programs: School to Prison Pipeline
Join us for a discussion about black queer icons in history and today! Join at QChatSpace.org
February 24th is GSA Day for Racial Justice– a day to encourage conversations about the intersection of queer justice and racial justice! This year’s theme is imagining futures beyond oppression. Join us to make art on this topic. All youth ages 13-24 are welcome, whether or not you are part of a GSA. Click here… Continue reading Virtual Drop-In Programs: Art Making for Racial Justice
It's movie night at SMYAL, and this month we're watching "13th" in honor of Black History Month. About the movie: Filmmaker Ava DuVernay explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, focusing on the fact that the nation's prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans. 13th is a thought-provoking documentary about how the 13th… Continue reading Virtual Drop-In Programs: Film Screening- 13th
Join us on Discord for virtual programs! Our community spaces are a place where queer and trans youth can meet other young people who hold the same identities, talk about a wide variety of topics that impact them, find support, or just be in community with one another. Click here to join on Discord.
Rotating topics in a chat-based discussion room for queer and trans youth ages 13-19. Join at QChatSpace.org
Join SMYAL and our partners for a Q&A with Sally Rubin filmmaker of 'Mama has a Mustache', a short, quirky, fully animated documentary about gender and family, as seen through children’s eyes. Driven completely by audio interviews of kids ages 5-10, the film uses these sound bites combined with clipart and mixed media to explore… Continue reading Virtual Film Screening: Mama Has a Mustache
March Topic: RESILIENCE Join on Zoom SMYAL is partnering up with the incredible C. Alexandria-Bernard Thomas to bring you monthly poetry writing workshops from Feb. 2022 through 2023! Each month, award-winning poet, and advocate C. Alexandria-Bernard Thomas (He/they) will be hosting their original workshop Writing to Wellness™, a discussion-based workshop designed for writers to use… Continue reading Writing to Wellness™ with C. Alexandria-Bernard Thomas
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