The objective of Safe Zone training for youth and young adults experiencing homelessness is to create a supportive, inclusive, and affirming environment for LGBTQIA individuals within homeless services. The training aims to equip staff, volunteers, and service providers with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to foster a safe and welcoming space for LGBTQIA youth and young adults.
- Intentions of training - why inclusivity is important
- Identities exist on a spectrum
- The term "queer" and what it means to the community
- Explaining labels (e.g., various nonbinary identities)
- An overview of intersectionality
- Colonialism/enslavement & cisheteropatriarchy
- Vocabulary review/overview
- How to be an effective & inclusive ally in your language, relationships, & interactions
- Incorporating these learnings specifically into working with unhoused community members
- Incorporating these learning specifically into working with youth
- Actualizing next steps for how to implement these learnings into the workplace
This 3 hour training will be held on Zoom, April 13th from 12pm to 2pm
Please click on the Safe Zone Lesson to Register