#PowerUpPowerOut, the QYou Leadership Development Institute, is a 13-week module series designed to create space for diverse youth to get information on how to become advocates of the LGBTQ+ community, as well as other marginalized populations, within their schools and communities. Registration is ongoing for LGBTQ+ youth ages 14-19.
Topics include:
Module 0: Intro to #PowerUpPowerOut | Module 1: Sexuality & Gender Diversity
Module 2: LGBTQ+ History & Culture | Module 3: Privilege, Oppression, & Intersectionality
Module 4: Race & Class | Module 5: Education Justice
Module 6: Coming Out & Queer Families: Stories of Queerness | Module 7: Queer Sex Ed & HIV/AIDS
Module 8: Healthy Relationship Building & Consent | Module 9: Self-Care & Harm Reduction
Module 10: Building Empathy & Allyship | Module 11: Healthy Communication Practices for Change
Module 12: Advocacy, Leadership, & Organizing | Module 13: Mission & Participatory Action Research
We are looking for young queer folks, ages 14-19, who are interested in #PowerUpPowerOut, the QYou Leadership Development Institute. This 13-module series is a learning & experiential space for young people (and led by young people) to investigate the LGBTQ+ community and social justice. Those who participate in 4 modules receive a $50 gift card, and those who complete all 13 will receive a $150 gift card and will be invited to join our leadership group, the QYou Ambassadors.
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We know that virtual and in-person programming provides unique and important services to queer youth throughout Northeast Ohio. This is one of the great lessons of the pandemic.
As such, the QYou Program is working behind the scenes to create a #PowerUpPowerOut experience that mimics our in-person version, which will be completely online. This will allow for young people to learn about the LGBTQ+ community from the comforts of their home, while also providing schools with more ways to learn about our community.
Cohort 7 is planned to be in-person at the Center with a second cohort on the Learning Institute.
Visit the Center's Learning Institute at www.lgbtcleveland.org