On July 28th, 2010, NYAC welcomed Ra'Shawn Flournoy, Internet Outreach Coordinator for AID Upstate in Greenville, SC for 'Best Practices in Internet Outeach.'  Below is more information about this presentation, including links to the actually listen/watch the presentation recording and resources shared.  We will continue to add resources to this site as we move forward, so please check back for more!  Please contact Shannon Murphy, Program Coordinator, at shannon@nyacyouth.org or (202) 319-7596 x24 if you have any questions or would like further assistance.  Click below for more info!

NYAC, along with the National LGBT Tobacco Control Network, hosted HIV & Tobacco: Linkages in Prevention and Cessation for LGBTQ Youth on Tuesday, June 8th, 2010.  Featured presenters were Danielle Grospitch, CTTS and Barbara Warren, Psy.D. 

This page serves as a resource page for a workshop presented at the National Creating Change Conference 2010 in Dallas, Texas.

Workshop Description -

This discussion-based workshop will address the conflicts and barriers created by the "down-er than thou" mentality that often leads to feelings of exclusion and grudges in social justice organizing. Speaking specifically to youth and student organizers, this session will discuss and then outline strategies to build communities of strong organizers instead of alienating one another with destructive judeents. In an effort to create sustainable activism, we will develop real methods for confronting the effects of judgmental conlict.

The LGBTQ CAT is a search engine toolbar used to find LGBTQ resources. It has all gay worldwide resources from youth, music, health, publications, community center, Pride, businesses, chat, legal, literary, performers, government, entertainment, human rights, sports, and so much more!

[the report] highlights [LGBT student's] struggle as well as that of GLBT school employees and offers concrete steps schools can take to improve their educational experience. It is NEA's first publication that combines research on GLBT issues and outlines program work by the Association to better the lives of students and its members.

A Movement, Not A Market is a tobacco and alcohol preention resource for the LGBTQI community. It is a FREE multimedia educational resource on media literacy, the portrayal of the LGBTQI community in media, and the targeting of the LGBTQI community with tobacco and alcohol products.

This DVD-ROM can help improve the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and produce media messages, and to become an active participant in our media culture. This resource contains 52 media examples (from TV shows, films, magazines, and counter-marketing campaigns), a printable discussion guide, and handouts.

A Movement, Not A Market can be used in classrooms, community groups, and other group settings to:

• understand media literacy in the context of alcohol and tobacco prevention.
• gain more awareness regarding the marketing of tobacco and alcohol products to the LGBTQI community.
• explore portrayals of the LGBTQI community in the media.

HIV: Hey, It's Viral! is a groundbreaking sex-positive 20-minute video from Beyondmedia Education addressing HIV/AIDS prevention and activism from youth perspectives. The video shows young people what HIV is, how it is transmitted, and how it can be prevented - all spun with a fun soundtrack and entertaining animations to illustrate the science of HIV/AIDS. Focusing on risk reduction, safer sex practices and the importance of testing, the movie stresses the idea that anyone can get HIV, and everyone can help prevent it.

The HIV: Hey It's Viral DVD includes the 20 minute video, plus extra bonus features that explain in depth the biology of HIV, how to use a condom, how to get tested for HIV, as well as individual personal stories of young people living with HIV. Other features include a workbook for educators, an action guide for activists, educational visual aids and more.

This resource was written by the Metropolitan Group for NYAC and its partner organizations to help Nonprofits become familiar with the how to use Facebook as a tool in outreach to youth. Learn how to create a Facebook page, add friends, add events, and make your page work effectively for your organization.

This resource was written by the Metropolitan Group for NYAC and its partner organizations to help Nonprofits become familiar with the how to use MySpace as a tool in outreach to youth. Learn how to create a MySpace profile, add friends, add events, and make your profile work effectively for your organization.

As part of National LGBTQ Youth Awareness Week, get an update on many of the federal policies important to LGBTQ youth, what's happening on them and what you can do to help! Policies discussed will include an inclusive ENDA, hate crimes legislation, safe schools initiatives, homeless youth and more.

Recording of webinar originally presented on May 28, 2009.

The National Safe Schools Partnership's recommendations to bridge the gap in federal law to promote school safety and improve student achievement for all students.

The Safe Schools Improvement Act addresses GLSENs federal policy recommendations (outlined in the publication Bridging the Gap in Federal Law). Members of the National Safe Schools Partnership have signed on to these recommendations to promote school safety and improve student achievement for all students, through legislation that will comprehensively address the issues of bullying and harassment.

These recommendations are broken down into three sections. The first section includes steps intake workers, case managers, social workers, youth supervisors, and others who have regular, direct contact with youth should take to improve the experiences of LGBT youth accessing services. The second section includes steps administrators should take to improve agency-wide culture and effectiveness in serving LGBT youth. The final section includes specific steps both administrators and youth workers should take to improve the experiences of youth in residential settings, whether these settings are emergency shelters or longer term transitional living.

Dated: April 2009

This brief offers an overview of research indicating that each year hundreds of thousands of LGBTQ youth will experience homelessness.

Dated: April 2009

Dated: April 2009

This Report, produced by the Equality Federation and the Movement Advancement Project, details the capacities and priorities of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender State Advocacy Organizations. This piece includes information on state organizations statistics in:

• budget trends
• staffing chellenges
• legislative priorities
• candidate endorsement criteria
• consitutuency groups

This updated version of the original Bending the Mold publication is an action kit for transgender students.  Contents include:

• How does your school measure up??
• How to be a transgender ally
• Your social change toolkit
• Preventing violence and bullying
• Securing freedom of gender expression
• Promoting transgender-inclusive policies
• Building community and fighting invisibility
• Protecting confidentiality
• Making bathrooms and locker rooms accessible
• Fighting for equality in sports teams
• Accessing health care
• Resources
• And an appendix with a Sample Model School Policy 

Co-produced by NYAC and Lambda Legal

An Action Kit for Trans Youth

Co-produced by Lambda Legal and NYAC

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