Lunchbox Lessons: What is the Safe Spaces Project?

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Lunchbox Lessons:

What is the Safe Spaces Project?

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Foundation of Safe Spaces

Safe Spaces Project is a Project of the Tides Center.

Alexandra Carter, Ph.D Executive Director

shay(den) n. gonzalezDirector of Program Development

Why are Safe Spaces necessary?

The MissonThe mission of the Safe Spaces Project is to work with community-based organizations to:

•strengthen and create welcoming spaces•share and assist in the creation of resources that foster the development of LGBTQQ Youth

• Organizational Development• Programmatic Development• Training of Youth Trainers• Build a Network

Core Work

Safe Spaces provides a variety of capacity building services including: board development strategic planning financial management coaching

Capacity building is performed by Safe Spaces staff or, in some cases, by vetted consultants with experience with small organizations

We customize our capacity building to your situation and needs.

Organizational Development

Supporting Change Agents•Long-term, sustainability

Cultural Competency for Youth Serving Providers•LGBQ•Trans/GNC•Becoming an adult ally/supporting youth empowerment

Program Development

To support LGBTQ youth as independent leaders SSP provides T4YT that includes:

All 3 SSP Cultural Competency Trainings A minimum 1 day T4T session•Dealing with homo/transphobia and adultism in training space•Exploring power & privilege in relation to LGBTQ youth•Take away training tools

Training of Youth Trainers

• National effort• Support• Connection• Peer Learning• Leading to alignment and joint action

Provider Netowrk

*Community based organizations *Youth-led organizations*LGBTQA youth serving providers

Who is eligible?

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shay(den) n. gonzalezTraining and Facilitation Director

shay@safespacesproject.org