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Wednesday, September 18, 2024
North Laurel Community Center
9411 Whiskey Bottom Road
Laurel, MD 20723
2SLGBTQIA+ Summit
MRPA’s 2SLGBTQIA+ Summit is a one day event designed for recreation and parks administrators, human resource staff and programmers who seek to understand the unique considerations and barriers to both employment and program participation in the 2SLGBTQIA+ population.
Attendees will follow two separate tracks; 101 Track for basic knowledge and beginning steps and 201 for those who already have begun this inclusion effort.
Front-facing staff will learn how to provide respectful, culturally competent programs by developing skills to establish rapport, recognize barriers, offer solutions and educate the general public. There will be multiple focal points on topics such as internal and external policies and how to have an inclusive department.
Speakers:
- Grace Thompson, Team DC - Life Stories
- Lauren Pruitt, Freestate Justice -Â "Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Parks and Recreation through Policy and Programming"
- Rebeccah Ballo and Elena Guarinello, Montgomery Planning - "Celebrating LGBTQ+ History in Parks and Planning: Planting the Rainbow Flag & Untold Stories Markers"
- Eboné F. Bell, Eboné Bell - "Understanding the LGBTQ+ Experience and the Power of Allyship"
- Joe Toolan and Sarah Stern - "Two Spirit, Queer and Indigenous Inclusion"
2024Â Resources
Links
- Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs
- Towson University Indigenous Research
- Family Inclusive LanguageÂ
Guide to Being an Ally to Transgender and Nonbinary Young People
PowerPoint Presentations
- FreeState Justice
- Untold Stories
- Planting the Rainbow Flag
- 365 Allyship
- Ebonee Bell Contact Info
- Sarah Stern Resource List
Photos