Defending Childhood in partnership with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and Futures Without Violence are hosting a free webinar.
In this workshop, participants will explore the identities and experiences of LGBTQ+ youth who face a variety of structural and interpersonal traumas. We will provide a brief overview of LGBTQ+ youth inequities, and explore the challenges of domestic violence in LGBTQ+ communities along with its impact on youth. We will conclude by sharing the benefits of trauma-informed care for LGBTQ+ youth and share approaches that can be used in participants’ daily programming and care efforts.
After this training, participants will be better able to:
- To increase knowledge of LGBTQ youth identities and structural realities
- To share perspective on unique challenges of domestic violence in LGBTQ communities
- To address the impact of domestic violence on children and youth
- To introduce a trauma informed care approach for supporting LGBTQ youth
Registration Link:
http://futureswithoutviolence.
Presenters:
- Martel Okonji, Youth Development Coordinator, Children, Youth & Family Services, Los Angeles LGBT Center
- Devika Shankar, Program Coordinator, Family Violence Intervention Services, Los Angeles LGBT Center
- Krystal Torres-Covarrubias, OUT for Safe Schools™ Coordinator, Public Policy, Los Angeles LGBT Center
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