April 2, 2012 OUTreach News!
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| Wednesday and Thursday OUTreach
3:00-7:30 for ages 14-23
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There's always lots of fun activities and programs to choose from at OUTreach! This week, we feature:
Amir Jackson: Special Guest Speaker, 6:00
Amir is a poet and songwriter who is also the founding director of Nurture the Creative Mind Foundation. Amir and his team teach poetry and creative writing to school children and youth, with the special purpose of "academics partnering with creative expression as well as character development in an effort to create multidimensional youth who celebrate diversity while promoting unity, dignity, self-value and universal appreciation."
Plus, he is really cool! Read more about Amir
Teen Health and Leadership Class
Wednesdays, 4:30-5:30.
This week the focus shifts from health education to leadership development!
Heather Ambrose, PhD, LMFT, LPC is an amazing therapist who volunteers her time counseling youth, adults and families at OUTreach.
Want to learn more? Stop by and chat with Dr. Ambrose on Wednesdays!
Movie of the week:
Johnny English, Reborn!
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OUTreach Move UPDATE
| | | And then there were three! The OUTreach site committee is negotiating the best financial terms before the Board of Directors makes its final decision. What are the final three spaces like? They are all in downtown Ogden, the smallest is three times the current size of OUTreach (!), and two of the three feature room for outdoors activities - think basketball, community garden, barbecues and al fresco coffee and conversation. We are excited, and soon we will need your help in moving! We'll keep you posted in these newsletters and on our facebook page. |
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OUTREACH LGBT and Allies Summit
Speaker Line Up!
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OUTreach will sponsor its first annual youth summit to be held July 27 and 28 at Weber State University. This summit is the first of its kind in northern Utah, with three tracks of speakers and workshops:
- By and for LGBT and allied youth
- For parents and supportive adults
- For professionals (including school teachers, administrators and counselors; mental health and other supportive professionals)
Our theme is building bridges and supporting youth through:
- Youth leadership and self expression
- Strengthening families
- Preventing homelessness, suicide and risky behaviors
- Providing options for youth experiencing homelessness
- Better health, wellness, educational and professional options for youth
Featured speakers and workshops confirmed to date:
Don't miss it, July 27th and 28th at Weber State University. We are excited to report that Continuing Education Credits will be available for professionals attending the summit! |
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Last Week: LGBT and Allies Survey!
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We need your help!
Please spend 10 minutes of your time filling out an anonymous online survey that will help OUTreach design the very best programming and activities as we move into our new, expanded Center!
The Northern Utah LGBT Needs Assessment will also help publicize the unique challenges and opportunities of being LGBT and allied in Northern Utah. Please take the survey and share widely - the more responses we have, the more accurate the results will be. AND you might win a $50 gift card or some movie passes!
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Upcoming Events - mark your calendar!
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Amir A.H. Jackson
Nurture the Creative Mind Foundation, Founder/Director
In his words, "It is my belief that we as people have more similarities between one another than differences and that basic fundamental disagreement and appreciation can co-exist. It is also my belief that the whole is greater and stronger than its individual parts. The Nurture the Creative Mind Foundation's programs teach these ideas using poetry and music as the means, once learned I am confident that the students are better for it."
April 11
Ryan Coombe:
The political process and why every vote matters
April 18
GSA Regional Network Meeting 4:00-5:00
April 20 Day of Silence
April 23
Homeless Veterans Stand Down;
SOULFORCE! Meet the Equality Riders
7:00 Ogden Library, Main Branch
with our friends from PFLAG
April 25
Gardening, anyone? Ogden Junior League incoming president Shalae Larson will tell us about Oasis and the other neat things the Junior League is up to!
May 2 ACLU Awards Dinner
Celebrating Lincoln Parkin, 2012 Student Activist Scholar!
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Free classes for OUTreach youth and adults!
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Our friends at Bright Blessings are offering FREE classes in beginning belly dancing on Saturdays at 4:00! Or join them for discounted kung fu classes - half price on Fridays for OUTreach friends! And yoga classes are free for the first five OUTreach youth and adults who reserve space before each class Thursdays (6:00 and 7:30) and Sundays (10:00 and 11:30). Simply reserve your spot through the Bright Blessings facebook page.
Bright Blessings is located at 107 25th Street in Ogden. Just say you are with OUTreach, and have fun!
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