2020 Virtual Youth Summit

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Opening Ceremonies premiered at 4pm on Sunday, April 5th!

Sunday, April 5

4:30pm

Sponsored by Southwest Minnesota State University

Sunday, April 5

5:30pm 

Sunday, April 5

5:30pm 

Sunday, April 5

7:30pm 

Sponsored by Southwest Minnesota State University

Monday, April 6

4:00pm 

Led by Family Tree Clinic

Has your experience with sex ed left something to be desired? Educators from Family Tree Clinic are here for you! We'll answer your questions and facilitate a conversation about healthy sexuality, relationships, identity, coming out, transition, & more!  

Monday, April 6

4:00pm 

Led by OutFront Minnesota's Youth Leadership Council and Staff Member Nicky & Shift MN

Aimed at promoting healthy coping mechanisms and self care, this workshop will utilize reflection and guided discussion to help queer and trans youth adjust to our rapidly changing environment in healthy and thoughtful ways. Focus points are chemical health and coping, self care, and the intersection between identity and mental health.

Sponsored by Education Minnesota.

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Monday, April 6

4:00pm

Led by RECLAIM Youth

Learn how to come alongside others in solidarity and supportive allyship, to develop a thriving diverse community that grows in power through knowing how to be allies to each other.

Monday, April 6

5:15pm

Led by OutFront Minnesota Staff Members Jesus and Skye

We'll be delving deep into how to organize in the virtual world, our relationship to power, and how your stories have the ability to move folx to a more inclusive and welcoming Minnesota.

Sponsored by Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota Action Fund.

Monday, April 6

5:15pm

Led by City of Minneapolis Staff Members Track and Mariah

Connect with the staff leading trans equity work for the City of Minneapolis. We’ll talk about how we’ve seen change happen, what it’s like being a young trans person working in government, what you want to see your local government doing – and how you can make it happen!

Monday, April 6

8:00pm

Led by OutFront Minnesota's Youth Leadership Council

At this workshop you'll learn about pagan deities who are also queer. Plus, tips on identity reaffirming practices.

Sponsored by Minnesota State University Moorhead.

Monday, April 6

8:00pm

Led by OutFront Minnesota's Youth Leadership Council

Learn about American queer history starting in the 1800s up until the present day!

Sponsored by the Women's Foundation of Minnesota.

Tuesday, April 7

4:00pm

Led by OutFront Minnesota's Youth Leadership Council

This casual, discussion-based workshop provides life hacks, advice, and support for transmasculine and questioning youth, led by two other transmasculine folks. In this workshop, you are encouraged to share your own experiences and life hacks that you've found useful. Possible discussion topics include things such as bathrooms, clothes, dysphoria, coming out, and any other strategies for communicating your identity in social situations and for happily existing in the world as a transmasculine person in general.

Sponsored by Gustavus Adolphus College.

Tuesday, April 7

4:00pm

Led by RECLAIM Youth

Facilitated by queer and trans peer educators of color, for QTPOC audiences, this presentation explores the QTPOC experience and provides tools for how to keep you and your community in healthy relationships.

Tuesday, April 7

5:15pm

Led by OutFront Minnesota's Youth Leadership Council

An overview and short history of LGBTQ+ representation in pop culture. And for content creators/writers, the do’s and don’ts for making LGBTQ+ characters.

Tuesday, April 7

5:15pm

Led by RECLAIM Youth

Consent? Boundaries? Non Newtonian substances? In this workshop, you'll have an embodied experience of consent and learn how to keep you and your community in healthy relationships.

Check out this Resource Guide with Information About: 

• Orientation & Identity
• Coming Out
• Sexual Health
• Healthy Relationships
• Crisis & Anti-violence
• LGBTQ+ Intersectionality
• Being an Ally/Advocate
• Finding Community
• LGBTQ+ Inclusive Education

OutFront Minnesota has compiled this list of organizations and resources that work to address many of the challenges caused by COVID-19. 

If you would like to speak with a trained LGBTQ+ Anti-Violence Program advocate at OutFront Minnesota, please call us at 612.822.0127 option 3.

The helpline will be answered during the hours of the Virtual Youth Summit from 4pm - 9pm on Sunday, April 5th through Tuesday, April 7th.

The regular hours for the helpline are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m, with extended hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Learn about educational opportunities, social services, and other exciting ways for LGBTQ+ and allied youth like you to get involved. Connect with more than 50 organizations, colleges, and businesses that want to hear from you!

The purpose of the OutFront Minnesota College Scholarship Fund is to provide financial assistance to graduating high school students and/or current college students who work toward LGBTQ+ equity and plan on attending an institution of higher learning. This $12,000 scholarship will equal $3,000 per annum paid out over four years.

An online platform by and for LGBTQ+ youth in Minnesota, led by OutFront MN’s Youth Leadership Council