The LGBT Center of Central PA, Planned Parenthood Keystone, and Dickinson College are pleased to present the 9th Annual GSA Leadership Summit. This Summit is an opportunity for students and professionals to meet, network and participate in workshops designed to help everyone better understand and advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, queer, intersex, and asexual youth and their allies in central Pennsylvania and beyond.
The GSA Leadership Summit is the only event of its kind in central PA, where LGBTQQIA students and professional allies have day-long safe spaces to network, learn new skills, and work toward making central PA a more welcoming place for all people.
The Summit has different programming for high school and college audiences. Programming for college students and staff is taking place on Saturday, April 2, 2016.
(If you are a high school student/group looking to register for Thursday, March 31 or Friday, April 1, visit
http://goo.gl/forms/LjTFuvjGuj. Each day will have a cap of 250 participants, and your group may choose either day until one is full. Space is available on a first-come, first-serve basis.)
Register below by Friday, March 18, 2016 for the early-bird registration rate of $10/student or $40/professional. (After that date, registration increases by $5/attendee.) Registration includes lunch and participation in all Summit sessions, including opening session, keynote address, workshops, and closing session. More detail on workshops can be found here:
http://www.centralpalgbtcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016-GSA-Summit-Schedule-and-Workshops-College1.pdfFEATURING KEYNOTE SPEAKER KAY ULANDAY BARRETT
A PBS News Hour featured poet, Campus Pride Hot List artist, Trans Justice Funding Project Panelist, and Trans 100 Honoree, Kay Ulanday Barrett is a poet, performer, and educator, navigating life as a disabled pin@y-amerikan transgender queer in the U.S. with struggle, resistance, and laughter.
Kay has featured on colleges & stages globally; Princeton University, UPenn, UC Berkeley, Musee Pour Rire in Montreal, and The Chicago Historical Society. Kay’s bold work continues to excite and challenge audiences. A seasoned speaker, Kay has offered workshops, presented keynotes, and contributed to panels with various social justice communities. Kay’s ideas have featured in Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, KPFA Radio, and WBAI Radio. Kay has contributed work to Poor Magazine, Kicked Out Anthology, Trans Bodies/Trans Selves, Windy City Queer: Dispatches from the Third Coast, Make/Shift, Filipino American Psychology, Asian Americans For Progress, The Advocate, Fusion.net, Medium.com, Curve Magazine, and Bitch Magazine. Kay turns art into action and is dedicated to remixing recipes.
See their online wobble on social media as brownroundboi and on their website,
kaybarrett.net.