Description

Creating an environment where all people are respected, validated, and heard, regardless of their gender identity or sexuality is essential to ensuring people feel welcomed. In this training, we will learn exactly how to create a welcoming environment by reviewing terminology around what it means to be LGBTQ+ and best practices for LGBTQ+ inclusion. Each participant will walk away with tangible action items for how to make the spaces they occupy every day more welcoming and inclusive of all people.

Key Takeaways: 

• Clarify LGBTQ+ Terminology
  Understand key terms and identities within the LGBTQ+ acronym.
• Adopt Best Practices for Inclusivity
  Learn actionable strategies to create welcoming and affirming environments.
• Implement Practical Actions
  Develop concrete steps to enhance inclusivity in your everyday spaces.

Meet our Speaker:

Hira Ismail, Training & Digital Program Specialist, one•n•ten

Hira Ismail (she/her) works as the community Training and Digital Program Specialist and Mesa Satellite Coordinator at one•n•ten, an LGBTQ+ youth-serving nonprofit. She runs programs with youth ages 11-24 focusing on creative and performing arts, wellness, and social-justice. She also runs LGBTQ+ Inclusivity trainings for local nonprofits, businesses, and government. She holds a Bachelor's degree in English and a Master's in Nonprofit Leadership and Management. She has spent her career making theatre and teaching youth, largely in performing arts and recently in a Montessori setting. In the theatre, she has performed, written, directed. She believes in the healing effects of community and is very passionate about helping communities increase their sensitivity to people of all different identities.