Join us for our regular monthly meeting welcoming the entire spectrum of LGBTQ+ community, friends, families, and allies for support and education. Our regular support group will follow the education portion.
Our PFLAG general support meetings will be held both in person and via Zoom. Please note: all persons who wish to attend our in person meetings must be Fully Vaccinated against Covid-19.
Virtual meeting attendees still require RSVP. If you are new to Zoom, CLICK HERE to get set-up.
Please RSVP to rsvp@pflagmanhattanbeach.org
EDUCATION PORTION:
Youth Resources at the Los Angeles LGBT Center
with Kevin McCloskey (He/Him/His)
ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION:
Kevin has been with the Los Angeles LGBT Center for over 9 years and will share about his experiences working with youth, ages 24 and under. Kevin will share about the resources for youth offered by the Center, and resources offered by many partner organizations. In particular, Kevin will share about the LifeWorks Mentoring Program, the CAN School-based Program, Models of Pride, HopeLab’s “Imi” tool and Centerlink’s “Q Chat Space” for youth.
ABOUT OUR PRESENTER:
Kevin McCloskey has 25 years working in non-profit organizations focused on the development of communities, youth and families. Kevin started a non-profit organization in a diverse, low income community of San Diego focused on community organizing, helped launch a Creative Arts Academy for children and youth outside of Los Angeles and was on the launch team of Brave Trails, the first LGBTQ Youth summer camp in Southern California. He also has had the unique experience of working with many faith-based organizations, experiencing firsthand the intolerance and homophobia found in many faith communities. Currently, Kevin is the Director of Community-based Programs, Children, Youth and Family Services at the Los Angeles LGBT Center. He oversees the Education, Youth Development and Mentoring program, has launched a new “Host Homes” program to address LGBTQ youth homelessness, works with the RISE and Connect LA teams and oversees the team which produces “Models of Pride”, the largest, free LGBTQ youth conference in the world.
A NOTE ABOUT VIRTUAL MEETINGS:
We will be utilizing Zoom features that provide the highest level of safety and confidentiality possible. Zoom is free to you and you need not have an account to join us. If you are new to Zoom, you can follow the links [here] for brief tutorials on all you need to know to sign on to a Zoom meeting with us. We ask that each of you that would like to participate in the on-line support, contact us in advance by email at rsvp@pflagmanhattanbeach.org to RSVP for the meeting. We will cut off RSVPs at 5 p.m. on the day of the meeting. All participants will receive a follow-up email with the link to the Zoom call and a password. For confidentiality’s sake, please do not forward these to another participant — they are welcome to contact us directly to receive the link.
We ask that youth who may want to join for our support groups to please be joined by a parent. Some heavy emotions can emerge in the course of our sessions and having a parent on-hand helps to ensure that the needs of any youth on the call are met.
There are some benefits to utilizing new tools like Zoom. We recognize that our typical evening support group meetings are not feasible for everyone due to work, family or other demands. If there is a need, we would like to offer an additional support group Zoom conference call sometime during the daytime hours. If you are interested in a daytime support group, email us at info@pflagmanhattanbeach.org and let us know what times might be more workable for you.
If you need more personalized assistance and support, we remain here for you. Email us confidentially and we will work with you to identify the best member of our team to assist with your individual needs.