As a result of the Coronavirus Stay At Home Order, we will now be holding virtual PFLAG meetings supported by an easy-to-use online meeting tool called Zoom. CLICK HERE to get set-up with Zoom.
Join us for our regular monthly meeting welcoming the entire spectrum of the LGBTQ+ community, friends, families and allies for support and education. Our regular support group will follow the education portion.
Please RSVP to info@pflagmanhattanbeach.org
EDUCATION PORTION:
El Camino College LGBTQIA+ Safe Zone Project Initiative: Working Together Towards Justice for All with Salvador Navarro
Join us as Salvador discusses the initiative on campus at El Camino College as it relates to addressing the needs of the queer students on campus and everyone who supports them or wants to learn more about them. He will touch on the importance of all communities coming together in order to seek justice for this individuals and all human beings as what happens to one group will inevitably impact another one.
About this evening's presenter:
Salvador Navarro identifies as a gay male and utilizes he, him, his gender pronouns. He is the second oldest sibling of 3 sisters. He was born in Guadalajara, Mexico and immigrated to this country at the early age of 12. He is a first-generation college student and remains the first in his family to obtain a higher education degree. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Communication from the University of Southern California. He also holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from the California State University of Long Beach, where he continued to learn the importance of healing, human connection, and viewing one another as one. For the past 11+ years, he has worked in the field of television media, human services, and higher education. Today, he devotes his time to being a Community College Counselor at El Camino College (ECC) where he has the opportunity to work with a diverse student population in guiding them in finding their life’s purpose. Additionally, he is the Chair Committee for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Ally (LGBTQIA+) Safe Zone Project Initiative at his campus. This effort aims to raise the voice and visibility of queer students of color, while also inviting the ECC and South Bay community to engage in bringing justice to these loving individuals. In his capacity as writer and public speaker, he has been featured in publications like the HuffPost and interviewed for the top Spanish speaking network Univision for his work in this community. Through his work, he hopes to inspire and empower individuals to become active agents of change in their own lives and very importantly in the lives of others as well. During his spare time, he enjoys traveling, spending time with family and friends, working out, reading self-help books, and creating new opportunities that can shed light to 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 info@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 recognize that youth may be interested in the educational part of this meeting and they are welcome to join us. As usual, we ask that youth who may want to stick around for our support groups 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.