Creating Affirming Spaces for LGBTQ Youth; Embracing Identity and Prioritizing Mental Wellness
Join us for a presentation on supporting and empowering LGBTQIA+ youth through a compassionate, three-step approach: listening, validating, and trusting their experiences. In this session, we will explore how these principles can help mentors, parents, mental health professionals, and educators create safer, more affirming environments for queer and trans young people. You’ll walk away with a practical toolbox of strategies to strengthen your allyship and a deeper understanding of how to show up authentically and effectively for LGBTQ+ youth.
The presentation will be followed by discussion groups and Q&A. Lunch will be provided.
About our speaker:
Levin Fetzer (they/them) is a passionate expert in mental wellness and LGBTQ+ advocacy. Mental wellness has always informed the work that they do; with their own lived experience managing their mental health, Levin has learned that in order to fully connect to one’s community, one must be fully connected to themselves first. Levin’s own lived experiences as a trans, genderfluid, and queer individual informs all the work that they do. They are incredibly passionate about serving the LGBTQ+ community in Santa Barbara, focusing especially on serving LGBTQ+ youth and families.
Event Location
Fusion Academy Santa Barbara
500 State Street, ste 200, Santa Barbara, 93101
