At Outright, we deeply believe it’s possible to create a world where LGBTQ+ youth have boundless possibilities for joy, and all people know liberation. Working alongside youth and our community of supporters, we’re ALL IN on our mission to build a Vermont where all LGBTQ+ youth have hope, equity, and power!
Our vision is bold, and achievable. By aligning our efforts with our community’s needs and staying true to our Guiding Principles and Queer Ethic, our 2025-2030 Strategic Plan is not just a roadmap—it’s a shared commitment.
To be a part of our mission, you can:
1. Sign up to receive our emails about important news, events, and opportunities to connect and find your people!
2. Volunteer to support LGBTQ+ and allied youth as a volunteer who supports our programs or things we need to get done in the office.
3. Make a donation today to help make the magic happen!
4. And of course, be sure to follow us on social media.
Objectives:
Recruit, develop, and retain a diverse and representative team of staff aligned with our values. Develop a 2-3 year hiring plan moving forward.
Bolster sound and transparent financial management by building secure and reliable systems to meet our mission.
Recruit, develop, and retain a diverse, representative, and engaged base of program and general volunteers who show up in support of LGBTQ+ youth.
Assess and implement organization-wide governance and infrastructure that most align with our strategic goals.
Ensure robust youth engagement throughout Camp Sunrise development.
Align organizational program strategies with youth priorities.
Create and apply an organization-wide plan for emergence; practice and iterate the emergence plan in subsequent years.
Use 3 years of comparable data to assess impact of youth, family, and transforming programs by September 2025. Make a programmatic plan for all programs by the end of 2025.
Create an interdisciplinary working group that will establish a plan.
Create pathways for youth-informed and youth-led resource allocation to implement in 2026.
Implement identified strategies and periodically evaluate their impact and efficacy.
Determine the scope of programmatic priorities on local, state, regional, and national levels.
Build intentional partnerships in the context of Outright's changing relationship with power and privilege (positionality).
Intentionally share resources with movement partners that we hold deep collaboration with and seek opportunities to expand our partnerships.
With partners, drive policy change, elevate best practices, and support legislation that build hope, equity, and power for all youth.
Are you ready to spread queer joy, spark powerful conversations, and hand out lots and lots of stickers and bubbles? Join our The Queer Cheer PRIDE Crew: Outright's fabulous crew of volunteers bringing love, info, and fun to Pride festivals across Vermont this June!
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