GSA Conference

Welcome To The GSA Conference

Each Fall, youth and adults from across the state are invited to the GSA Conference to connect, build solidarity, and take their collective leadership to the next level! Take your GSA to the next level, learn strategies for sharing power through deep listening and community care, and make actionable plans for work in GSAs, communities, and beyond!

Something For Everybody

This event provides a space for adult advisors and student leaders to strategize in an intentional - and obvs fun - way to ensure the coming school year is a smashing success. The annual GSA Conference offers lots of ways to connect, skill up and engage, such as:

• Advisor track: Space for GSA advisors to build their skills and connect with a statewide peer support system. Get the resources and support you need to level up your GSA!

• Workshops for youth: Learn from community partners, outright staff, and youth organizers how you can organize effectively, build solidarity, and strengthen your leadership, your GSA, and your whole community!

• Regional Lunch: Connect and build solidarity with queer and allied youth at different schools in your region.

• Racial caucus groups: Explore identity and justice while generating priorities for statewide change.

• Food and fun: All attendees will enjoy a delicious free breakfast and lunch and have lots of time to connect and have fun!

In a rural state, isolation can run deep, separating youth from each other while restricting their access to information and resources. It’s difficult to make change alone. Outright holds statewide events like the GSA Conference to ensure youth across the state know they are not alone. In schools across the state, youth and adults in Gender and Sexuality Alliances (GSAs) are educating their communities, advocating for change, and creating space for connection and queer joy!

Questions

Noa Isabella
GSA Network Coordinator
noa@outrightvt.org