PTHC: Philly Trans Health Conference

Here we are in Philly surveying Trans Youth about what they need and want.  What are the obstacles we could address in the Peer 2 Peer Mentor Program we are developing?

To take the survey, please click here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dE80ZWg1NnVKYXJ5UkUybTVtODN6TUE6MQ

May 31st - June 2nd, 2012 find us in the West Concourse of the Philadelphia Convention Center, table 39.5.

[Edit: The survey is now closed. Our intern will be analyzing the data and report back the findings in the future!]

Widening L e a d e r s h i p

This Summer, ITL is adding to our skills and perspective with an Advisory Committee.  Over the next 2 months, we will be welcoming our new members by way of short biographies here on the Blog.  Below is our 1st member:

Adil Mansoor is an artist, activist, and educator originally from Chicago, IL.    Since moving to Pittsburgh in 2010, he has worked with the MGR Foundation, Gateway to the Arts, and the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater as a teaching artist.  Currently, he is an artist educator with The Andy Warhol Museum developing and facilitating a new arts-based teen dialogue program, Dine and Discuss.  He also serves as the stage director and student mentor for Dreams of Hope, a queer teen performance group.  He is a founding artistic associate with Chicago based FYI (For Youth Inquiry), a performing health collective creating participatory theatre engaging young people in conversations about sexual health and sexual violence.  Adil hold a Bachelors of Science in Education and Social Policy and a Bachelor of Arts in Drama from Northwestern University. 

Welcome Adil.