2014 WERQ Youth & Young Adult Summer Institute

July 8, 2014, 3:00pm

Washington Hall

PLEASE FORWARD TO OTHERS! WERQ IT FOR THE SUMMER OF 2014!!!!!! Applications Due by Monday, June 30, 2014 WORK! ECONOMICS! RESOURCES! & QUEER (werQ) youth & young adults Brought to you by: LGBTQ Allyship, Green Bodies, & APIChaya STEPS TO APPLY 1. Fill out and turn in application (call for drop off or mail): Monday, June 30, 2014 2. Call 206-353-3747 to learn more about program(s) 3. We will contact you by Friday, July 4, 2014 with final logistics (for adult volunteers, we will call you for interviews). 4. If you need assistance and/or support filling out application and would like to give verbal responses, please call (425) 224-6511. If you don’t feel comfortable giving out personal information, please contact us to fill out application in another way. 5. Optional – Attend informational Session (Learn more about program & fill out & turn in application on site) --TBD INFORMATION: We invite you to come WERQ it with us as participants and adult volunteers for a new annual organizing summer institute at the Work, Economic, Resources, and Queer (WERQ) Youth & Young Adult Summer Institute which is an eight (8) week summer program on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3-5pm at the historic Washington Hall (153 14th Avenue. TIMELINE • Start Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2014 • End Date: Thursday, August 28, 2041 • Tuesdays, 3:00pm – 5:00pm – educational workshops • Thursdays, 3:00pm-5:00pm – multi-media, art, teaching artists, & guest speakers • @ Washington Hall (153 14th Avenue) in the Central District • optional dates for field trips to events Come learn about how to WERQ through • Civic Engagement and Organizing • Build and Share life skills and resilience • Learn about healthy relationships and communities • Alternative Histories of LGBTQ resistance and power • Utilize art that centers on LGBTQ folks from the margins like HipHop, vogue, fashion, posing, sassiness and more. HOW DO YOU WERQ IT? • YOU are interested in Social Justice & Economic Justice • YOU are interested in Organizing and building skills to forward your ideas • YOU are interested in queer-centered ART and art making • YOU are interested in learning about alternative and marginalized queer history • YOU like snacks and story sharing and connecting with others • YOU are interested in Life Skills, Job Skills, and • YOU are interested in being your whole self!!! WHO CAN APPLY? Anyone who self identifies as a youth and/or young adult who supports a vision for LGBTQ education, art, liberation, and justice. The program is LGBTQ-centered, but you do not have to identify as such to participate. Questioning, Allies, and Friends are encouraged to apply. FOR MORE INFORMATION & for an application CONTACT LILS OR LULU: LILS @ APICHAYA (206) 467-9976 / FUJIKAWA@APICHAYA.ORG LULU @ GREEN BODIES (425) 224-6511 OR LULU@ALLYSHIP.ORG