Living Intersectionally: Creating belonging for the AAPI + LGBTQ+ community

In collaboration with our partners at NQAPIA and NCAPA, NEA is proud to host the webinar: Living Intersectionally: Creating Belonging for the AAPI + LGBTQ+ community

Wednesday, May 17, 7-8 PM ET

Moderator: Hilario Benzon, NEA Associate Director, Human and Civil Rights Department

Panelists:

Sam Long, NEA Science teacher in Denver, Colorado and recipient of the NEA HCR 2021 Virginia Uribe Memorial Award
Nicholas Turton, The Trevor Project
Inoke Tonga, activist, former volleyball coach/teacher
Josef Canaria, Board member, Act to Change
Aruna Rao, Founder of of Desi Rainbow Parents and Allies

With NEA’s Associate Director of the Human and Civil Rights Department Hilario Benzon moderating, participants will hear from panelists to learn about creating spaces of belonging for the AAPI + LGBTQ+ community. Panelists include NEA HCR 2021 Virginia Uribe Memorial Award winner Sam Long, Nicholas Turton from The Trevor Project to speak on AAPI LGBTQ youth and mental health, Inoke Tonga, an activist and former volleyball coach/teacher who was fired for being 'out' in Colorado, and Josef Canaria, Act to Change board member, speaking on anti-bullying support for API youth.