Thank you to Nat Duran, PHIMC’s youth engagement manager for Illinois Safe Schools Alliance, for ongoing leadership around what it means to be an ally to LGBTQ+ young people.

“As the pandemic processes, numerous LGBT youth might be finding themselves without the support systems they generally rely upon, whether those might be friends, school personnel or community organizations, noted Nat Duran, youth engagement manager for Illinois Safe Schools Alliance.

“They further explained that youth are currently facing ‘unparalleled questions,’ and that adults need to both model self-care and give as many visual indications as possible of their support.”

Read the full article here:
Town hall addresses youths’ needs during pandemic,
by Matt Simonette, Windy City Times, 5/04/2020


To learn more about our Illinois Safe Schools Alliance work to support LGBTQ students through school policy, youth action, and professional development for school staff, click here.