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GREEN CHIMNEYS, SCO FAMILY OF SERVICES LAUNCH NEW APPROACH TO WORK WITH FAMILIES OF LGBTQ YOUTH; EVENT AT LGBT CENTER JANUARY 10
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MEDIA ADVISORY FOR JAN. 10, 2012
CONTACT: Cathy Renna, 917-757-6123, cathy@rennacommunications.com
GREEN CHIMNEYS, SCO FAMILY OF SERVICES LAUNCH NEW APPROACH TO WORK WITH FAMILIES OF LGBTQ YOUTH; EVENT AT LGBT CENTER JANUARY 10
WHAT: On the evening of Tuesday, January 10, New York’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Community Center will host an event titled Families: The Missing Link in Reducing Risk & Promoting Well-Being of LGBT Youth. This event, convened by Green Chimneys and SCO, will be a community forum on a groundbreaking new approach to working with families of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth to solve the tragic problem of family rejection of these youth that results in homelessness, family disruption and serious related health and mental health problems.
The forum will feature Dr. Caitlin Ryan of San Francisco State University. Dr. Ryan’s Family Acceptance Project, whose research forms the basis of the new program, has conducted research linking family rejection with a variety of serious health risks including depression, suicide, illegal drug use and HIV infection. This forum aims to create a community dialogue about the shift in serving LGBTQ youth in isolation from their families and beginning to engage families as a potential resource and source of support.
Dr. Ryan’s new work shows that serving LGBTQ youth in the context of their families and reframing our approach to promote family acceptance is crucial to preventing homelessness and fostering the well-being of LGBTQ youth and to ensuring their futures. This forum will: discuss this exciting new culturally grounded approach; provide an opportunity to learn how Dr. Ryan is applying her research to help ethnically and religiously diverse families support their LGBT children and why it is a vital community-level approach; and provide information on the new Green Chimneys/SCO community initiative to increase family support for LGBTQ youth in New York City.
“The final report of the NYC Mayor’s Commission on LGBTQ runaway/homeless youth included a recommendation to launch a pilot intervention project to address rejection of LGBTQ by their families,” said Theresa Nolan, Director, NYC Division/LGBTQ Youth Programs for Green Chimneys. “Based on the findings of the Family Acceptance Project, which clearly show the benefits of increasing family acceptance, Green Chimneys and SCO Family of Services developed our family therapy project and we are bringing Dr. Ryan to NYC for this forum to inform and engage our providers and advocates in a community response to the negative effects of family rejection,” concluded Nolan.
WHEN/WHERE:
January 10, 2012
6 PM – 8 PM
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Community Center
208 W 13th St.
WHO:
Caitlin Ryan, PhD, ACSW is a clinical social worker who has worked on health and mental health issues for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people since the 1970s. She directs the Family Acceptance Project at San Francisco State University, a research, intervention, education, and policy initiative to help ethnically and religiously diverse families support their LGBT children.
Dr. Ryan and her team are developing a new evidence-based family support model to reduce health and mental health risks and promote well-being for LGBT children and adolescents. Her work has been recognized by many groups, including the National Association of Social Workers, which named her “Social Worker of the Year” in 1988 for her contributions during the AIDS epidemic, and the American Psychological Association, Division 44, which gave her the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award in 2009 for groundbreaking research on LGBT youth and families. She is collaborating with agencies, organizations, providers, and advocates to develop an international movement of family acceptance to promote wellness and healthy futures for LGBT children, youth, and young adults.
This event is being sponsored by The Palette Fund. A list of additional co-sponsors will be released closer to the event.
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WHITE HOUSE PARTNERS WITH RUTH ELLIS CENTER TO HOST LGBT CONFERENCE ON HOUSING & HOMELESSNESS IN DETROIT
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CONTACT:
For inquiries about the Ruth Ellis Center, contact: Cathy Renna, cathy@rennacommunications.com, 917-757-6123.
For inquiries relating to HUD, contact: Charmion N. Kinder, charmion.n.kinder@hud.gov, 202-708-0980
Highland Park, MI – February 21, 2012 – The Ruth Ellis Center – the Midwest’s only organization, and one of four in the nation, solely dedicated to serving runaway, homeless and at-risk lesbian, gay, bi-attractional, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth – will partner with the White House and the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) to hold an LGBT Conference on Housing & Homelessness in Detroit on March 9. The conference, to be held at Wayne State University from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM, will feature remarks by HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan. Additional presenters include HUD Assistant Secretaries John Trasviña, Raphael Bostic, and Mercedes Marquez, as well as Bryan Samuels, Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth, & Families at the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).
IN THE LIFE INVESTIGATES LAWS CRIMINALIZING HIV AND AIDS: A Special Report On Positive Women Stigmatized & Prosecuted
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Contact: Eleanor Moonier
212-255-6012 ×321
emoonier@itlmedia.org
IN THE LIFE INVESTIGATES LAWS CRIMINALIZING HIV AND AIDS:
A Special Report On Positive Women Stigmatized & Prosecuted
February 1, 2012 – Tonight, public television stations across the country will begin airing Perpetuating Stigma, an episode from the award-winning documentary series IN THE LIFE. This special report investigates the injustices that arise when a person’s HIV status becomes a crime, with a focus on how women have been stigmatized and prosecuted under these laws.
ALI FORNEY CENTER DIRECTOR REACTS TO NEW NYS BUDGET
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CONTACT: Cathy Renna, 917-757-6123, cathy@rennacommunications.com
ALI FORNEY CENTER DIRECTOR REACTS TO NEW NYS BUDGET
The following statement, released in response to the budget for New York submitted by Gov. Cuomo today, can be attributed to Carl Siciliano, Executive Director of the Ali Forney Center:
“Governor Cuomo’s budget proposal is bad news for the 1600 homeless LGBT youth stranded on the streets of New York each night without access to a shelter bed. These youth, who suffer horribly and whose lives are in danger, deserve the attention and concern of their governor no less than the other members of our community. With marriage equality expected to bring in over 100 million dollars in additional economic activity and tax revenue for the state, the LGBT community has a moral obligation to demand that our tax dollars protect the most vulnerable and desperate members of our community.”
GREEN CHIMNEYS, SCO FAMILY OF SERVICES LAUNCH NEW APPROACH TO WORK WITH FAMILIES OF LGBTQ YOUTH; EVENT AT LGBT CENTER JANUARY 10
If you would like more information or to RSVP as media, please contact cathy@rennacommunications.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR JAN. 10, 2012
CONTACT: Cathy Renna, 917-757-6123, cathy@rennacommunications.com
GREEN CHIMNEYS, SCO FAMILY OF SERVICES LAUNCH NEW APPROACH TO WORK WITH FAMILIES OF LGBTQ YOUTH; EVENT AT LGBT CENTER JANUARY 10
WHAT: On the evening of Tuesday, January 10, New York’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Community Center will host an event titled Families: The Missing Link in Reducing Risk & Promoting Well-Being of LGBT Youth. This event, convened by Green Chimneys and SCO, will be a community forum on a groundbreaking new approach to working with families of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth to solve the tragic problem of family rejection of these youth that results in homelessness, family disruption and serious related health and mental health problems.
IN THE LIFE WELCOMES THE NEW YEAR WITH FIRST CLASS CITIZENS:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Chuy Sánchez
212-255-6012 ×307
csanchez@itlmedia.org
IN THE LIFE WELCOMES THE NEW YEAR WITH FIRST CLASS CITIZENS:
Honoring the groundbreaking work of LGBT & ally pioneers
January 3, 2012 – Tonight, public television stations across the country will begin airing First Class Citizens, an episode of the award-winning documentary series IN THE LIFE honoring the groundbreaking work of pioneers in the pursuit of LGBT civil rights. As the United States remembers Martin Luther King’s vision of equality and the African American civil rights movement, IN THE LIFE looks back at inspiring portraits of LGBT people and allies who stood up, spoke out and made a difference in the fight for full LGBT equality.
