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Project Q
Project Q is the “for youth, by youth” youth development program of the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center. The program serves lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and allied (LGBTQA) youth ages 12 to 24 in the greater Milwaukee area. The program provides opportunities for the development and leadership of these youth in a safe, accessible space.
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PROGRAMMING
Project Q serves over 750 unduplicated youth annually, approximately 100 of those youth receive extensive case management services where staff meet one-on-one with youth to assist them with life problems. Project Q also provides weekly programming Tuesday through Friday with Mondays focused on training and case management.
Tuesday and Friday are “drop-in” days when youth listen to music, work on computers, and socialize in between structured education on subjects from HIV to cooking. Every Wednesday, the program offers a video club that presents a film after which youth discuss the messages conveyed.
Thursdays are population-specific subject nights when youth engage in a guided discussion about issues that affect people of color, young men, young women, or transgender/gender non-conforming youth.
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COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS
Project Q works collaboratively with these local organizations:
Affirmations – Ferndale, MI
Alliance High School & Milwaukee Public Schools
American Lung Association – FACT
Association for the Rights of Citizens with Handicaps
Children’s Outing Association
Children’s Service Society of WI
City of Milwaukee Health Department – Milwaukee AIDS Initiative
Community Advocates – Brighter Futures
Department of Public Instruction
Diverse and Resilient, Inc.
FORGE
Gender Spark! Detroit, MI
GenderPAC, Washington DC
GSA for Safe Schools
Hillside Family Resource Center
InHealth
Lad Lake, Inc.
Liberty Hill – Queer Youth Fund, Los Angeles
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COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS CONTINUED
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee Police Department
Mount Mary College
National Youth Advocacy Coalition – Washington DC
Pathfinders, Inc.
Planned Parenthood of WI
Rainbow Alliance of Youth
Safe & Sound, Inc.
The Women’s Fund – Lesbian Fund
United Way of Greater Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Helen Bader School of Social Welfare
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: LGBT Resource Center
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Norris Health Center
Walker’s Point Youth & Family Center
Wisconsin AIDS Fund
Wisconsin Association of Homeless and Runaway Services
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PROJECT Q MISSION
The mission of Project Q is supported by the following goals:
- To provide culturally relevant, contemporary programs in a “for youth, by youth” space that aim for the positive cultural, social, educational, and emotional development of young adults;
- To advocate for and collaborate with programs and organizations that meet the varied needs of LGBTQA young adults and their communities;
- To empower young adults to make healthy (informed) decisions about sexual health (such as HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, and pregnancy.) as well as personal wellness (finances and relationships, for example);
- To design and implement activities which ensure diversity in every aspect of Project Q; and,
- To provide a space that affirms LGBTQA young adults to fully identify and express themselves without fear of ridicule and harassment.
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Find Project Q On
If you would like to be a donor of one of our annual youth conferences, please select the desired conference and then click the Add to Cart button. You will be redirected to PayPal to make your scholarship donation.
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