Causes: Children & Youth, Civil Rights, Intergroup & Race Relations, Leadership Development, Race, Youth Development Programs
Mission: Colage unites people with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer parents into a network of peers and supports them as they nurture and empower each other to become skilled, self-confident, and just leaders in our collective communities. The organization accomplishes this work through national programs for youth and families, virtual communities and online resources, regional and local chapters, published resources for families, educators, social services and lgbtq service organizations, social justice leadership training for youth ages 8-25 including integrated youth leadership in the organization through the youth advisory board, affinity support groups such as kids of trans, advocacy for lgbtq families through strategic partnerships, and other resources, serving thousands of youth in lgbtq families annually.
Programs: Family week & social justice programming: colage provides forums, gatherings, and programming for youth who have one or more lgbtq parent, with our largest annual program being family week. Family week is a partnership with the family equality council to provide programming for over 150 families and their children for one week in provincetown, ma. For colage, this program serves as an incubator space to build and develop programs that are then brought to other local communities around the u. S.
national chapters: national chapters, including virtual communities, are local communities coming together to support people who have one or more lgbtq parent. These communities vary in size, demographic makeup, and programming, but core to this work is a social justice curriculum that colage has developed. This curriculum supports facilitated meeting, programs, and workshops that provide local communities with the tools to be a sustainable, community- based group that provides community, empowerment, education, and advocacy for people with lesbian, gay, bisexeual, transgender, and/or queer (lgbtq) parents.
youth leadership: colage is committed to empowering the next generation of change makers and has two key programs to support this work. The colage youth advisory board is an ongoing leadership group of young people who provide program input as well as produce a weekly blog, the kidsafe blog, a safe space for outreach, education, and support for people with lgbtq parents. Colage provides ongoing leadership training through summits, mentoring, and opportunities to practice facilitation skills in our national programs. All of colage youth programs are also facilitated by people with lgbtq parents, creating a environment of trust, shared experiences, and community.
Mission: Colage unites people with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer parents into a network of peers and supports them as they nurture and empower each other to become skilled, self-confident, and just leaders in our collective communities. The organization accomplishes this work through national programs for youth and families, virtual communities and online resources, regional and local chapters, published resources for families, educators, social services and lgbtq service organizations, social justice leadership training for youth ages 8-25 including integrated youth leadership in the organization through the youth advisory board, affinity support groups such as kids of trans, advocacy for lgbtq families through strategic partnerships, and other resources, serving thousands of youth in lgbtq families annually.
Programs: Family week & social justice programming: colage provides forums, gatherings, and programming for youth who have one or more lgbtq parent, with our largest annual program being family week. Family week is a partnership with the family equality council to provide programming for over 150 families and their children for one week in provincetown, ma. For colage, this program serves as an incubator space to build and develop programs that are then brought to other local communities around the u. S.
national chapters: national chapters, including virtual communities, are local communities coming together to support people who have one or more lgbtq parent. These communities vary in size, demographic makeup, and programming, but core to this work is a social justice curriculum that colage has developed. This curriculum supports facilitated meeting, programs, and workshops that provide local communities with the tools to be a sustainable, community- based group that provides community, empowerment, education, and advocacy for people with lesbian, gay, bisexeual, transgender, and/or queer (lgbtq) parents.
youth leadership: colage is committed to empowering the next generation of change makers and has two key programs to support this work. The colage youth advisory board is an ongoing leadership group of young people who provide program input as well as produce a weekly blog, the kidsafe blog, a safe space for outreach, education, and support for people with lgbtq parents. Colage provides ongoing leadership training through summits, mentoring, and opportunities to practice facilitation skills in our national programs. All of colage youth programs are also facilitated by people with lgbtq parents, creating a environment of trust, shared experiences, and community.
3815 S Othello St, Seattle, WA 98118
Children & Youth
Seattle
