AT A GLANCE: SCHOOL CLUB ADVISOR HANDBOOK & SUPPORT, FREE WORKSHOPS AND SUMMITS, FREE RESOURCES, LGBTQ+ KNOW YOUR RIGHTS AND LAWS

GSA currently stands for Genders and Sexualities Alliance, formerly Gay Straight Alliance. GSAs are school clubs that create a safe place for LGBTQ+ youth to come together for whatever the may decide: support, advocacy, education, etc.

As a student, you have rights to a GSA club on campus - "Under the Federal Equal Access Act, any school that receives government funding and has at least one other non-curricular club must also allow a GSA"

GSA Network:
-Networks and supports GSAs
-Train Student Leaders
-Transforms Schools
-Provides free trainings
-Provides free workshops (i.e. How to Have a Kickass GSA)
-So much more

The Nevada County Superintendent of Schools houses a McKinney-Vento Community School liaison. The McKinney–Vento Homeless Assistance Act is a U.S. federal law providing federal money to homeless shelter programs.

Homeless Youth Services provides school-aged youth experiencing homelessness with additional support and services to ensure that all students have equal access to educational opportunities. 

Services include:

• Dispute resolution
• Community outreach and referrals
• Funding for school activities and educational needs
• Staff development materials
• Attendance services

Families and students experiencing homelessness can reach out to their school's Homeless Liaison to ask about services and programs that their child may qualify for. Services that your school may be able to provide include:

• Assistance with enrollment in school
• Assistance with gathering educational records
  • Available from the last school attended
• Enrollment in Free and Reduced Lunch …

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Positive experiences can ease toxic stress and help children and youth grow into more resilient, healthier adults. Positive experiences can help counteract the affects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences (HOPE) identifies ways that our communities and systems of care can better ensure that all children have more positive experiences and that all families have support to nurture and celebrate their strengths.

The Four Building Blocks of HOPE are composed of key positive childhood experiences (PCEs). The sources of those experiences and opportunities are the foundation for healthy childhood development. 

Four Building Blocks of HOPE (Positive Childhood Experiences) - https://positiveexperience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/4BBs-Poster.pdf

• Relationships within the family and with other children and adults through interpersonal activities.
• Safe, equitable, stable environments for living, playing, learning at home and in sc…

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June 2021 Youth Rise has completed. For future dates, see web page or contact Color Me Human. https://www.colormehuman.org/youth-rise
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Youth Rise is a Social Justice Summer Certificate Program designed to give young people ages 13-19 the tools to build a better Nevada County. Color Me Human creates brave spaces grounded in social justice for young people to build community & solidarity, learn, educate, find creative solutions and transform lives & communities.

Guided by experienced adults and community leaders skilled in youth engagement, our team will combine basic civics (how the government works), a history of struggle in America, and safely examine and critique systems built on historic trauma. This interactive workshop will leave youth with a better understanding of how to engage issues they feel most passionate about.