The LGBTQ+ Network (see Welcoming Video - to be updated soon) is open to parents, educators, researchers, other professionals, and community leaders who support gifted LGBTQ+ students, as these youth strive to thrive in a sometimes less-than-accepting world. It is NOT necessary to be a member of the LGBTQ+ population to be a network member. We LOVE and NEED advocates, too! We dedicate ourselves to NAGC's openness, support of marginalized groups, and its broad perspective. We will embody NAGC’s ongoing development of policies and practices that back widely-varied marginalized groups, and, like the NAGC, we will encourage research, staff development, advocacy, communication, and collaborative efforts on behalf of our gifted LGBTQ+ youth, other high-potential students, and the youth that gifted LGBTQ+ students will encounter.
Constitutional Statement of Purpose
The purposes of the Network are informational, advocacy- and governance-related, and social. Specifically, the GLBTQ Network's goals are as follows:
A. Disseminating information to educators and parents concerning the nature and needs of gifted LGBTQ+ youth
B. Serving as advocates for the needs of gifted LGBTQ+ youth, their parents and teachers, and gifted youth with LGBTQ+ parents and teachers
C. Welcoming gifted LGBTQ+ supporters into the Network
D. Clearly and effectively governing the Network's efforts to assist gifted LGBTQ+ students, their parents and educators, and gifted youth with LGBTQ+ parents and teachers
Section 2. Activities. This Network will accomplish its goals through these activities:
- Communicating information related to gifted LGBTQ+ youth within NAGC
- Advocating for gifted LGBTQ+ youth to entities outside NAGC
- Socializing with other supporters of gifted LGBTQ+ students within our broader organization
- Keeping the GLBTQ Network well-managed for both its supporters and its parent organization
LGBTQ+ Network Officers (Terms end September 2024)
- Network Chair: Doug Alexander
- Network Chair-Elect: Jennifer Gottschalk
- Advocacy Co-Chairs: Shannon Fuller and Elizabeth Mendoza
- Social Chair: Alena Treat
- Communications Chair/Newsletter Editor: Cory Chung
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