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kyLGBT.org | Kentucky's LGBT Community | Youth & University Outreach Director
Benjamin Kale Poynter
Brannock
Youth and
University Outreach Director
The Youth and University Outreach
Director works with teens and college students
across the Commonwealth to help fight issues in
school systems because of sexual
orientation/gender identity, and to give them
support in coming out and dealing with
discrimination.
Kentucky Equality
Federation's Youth and University Outreach
Director also develops and maintains close
relationships with high school and college
gay-straight alliances (GSA’s) across the
Commonwealth in order to identify potential
problems they are having and extend the
Federation’s support. Our Outreach Directors
are our front-line activists, working within
their targeted communities
to change minds and hearts, one conversation
at a time. These
volunteers work with their families, co-workers
and neighbors, elected
officials and local media – they build
coalitions with other
organizations in their targeted community –
they are a driving force
behind our Federation.
Report Discrimination, Hate Crimes, and School
Bulling by clicking here!
Direct Link:
University
Support Group
Direct Link: Youth
Support
Group
Outreach Directors service are
non-officer, non-director volunteers who reach
out to targeted communities in many different
ways:
- Kentucky Equality Federation's Outreach Directors focus on educating the public about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) issues within specific communities – providing information and sharing our message in specific ways (including elected officials, appointed officials, other organizations, etc.), as well as contributing information regarding each community to our statewide organization. Outreach Directors will report problems and/or issues their targeted community is facing to the Office of the President, as well as the Discrimination, Hate Crimes, and School Bullying Committee.
- Outreach Directors increase the networking ability of the organization by doing outreach work on a statewide level such as building coalitions with organizations across the Commonwealth.
- Outreach Directors also reach out to
members of the LGBTI community that too often
have not been included, either in positions of
leadership or in public
education.
Bullying, violence, and discrimination are all things we face in Kentucky public and private schools. From the University of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, Northern Kentucky University, Murray State University, etc. this group is for all current students and alumni at Kentucky Universities who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning their sexual orientation, or our straight allies.
These groups are operated by the Youth and University Outreach Director of Kentucky Equality Federation to facilitate communication, cooperate, and support between the Commonwealth's colleges, universities, high school's and middle school's.
ABOUT OUR YOUTH AND UNIVERSITY OUTREACH DIRECTOR:
At Kentucky Equality Federation (who is also the sponsor of Marriage Equality Kentucky), Outreach Directors focus on educating the public about LGBTIQ issues (including marriage equality) within targeted communities – providing information and sharing our message in specific ways, as well as contributing information regarding their communities to our statewide organization. The Outreach Directors carry the responsibility for reaching members of the larger LBGTIQ community that too often have not been included, either in positions of leadership or in public education.
Last Updated (2010-03-16 01:17:49)