Maui Pride is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded to encourage, celebrate, and educate all people of the positive diversity of the LGBTQ community.
Maui Pride celebrates LGBT heritage and culture. This and other Maui Pride events held throughout the year promote the ongoing integration of the LGBT community with our local community in general.
Through ongoing fundraising efforts and sponsorship support, Maui Pride offers annual scholarship awards to help qualifying individuals pursuing post-secondary educational goals. Scholarships are awarded to applicants at the annual Awards Dinner which is held as one of the annual Maui Pride Weekend events.
Follow our Social Stuff:Maui Pride is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded to encourage, celebrate, and educate all people of the positive diversity of the LGBTQ community.
Maui Pride celebrates LGBT heritage and culture. This and other Maui Pride events held throughout the year promote the ongoing integration of the LGBT community with our local community in general.
Through ongoing fundraising efforts and sponsorship support, Maui Pride offers annual scholarship awards to help qualifying individuals pursuing post-secondary educational goals. Scholarships are awarded to applicants at the annual Awards Dinner which is held as one of the annual Maui Pride Weekend events.
Follow our Social Stuff:A Special Pride Edition of the very popular Aloha Bears Sunday Catamaran Cruise sets sail on Sunday, October 13.
HONOLULU PRIDE will be joining the Bears selling VIP Festival Passes before, during and after the cruise. And the Aloha Bears will be sharing the details of their always amazing entry for the 2019 Honolulu Pride Parade.
Ticket purchasers meet at 11:30 a.m. at Bacchus Waikiki, 408 Lewers Street. You’ll check in, meet and greet other passengers and enjoy a cocktail or two. Then we’ll walk over Waikiki to board the the boat as a group at 12:40 p.m..
An open bar on board ensures a good time for all. After the 1.5 hour sail, you are invited back to Bacchus for lunch (included in the price of the ticket) and a few more cocktails at 3 p.m.
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Kick off Honolulu Pride with our popular Second Sunday Catamaran Cruise! Ticket purchasers meet at 11:30 a.m. at Bacchus Waikiki, 408 Lewers Street. You’ll check in, meet and greet other passengers and enjoy a cocktail or two. Then we’ll walk over Waikiki to board the the boat as a group at 12:40 p.m.. An open bar on board ensures a good time for all. After the 1.5 hour sail, you are invited back to Bacchus for lunch (included in the price of the ticket) and a Pride Beer Bust at 3 p.m.
Bring an appetite to the Pride Beach Potluck & BBQ at the VFW in Kihei.
Bring a dish/dessert to share and enjoy hamburgers, veggie burgers, or chicken off the grill.
Don’t forget to bring your own drinks.
Games, vendors, creative activities will be available and DJ Kalei will bring the music.
Hosted by the Womyns Networking Breakfast Club Maui.
Open to everyone. Free event, donations welcome.
Follow our Social Stuff:October is Honolulu PRIDE Month!
We’re throwing a Pretty in Pink Pool Party in benefit of the Hawaii Health & Harm Reduction Center.
Come dance, drink and celebrate in your best pink outfits.
Music by DJ Smucci_Gucci
Craft cocktails and bites by Mahina & Sun’s
Plus more PRIDE surprises!
Suggested $10 donation in benefit of the Hawaii Health & Harm Reduction.
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FeaturedPresentationsbyTracyHobbs&AmyCannava
Best Practices in Meeting the Needs of LGBTQ+ Students
Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 8:30AM – 11:30AM
The climate of acceptance of LGBTQ+ individuals is slowly improving in the United States, but manyschools remain blind, biased, and unreservedly discriminatory toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,and queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) individuals. Educators have much work to do to make schools safe andaffirming for all youth, including LGBTQ+ youth. In particular, school psychologists are charged withupholding professional ethics and best practices to protect the dignity and rights of LGBTQ+ youth andensure an equal educational opportunity.
This presentation will give attendees an opportunity to explore their own beliefs around issues whichaffect LGBTQ+ youth, provide background information (including risk factors for LGBTQ+ youth) aboutthese issues, and will share concrete actions that can be taken by school psychologists to put theserecommendations into action. NASP resources related to meeting the needs of LGBTQ youth will beidentified and shared with attendees.
Beyond the Rainbow: School-Based Mental Health Supports for LGBT+ Youth
Wednesday ü October 16, 2019 ü 12:30PM – 3:30PM
LGBTQ youth are often classified as a homogeneous group, but the diversity among and within them ismore distinct than many people realize. The need for school-based mental health supports for LGBTQyouth is evident in higher rates of unhappiness, drug use, school dropout, truancy, suicide, harassment,family discord, and reduced self-referral rates. Despite the need and demand, little is available in terms ofresources to use in a counseling format.
During this session, strategies to encourage and foster resiliency in these at-risk students will be presentedalong with a counseling program designed to empower school-based mental health staff to serve asadvocates for LGBTQ youth and to provide counseling support for students in grades 6–12. Relevantresources will be identified and shared to assist school psychologists with the implementation of strategiesto ensure a safe and supportive school environment for LGBTQ+ youth. Participants will leave with theability to effectively advocate for sexual minority and gender-diverse youth as well as implement aninnovative counseling program within their own schools to support these students.
Tracy Hobbs has been a School Psychologist in Michigan for 37 years and is currently a NASPStrategic Liaison; he previously served as NASP’s LGBTQI2-S Committee Co-Chair, Interest GroupDevelopment Coordinator, Leadership Development Committee Chair, and the Michigan NASPDelegate. Tracy is a trainer and educational consultant for the Michigan Department of Education’s SafeSchools for Sexual Minority Youth Initiative as well as a member of NEA’s National Training Programon Safety, Bias, and GLBT Issues. For five years, Tracy was the faculty advisor for his high school’sGSA (Gay Straight Alliance).
Amy Cannava is in her 17th year of practice as a school psychologist specializing in marginalized youth.She is Chair of NASP’s LGBTQI2-S Committee and a requested speaker at local and nationalconferences. She consults with school districts, group homes, juvenile justice facilities, universities, andparents on affirmative and inclusive practices for queer and gender diverse youth, facilitates LGBTQ+peer support and counseling groups, and volunteers for numerous local Boards. Amy is the facultysponsor for her high school’s GSA and is the community sponsor for a cross-county Pride Prom whichgarnered national attention. A former crisis counselor for The Trevor Project, Amy remains passionateabout working with LGBTQ+ youth and considers them to be an amazing inspiration.
Follow our Social Stuff:Civil Beat is launching a book club with locally-owned bookstore, da Shop. Join us at the launch mixer to learn more.
Read what Civil Beat reporters read (besides the news), and join the Civil Beat Book Club!
Every other month, a Civil Beat reporter or staff member will choose a book and host a discussion at da Shop — a locally owned bookstore in Kaimuki.
Want to learn more? Meet us at our official launch mixer, where you can meet our book club hosts, enjoy some drinks and pupu and purchase your books.
As a book club member, you’ll have access to special events and extra discussions online with our Facebook group so make sure to join. If you don’t have Facebook, complete this form to join.
P.S. If you join the book club and purchase a book club selection at the launch party, you’ll receive 10% off your entire purchase!
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Follow our Social Stuff:Thursday night with hosts Roxy On the Mic & Lyssa Chapman (Dog the Bounty Hunter) alongside DJs Yooey (Chitty Bang) & Keala Kenney (World Women’s Big Wave Surfing Champion).
A fundraiser for Planned Parenthood Hawaii.
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