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Unify Sedona…a rainbow alliance is a bridge-building organization. Our intention is to create opportunities for ALL members of the community, including LGBTQ+, black, brown and indigenous groups to gather and embrace our uniqueness, always recognizing that we are stronger together. We host events that provide a safe forum for conversation and mutual understanding. We provide valuable, thematic educational opportunities that honor these four pillars relating to the LGBTQ+ experience: health and aging, youth and education, non-discrimination, and transgender issues. All of our events focus on inspiring others to love more and judge less, affecting change locally, which will inevitably affect change regionally and globally, hence meeting our mission: promoting acceptance and celebrating diversity through education and collaboration. Now that we have been around for five years, we have forged alliances with numerous partners, sponsors and supporters. we are grateful and strive to meet our unified mission.
In March, the Unify Sedona board of directors supported a need to defray travel costs for a group of nineteen students to participate at the United Nations in New York City. This is an annual opportunity at the Montessori Model United Nations that enables students to practice their leadership skills while working on real world issues, like discrimination/civil rights, climate change, war and violence, free speech, draught and more. The students are assigned a country at the beginning of the school year and their trip to the United Nations is a culminating activity. They put on multiple fund raisers and our donation of $10,000 assured that all student participants could travel and attend. Needless to say, the trip was a great success and the children returned with new knowledge and even innovative direction in solving our world's problems. In youth is our hope for a better world.
Kudos to the teachers, parents and students for their planning and encouragement of this most valuable experience.
Kudos to the teachers, parents and students for their planning and encouragement of this most valuable experience.
Transgender Day of Visibility is on March 31, 2023
Transgender people have existed long before our generation and will continue to exist long after us. We cannot legislate people out of existence. However we can love others even if they are different than we are, even if we don’t understand them. We can be open to perspectives , beliefs and lifestyles which will serve to enrich our lives .
join us as we move ahead to educate that all of us are simply much more similar, just wanting to live our lives.
In light of the most recent senseless violence, we would like to share the following resources and support available to you and your loved ones:
Trans Lifeline: translifeline.org 877-565-886
The Trevor Project: the Trevor project.org 866-488-7386 or text to 678678
Nat’l Suicide Prevention Line (also on our resources page)
988lifeline.org. Call or text 988
Transgender people have existed long before our generation and will continue to exist long after us. We cannot legislate people out of existence. However we can love others even if they are different than we are, even if we don’t understand them. We can be open to perspectives , beliefs and lifestyles which will serve to enrich our lives .
join us as we move ahead to educate that all of us are simply much more similar, just wanting to live our lives.
In light of the most recent senseless violence, we would like to share the following resources and support available to you and your loved ones:
Trans Lifeline: translifeline.org 877-565-886
The Trevor Project: the Trevor project.org 866-488-7386 or text to 678678
Nat’l Suicide Prevention Line (also on our resources page)
988lifeline.org. Call or text 988
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