The LGBTQ+ community is inclusive of many, but too often certain letters -- and people -- are less visible. As allies become increasingly educated about the LGBTQ+ community and feel more...
PFLAG Academy Online brings free, monthly, PFLAG members-only learning sessions right to your computer screen. Benefit from PFLAG’s diverse learning options, informed staff, great guests, and input from other participants...all without leaving home. All you need is a computer (or mobile device) and the drive to move equality forward.
Checking Under the Hood: Digital Tune-Ups for PFLAG Chapters
Out-of-date website? Inconsistent/inactive social media channels? Unsure where to prioritize your energy? With all of the digital opportunities to meet and connect with your community, finding out where to start in order to maximize impact can be daunting. PFLAG National will provide a roadmap to check in under your PFLAG Chapter’s hood to make some tune-ups with lasting changes.
Participating in the Webinar
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Bi+ 101: Understanding and Supporting People Who Are Bi+
The LGBTQ+ community is inclusive of many, but too often certain letters -- and people -- are less visible. As allies become increasingly educated about the LGBTQ+ community and feel more comfortable in these spaces and in this advocacy, there is still an unfortunate lack of representation and understanding of the bisexual+ community. Please join PFLAG National to learn more about the largest identity group within the LGBTQ community -- people who can form attraction to more than one gender.
What the +?: Understanding and Supporting Expansive LGBTQ+ Identities
Lesbian. Gay. Bisexual. Transgender. Queer. Simple, right? Not for everyone. As allies become more engaged in LGBTQ+ spaces and advocacy, they often have questions about “the plus.” Please join PFLAG...
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Training Toolkit: What the +?: Understanding and Supporting Expansive LGBTQ+ Identities
Thanks for participating in PFLAG Academy Online's "What the +?: Understanding and Supporting Expansive LGBTQ+ Identities"! One of our key goals is to help you take the...
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The Equality Act: Taking Action to Advocate for Crucial Legislation
The Equality Act is making news again – introduced in February, passed in the House as a bipartisan bill, and now active in the Senate. It is crucial federal legislation...
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Training Toolkit: The Equality Act: Taking Action to Advocate for Crucial Legislation
Thanks for participating in PFLAG Academy Online! One of our key goals is to help you take the information that you learned in this session and use it to make...
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Be Kind, Rewind: Recognizing Your Role in Building Inclusion
Nonstop social media. Quarantine. Political unrest. Baggage. And so many deadlines. Nearly everyone strives to be a more inclusive, kind leader, but getting it right is rarely easy. We are all...
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Training Toolkit: Be Kind, Rewind: Recognizing Your Role in Building Inclusion
Thanks for participating in PFLAG Academy Online! One of our key goals is to help you take the information that you learned in this session and use it to...
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Change the World in Two Minutes: How to Share Your Story
Everyone’s got a story, but knowing how to shape and tell that story effectively is a skill that separates the talkers from the real change-makers. This highly interactive, 60-minute, session...
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Training Toolkit: Change the World in Two Minutes: How to Share Your Story
Thanks for participating in PFLAG Academy Online! One of our key goals is to help you take the information that you learned in this session and use it to make...
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Supporting Trans & Nonbinary Loved Ones: What Would You Do?
As people who are transgender and nonbinary become more visible, the need to have educated and engaged allies to support them becomes greater. In this session, we’ll review the core...
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Training Toolkit: Supporting Our Trans & Nonbinary Loved Ones: What Would You Do?
Thanks for participating in PFLAG Academy Online! One of our key goals is to help you take the information that you learned in this session and use it to make...
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LGBTQ Sex Ed: Health, Rights, and Pleasure
Sex education for LGBTQ youth tends to be very limited, both in formal and informal spaces. This workshop will raise awareness of the importance of providing LGBTQ youth with...
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Training Toolkit: LGBTQ Sex Ed: Health, Rights, and Pleasure
Thanks for participating in PFLAG Academy Online! One of our key goals is to help you take the information that you learned in this session and use it to make...
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PFLAG Connects: Facilitation Skills for Virtual Support Group Meetings
Well facilitated, in-person, peer support group meetings are central to PFLAG’s work nationwide. In March 2020 – for the first time in nearly 50 years – PFLAG chapters in communities...
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How to Stop Arguing About Religion but Make Your Point
Religious objections still interfere with the equality of LGBTQ people, and arguments from the Bible, tradition, and religious authorities, are cited by critics to justify discrimination and abuse. We've heard...
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Training Toolkit: How to Stop Arguing About Religion but Make Your Point
Thanks for participating in PFLAG Academy Online! One of our key goals is to help you take the information that you learned in this session and use it to make...
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PFLAG Votes 2020: Our Right and Our Responsibility
Voting is a right, and responsibility for all Americans. And PFLAG National would like to help PFLAG Chapters, leaders, and members get-out-the-vote in their communities. In 2020 there is too...
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Training Toolkit: PFLAG Votes 2020: Our Right and Our Responsibility
Thanks for participating in PFLAG Academy Online! One of our key goals is to help you take the information that you learned in this session and use it to make...
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Training Toolkit: The Role of Parents in Protecting Youth from Conversion Therapy
Thanks for watching part one of PFLAG National’s two part series on conversion therapy, presented by our friends and partners at The Trevor Project. One of our key goals is...
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PFLAG National Presents a Series on Conversion Therapy and LGBTQ Youth
PFLAG National is proud to partner with The Mattachine Society of Washington, DC and Lisa Linksy, Partner at McDermott,...
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Training Toolkit: Conversion Therapy and LGBTQ Youth
Thanks for watching part one of PFLAG National’s two part series on conversion therapy, presented by our friends and partners at The Mattachine Society of Washington, DC. One of our...
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How Effective Strategic Planning Leads to Innovative Community Programming
In this interactive workshop, participants will learn from one chapter’s experience with in-depth strategic planning process and the resulting innovative community programming. Workshop leaders will share the fundamental steps to...
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Chapter Leadership Transitions: Best Practices for Success
Leadership turnover is an important component to keeping PFLAG chapters relevant and fresh, but leadership transitions can be a make or break point for chapters. All chapters should openly discuss...
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Training Toolkit: Chapter Leadership Transition: Best Practices for Success
Thanks for participating in PFLAG National’s Chapter Leadership Transition: Best Practices for Success. One of our key goals is to help you take the information that you learned in this session...
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PFLAG Gives Back: A New Resource & Guide for PFLAG Chapters
PFLAG chapters, leaders, and members have a long tradition of giving back to the communities where they live. Since 2015, the PFLAG Gives Back program – a community service effort...
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Let's Get Social: Social Media the PFLAG Way
Social media is a fantastic tool for connecting with PFLAG members and others who need PFLAG's support in your community. However, understanding how to create space for a respectful exchange...
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Training Toolkit: Let's Get Social - Social Media, the PFLAG Way
Thanks for participating in PFLAG National’s Let's Get Social . One of our key goals is to help you take the information that you learned and use it to make your chapter...
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When Someone Comes Out: A PFLAGers Guide to Demonstrating Support and Acceptance
The term “coming out” has become so mainstream that many people assume that the word—and the actions it entails—are simple. However PFLAGers know that it can still be a harrowing...
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Creating a Scholarship Program: A How-To Guide for PFLAG Chapters
Scholarship programs are a great way to attract donors, create visibility for your chapter, and demonstrate your support for LGBTQ+ youth in your community. And over the years, countless PFLAG...
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Training Toolkit: Creating a Scholarship Program
Thanks for participating in PFLAG National’s Creating a Scholarship Program A How-To Guide for PFLAG Chapters. One of our key goals is to help you take the information that you learned in this...
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Training Toolkit: Creating Thriving Chapters
Thanks for participating in PFLAG National’s Creating Thriving Chapters: How to Attract, Develop, and Retain Members. One of our key goals is to help you take the information that you learned...
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Training Toolkit: Possibility Models: Mentoring for LGBTQ Youth
Thanks for participating in PFLAG National’s Possibility Models: Mentoring for LGBTQ Youth with Hillary Bardwell and Christian Rummell. One of our key goals is to help you take the information that...
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Possibility Models: Mentoring for LGBTQ Youth
PFLAG National is a part of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) LGBTQ National Advisory Council, which was launched in 2017 to support capacity building efforts for the LGBTQ youth...
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Fair Housing For All: Rights of the LGBTQ+ Community
There are an estimated four million incidents of housing discrimination in rental and sales each year. The majority of those incidents are not reported and an even smaller number result...
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Training Toolkit: Fair Housing For All: Rights of the LGBTQ+ Community
Thanks for participating in PFLAG National’s Fair Housing For All: Rights of the LGBTQ+ Community with Shivaughn Ferguson, Sherrill Frost-Brown, and Joe Wardenski. One of our key goals is to help...
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Training Toolkit: Our Trans and Nonbinary Loved Ones: Owning Your Role in Creating More Inclusive PFLAG Chapters
Thanks for participating in PFLAG National’s Our Trans and Nonbinary Loved Ones: Owning Your Role in Creating More Inclusive PFLAG Chapters webinar or in-person training. One of our key goals is...
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Training Toolkit: When Someone Comes Out: Demonstrating Support and Acceptance
Thank you for joining PFLAG National's learning session! On this page, you'll find additional resources to expand your learning -- and hopefully help answer any questions that you may have.
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Writing Insanely Smart, Thoroughly Effective, and Surprisingly Creative Workshops
When education is a core piece of your mission, being ready to offer learning opportunities and trainings in your community is a core skill for chapters. But developing training programs...
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Stopping the Blitz: Coordinated Response to Christian Nationalist State Campaigns
Project Blitz is a concerted campaign designed to shape state law using a distorted concept of religious freedom to push back on LGBTQ equality as well as gender and reproductive justice issues....
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Training Toolkit: Stopping the Blitz
Thanks for participating in PFLAG National’s Stopping the Blitz: Coordinated Response to Christian Nationalist State Campaigns webinar with Alison Gill, Frederick Clarkson, & Elizabeth Reiner Platt. One of our key goals is to...
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Training Toolkit: Learning Skills to Pay the Bills
Thanks for participating in PFLAG National’s Learning the Skills to Pay the Bills: A PFLAG Chapter Treasurer Primer webinar or in-person training. One of our key goals is to help...
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Advocacy in an Election Year for PFLAG Leaders: Your Voice Can Change the World
The midterms will be here soon. The urgency of the upcoming election is already dominating the headlines and your social media news feed. And while PFLAGers have always been legislative...
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When LGBTQ+ Past and Present Collide! How LGBTQ+ History Can Inform PFLAG Advocacy Work
Understanding key facts about LGBTQ+ history and how it shapes the world we’re in today are an essential part of creating change in our communities. PFLAG leaders. members, and...
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So You Think You Can Ally? Advanced Ally Engagement Skills for PFLAG Chapters
PFLAG chapters support families, educate their community about the issues their loved ones face, and advocate for LGBTQ+ equality. Allies have become an integral part of that work as chapters...
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Family Acceptance Within Families of Color
Parents of LGBTQ+ children from Asian, Latinx, and African American backgrounds will share their stories of transforming parent’s fear, shame, and guilt into unconditional love and acceptance for their children...
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Training Toolkit: Family Acceptance within Families of Color
Thanks for participating in “Family Acceptance Within Families of Color” with Kelly, Robert, Blanca, Marilyn, and Sung. One of our key goals is to help you take the...
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Making Cents Out of Raising Money - Increase Your Chapter's Success!
In January 2018 the "Best-in-Show" series began, featuring the highest rated sessions from the PFLAG National Convention in Portland, OR. This month we were joined by chapter leaders from PFLAG...
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Training Toolkit: Making Cents Out of Fundraising
Thanks for participating in “Making Cents Out of Raising Money - Increase Your Chapter's Success!” with PFLAG Jersey Shore. One of our key goals is to help you take the...
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Keeping Siblings Seen and Supported with Dr. Anderson and Mr. Doherty
Gender diversity impacts everyone in a family. When a family stands out for any reason, each member is likely to handle this differently. In the community, siblings of gender...
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Gender Basics for Parents with Joel Baum
Discussions of gender are everywhere these days. Unfortunately, these discussions can leave us more confused than ever. Whether for your own information, or to help you support parents of...
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Training Toolkit: Working with School Personnel for Safer Schools
Thanks for participating in PFLAG National’s Cultivating Respect: Working with School Personnel for Safer Schools webinar. One of our key goals is to help you take the information that you learned...
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Health Risk Behaviors among Gender Expansive Students with Alison Gill
In addition to transgender youth, gender expansive (also called gender nonconforming or nonbinary) youth are receiving a great deal of attention in the media and among educators and policymakers. However,...
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Training Toolkit: Building Coalitions that Work for Everyone
Thanks for participating in PFLAG National’s Building Coalitions that Work for Everyone. One of our key goals is to help you take the information that you learned in this session...
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Powerful Partnerships: Making Diversity & Inclusion Successful in PFLAG Chapters
Creating a chapter-based diversity and inclusion outreach strategy isn’t always easy, but the benefits are tremendous and critical in helping you achieve PFLAG’s mission. And with the political realities...
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Training Toolkit: Powerful Partnerships...Making Diversity & Inclusion Successful in PFLAG Chapters
Thanks for participating in PFLAG National’s Powerful Partnerships...Making Diversity & Inclusion Successful in PFLAG Chapters. One of our key goals is to help you take the information that you learned...
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Supercharge Your PFLAG Advocacy and Be Heard!
Lobbying is hotter than ever. Elected officials' phone lines are busy, there are lines outside of offices, and emails are flooding in. And while PFLAGers have always been legislative advocates,...
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What Would You Do?: Tips and Tools for PFLAGers and Allies in Tough Situations
In trying times visible, vocal, and active allyship is more significant than ever. PFLAG parents and allies, in communities nationwide, have the power to encourage LGBTQ inclusion and to...
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Learning Skills to Pay the Bills: A PFLAG Chapter Treasurer Primer
Being a PFLAG chapter treasurer is about paying the bills…and so much more. In this session, you’ll learn about the core skills of being a PFLAG chapter treasurer, find out...
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Advanced Facilitation Skills: Responding to Support Group Challenges
Join us for part two of our two-part series on facilitation skills for PFLAG chapter leaders. (Check out part one here!)
Using common scenarios to demonstrate challenges that many...
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Training Toolkit: Facilitation Skills 201 - Responding to Support Group Challenges
Thanks for participating in PFLAG National’s Facilitation Skills 201 - Responding to Support Group Challenges. One of our key goals is to help you take the information that you learned...
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Facilitation Skills for PFLAG Leaders: Going from Good to Great!
Support groups are one of the most honored and sought after functions of PFLAG chapters nationwide. Join us for this updated learning session that will help PFLAG leaders, support group...
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Don't Know Much About LGBTQ History?: The Ultimate LGBTQ History and Culture Extravaganza
Stonewall. Rainbow flags. Pink triangles. Lavender lambdas. Pink, blue, and white banners. Pride parades. Disco. Fire Island, WeHo, and Dupont Circle. Harvey, Audre, Marsha, Sylvester, and even Gaga. PFLAG and...
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Training Toolkit: LGBTQ History
Thanks for participating in Don't Know Much About LGBTQ History? The Ultimate LGBTQ History and Culture Extravaganza. On this page you'll find a list of materials that correspond to the...
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Cultivating Respect: Safe Schools for ALL Children
LGBTQ+ youth continue to face bullying and harassment in schools despite modest improvements in anti-bullying legislation, access to supportive teachers and administrators, and the spread of LGBTQ+ inclusive curricula. ...
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Training Toolkit: Cultivating Respect, Making School Safer for ALL Children
Thanks for participating in PFLAG National’s Cultivating Respect, Making School Safer for ALL Children webinar. One of our key goals is to help you take the information that you learned in...
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Moderate Moderating: Social Media Engagement the PFLAG Way
Social media is a fantastic tool for connecting with PFLAG members and others who need PFLAG's support in your community. However, if you've been involved in social media, on your...
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Training Toolkit: Moderate Moderating, Social Media Engagement the PFLAG Way
Thanks for participating in PFLAG National’s Moderate Moderating: Social Media Engagement the PFLAG Way webinar. One of our key goals is to help you take the information that you learned in this session and...
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Our Trans & Nonbinary Loved Ones: Owning Your Role in Creating More Inclusive PFLAG Chapters
PFLAG is dedicated to providing support to trans and non-binary folks and their families, educating the community about the issues that trans and non-binary people face, and advocating for fully...
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Training Toolkit: Facilitation Skills for PFLAG Leaders
Thanks for participating in PFLAG National’s Faciliation Skills: Going from Good to Great webinar or in-person training. One of our key goals is to help you take the information that you...
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Training Toolkit: Conflict Resolution Tools for PFLAG Leaders
Thanks for participating in PFLAG National’s But We're On The Same Side: Conflict Resolution for PFLAG Chapters webinar or in-person training. One of our key goals is to help you take...
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Have Faith! Straight for Equality in Faith Communities for PFLAG Chapters
Addressing issues at the intersection of faith and LGBTQ equality remains one of the biggest challenges and most important topics that PFLAG members and chapters across the country encounter...
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But I'm Not a Racist! Reframing Diversity Efforts in PFLAG Chapters
PFLAG members frequently ask themselves how they can better serve people in communities of color. Many have tried advertising in community newspapers or translating materials, but find that few people...
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Straight for Equality: Becoming a Trans Ally 101 Recording & Training Toolkit
The inclusion of people who are transgender has been a long-term commitment for PFLAGers. And we’re proud to announce the release of a new publication that will help you and...
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Creating Thriving Chapters: How to Attract, Develop and Retain Members
PFLAG National is dedicated to creating and supporting PFLAG chapters that thrive now and in the future. This workshop – revamped for 2019 – will allow chapter leaders and members...
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Cultivating Respect: Working with Stakeholders for Safer Schools
With the new school year in full-swing, is your chapter having a tough time getting your foot in the door at schools in your community? This session examines the many different ways...
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But We're On the Same Side: Conflict Resolution for PFLAG Chapters
Despite shared goals, community groups and organizations often experience conflicts that must be resolved. As PFLAG members it is important to know the skills to help mediate conflicts, formally and informally, when...
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Fundraising 101: Skills for PFLAG Chapters
Fundraising is a combination of art and science. The “art” is related to relationship: creating, developing, maintaining and managing relationships with people or organizations that will you’re your chapter’s work....
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Building Coalitions that Work for Everyone
For PFLAG chapters, working in coalitions can be a powerful way to address urgent situations, empower community members, launch community-wide initiatives, advocate for legislative change, and create long-term social transformation. In...
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Frequently Asked Questions
Questions about getting to the webinar? All the answers you need here.
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