Past Events and Programs
COME TOGETHER KENTUCKY 2012 An exciting opportunity for students across the Commonwealth to share ideas, resources, and to learn from one another! Sponsored by JustFund Kentucky, the Statewide Fairness Coalition, Louisville Youth Group, and the University of Louisville Office for LGBT Services.
COME TOGETHER KENTUCKY 2012
The 16th Statewide Conference on LGBT equality and social justice was held in Louisville, KY on March 30- April 1, 2012! An exciting opportunity for students across the Commonwealth to share ideas, resources, and to learn from one another! Sponsored by JustFund Kentucky, the Statewide Fairness Coalition, Louisville Youth Group, and the University of Louisville Office for LGBT Services.
Come Together Kentucky (CTK) is a conference for college students, high school students, and community members who want to learn more about LGBT identity, social justice, overcoming bullying, and changing the world around them. The weekend-long program will instruct, encourage and invite you to reach for and achieve your goals and aspirations as an activist in the LGBT political, social, and educational movement in Kentucky.
Here at the University of Louisville we are gearing up for an exciting Come Together Kentucky 2012 conference weekend. Here is some of what you can look forward to at the conference:
Keynote Speakers:
Robyn Ochs and Mara Keisling
Special Guest Entertainer:
Comedian Keith McGill
Workshop Sessions (including topics such as):
- Local and community organizing for social change
- Faith and spirituality
- Health and wellness
- Social Justice and Fair Trade
- Campus organizing for LGBTQA college students
- Gender inclusivity and positivity
- Anti-racism work in the LGBTQA community
- LGBTQA relationships
- Allies and the LGBTQ community
- Anti-bullying (legislative as well as high school/college efforts)
- Coming out
- Developing positive identities