Since 2014, we’ve hosted conversations on the state of education in LGBTQ+ America. Corps members, alumni, activists, and community members across different regions have come together to discuss the importance of educational equity to the  LGBTQ+ community. Our annual LGBTQ+ Summits continue the conversation across the country each year.

In partnership with regional and national partner organizations, TFA LGBTQ+ Education Summits engage corps members and alumni on learning and development, as well as resources that support LGBTQ+ students and educators. Members of the summit make recommendations for teacher preparation, student support, school culture, policy, and more.

Participants — that means you! — will get guidance as an LGBTQ+ self-identified or allied teacher and advocate on how to navigate your own sexual orientation and gender identity in spaces where self-identification is both welcome, and when it isn’t.

This year, Specialized Tracks will differentiate the focus in each city. In New Orleans, for example, we expect to have programming about rural leadership as well as  regional Prism leadership at ALL summits, but believe both are issues that demand an intentional and concentrated effort. New Orleans programming will center Brave Education & Transgender and Non-Binary Advocacy. 

Click here to join TFA’s National Prism Facebook group to engage TFA’s LGBTQ+ network.

Founded in 1990, Teach For America recruits and develops a diverse corps of outstanding leaders to make an initial two-year commitment to teach in high-need schools and become lifelong leaders in the effort to end educational inequity. Today Teach For America is a force of more than 60,000 alumni and corps members committed to profound systemic change.

In communities across America, Teach For America alumni and corps members are helping expand access and opportunity for children. As a collective force—educators, advocates, entrepreneurs, policymakers, community members—we are committed to profound systemic change so that our students can create a better world for themselves and for all of us.Teach For America is a proud member of the AmeriCorps national service network.

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