Conference Date: 

Monday, May 22, 2017

8:30 am - 4:00 pm

   Check-in opens at 7:30am

Location and Parking:

Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center, Tacoma, WA

Fee: 

$50/person

Registration fee includes lunch and 6 CEHs.

Fee does not include travel or lodging costs.

Registration Deadline:

May 5, 2017 

CEHs

This conference has been approved by NAADAC for 6 Continuing Education Hours (CEHs).

Conference Purpose/Goal

The purpose of this conference is to continue to co-create learning, growth and understanding of the best practices and relevant clinical services needed to support members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning communities. We invite dialogue about how difference with regards to gender and sexuality affects self-determination, overall physical health, behavioral health and well-being. 

Keynote: Harlan Pruden

After living in New York for 20 years, Harlan Pruden, First Nation Cree/nēhiyaw, now calls Vancouver home. Mr. Harlan is a Ph.D. student at UBC’s Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program and is also the Managing Editor of twospiritjournal.com. Harlan also serves as a Two-Spirit consultant to US' Tribal Training and Technical Assistance Center, BC Center for Disease Control's Chee Mamuk Program and the newly formed Trans* Care BC. In August 2014, Harlan was appointed to the United States' Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS where he works to provide advice, information, and recommendations to the Secretary of Health & Human Services and the White House. Harlan was serves on the International Indigenous Peoples Working Group on HIV/AIDS. Closer to home, Harlan is a board member of Qmunity, the home for Vancouver's LGBT, Queer and Two-Spirit community.

Meals

The conference sponsor provides a continental breakfast, boxed lunch and afternoon break on Monday, May 22, 2017.

Special Dietary Needs

If you would like a vegetarian meal, please be sure to indicate this on your registration form.  Participants with other needs such as vegan, gluten-free or dairy-free will have no guarantee that the conference can accommodate these needs.

This training is brought to you by the Department of Social and Health Services.