The Attic Youth Center is the only organization in Philadelphia exclusively serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth. The Attic’s goal is to reduce the isolation felt by LGBTQ youth by providing a sense of community and developing programs and services to counteract the prejudice and oppression that LGBTQ youth often face. The Attic Youth Center 255 S 16th Street Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-545-4331 email: info@atticyouthcenter.com
The Out4STEM Program aims to provide Philadelphia’s LGBTQIA youth with healthcare and STEM-oriented instruction, mentor-ship, academic support, and college/career preparation in an inclusive, safe space. Drawing on the resources of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the Mütter Museum, the program aims to promote resilience, peer support networks, and diverse educational experiences. Out4STEM 19 South 22nd Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-563-3737 email: info@collegeofphysicians.org
Philadelphia Family Pride’s mission is to build community for LGBTQ parents, prospective parents, grandparents, and our kids of all ages – including young adults, youth, kids, toddlers, and infants. We support our families in the greater Philadelphia region through advocacy, education, and family-centered events. Philadelphia Pride Family PO Box 31848 Philadelphia, PA 19104 email: info@philadelphiapridefamily.org
Uniting people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) with families, friends, and allies, PFLAG is committed to advancing equality through its mission of support, education, and advocacy. PFLAG has 400 chapters and 200,000 supporters crossing multiple generations of American families in major urban centers, small cities, and rural areas in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. PFLAG 1625 K Street NW, Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20006 202-467-8180
Morris Home supports trans and gender variant individuals as they develop the knowledge, skills and supports necessary to promote sobriety, manage emotional and behavioral difficulties, choose, and maintain safe and healthy lifestyles, and develop healthy relationships with peers, family, and the community. Morris Home provides a safe, recovery-oriented environment for individuals in transition from one gender to another, or those with other gender variants who may be coming from “the streets” and/or from shelter programs. Morris Home 4700 Wissahickon Avenue, Suite 126 Philadelphia, PA 19144 215-951-0300 email: info@rhd.org
We are trans and gender variant people building a movement for gender self-determination, racial and economic justice, and an end to policing and imprisoning our communities. We meet in the Living Room at the William Way Community Center, 1315 Spruce Street, from 5:30pm to 7pm every Monday. Hearts on a Wire 1315 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeartsOnAWire/ email: heartsonawire@gmail.com
Bread & Roses Community Fund believes in change, not charity. We organize donors at all levels to support community-based groups in building movements for racial equity and economic opportunity. We support movements and their leaders through fundraising, grant-making, capacity building, and convening. Bread and Roses Community Fund 100 S Broad Street, Suite 1600 Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-731-1107
The National Disability Leadership Alliance (NDLA) is a national cross-disability coalition, led by disability groups run by persons with disabilities, with support from allies to build a strong and unified cross-disability movement so that we, as individuals with disabilities, have the power to shape national policies, politics, media, and culture. email: info@disabilityleadership.org
The National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities at the University of Delaware is a partnership of fifteen national developmental disabilities organizations. The Consortium offers intensive week-long leadership training offered in Delaware or in your state or province, leadership training designed to meet the specific needs of disability organizations, a resource-rich website tailored to the needs of emerging leaders in the disability field, a community of practice aimed at supporting the growth and knowledge of disability leaders and research on best practices and innovations in disability supports and leadership. National Leadership Consortium University of Delaware 111 Alison Hall West Newark, DE 19716 302-831-4728 (direct line for Nancy Weiss, director) email: nweiss@udel.edu
WOAR is a non-profit organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania whose mission is to eliminate all forms of sexual violence through specialized treatment services, comprehensive prevention education programs, and advocacy for the rights of victims of sexual assault. Women Organized Against Rape – Philadelphia Center Against Sexual Violence 1617 John F Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 800 Philadelphia, PA 19103 24 Hour Hotline: 215-985-3333