Share your insight, experience and knowledge about healthcare and wellness for adult or children in gender and sexual minority communities. Become a workshop host! The Let’s Get Better Together conference committee needs your proposals by Feb. 15 for our conference workshops, which will be held on the second day of the event, June 26.

Ready to submit your proposal? Download the application and information packet here. Fill it out and send it to [email protected].

The Conference Committee invites workshop proposals that address new and existing healthcare practices for adults and children who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, or Two-Spirit. Proposals should address current and new best practices in health and human services that focus on eliminating disparities and promoting equity. This greatly ties into our theme for the 2020 conference: Building Bridges - Eliminating Barriers for LGBTQ+ Health Equity.

We are also seeking proposals that discuss intersectionality such as race class, ethnicity, age, ability, country of origin, language, gender expression and gender identity, to bring new perspective in addressing health equity and eliminating health disparities for underserved populations. As a statewide conference, the selection committee encourages submissions from anywhere in Arizona, and the proposals and subjects should be accessible to anyone throughout the state.

All proposals should indicate whether or not this workshop will appeal to Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced level participants.

• A Beginner-level workshop focuses heavily on terminology and introducing individuals to LGBTQ concepts. The audience for this workshop most likely has never worked with LGBTQ populations.
• An Intermediate-level workshop may briefly touch on terminology but spends 95% of the workshop discussing the subject material directly. Individuals who attend these workshops have likely worked with LGBTQ individuals before and are looking for a deeper level of knowledge.
• An Advanced-level workshop assumes that participants have an intimate knowledge of LGBTQ definitions and concepts, and instead delves into best practices, innovative new practices, and complex health issues that affect LGBTQ communities.

Logistics

Workshops are a hands-on experience in which the facilitators will teach the participants something they can translate into their own day-to-day work. Each workshop will be 1.5 hours in length. Workshops should not exceed more than two presenters. Panel discussions should not exceed four presenters.

Presenters can propose a panel discussion around health equity and how to achieve it. The panel must engage participants in such a way that they can bring information back to their day-to-day work. While there may be a place for personal stories to support the learning, presentations should not be based just on personal stories. All workshops should be welcoming and accommodating to participants regardless of topic. Additional research and evidence is required.

To complete your submission, please fill out the application linked below and submit it by February 15 to [email protected].

The application has three parts; all three parts must be filled out and bios for all presenters must be attached in order for the submission to be complete. Questions about your submission? Contact Amy D’Arpino at the email referenced above.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION DUE FEBRUARY 15, 2020.