PFY Hires New Youth Staff

It's an exciting day today at Pride for Youth! Today starts orientation for our Program Leaders - an inspiring group of LGBTQ and Straight youth that we hire to work as peer educators!

For the next two weeks, our Program Leaders will be going through some intensive training on topics such as homophobia/transphobia, teen pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, Suicide Prevention and more. Then, we will train the youth to go out into their communities and teach workshops themselves in local schools! The Program Leaders also work at our Friday night Coffeehouse program, that serves approximately 70 or so youth weekly! They will also work and rep Long Island Crisis Center and Pride for Youth at our annual Suicide Awareness Walk in Long Beach on Sept. 29th, at Equality & Justice Day 2014 in Albany and when PFY marches in the Long Island Pride Parade!

Last year our Program Leaders also went to Outward Bound, volunteers for Lady Gaga's Born Brave Bus and even were included in a photo shoot for the Empire State Pride Agenda! For more information on our Program Leaders or to find out how you can apply for next year, contact Jill at jestes@longislandcrisiscenter.org or check us out on Facebook!