True Colors Performance

True Colors will be performing in our office!  Decemeber 7th at 2:00.

Please join us! 

Good Morning Jack,

 

As the regional GLBT liaison for the Northern Region, I have been asked to secure space for the True Colors troupe to perform in a local area office.  They have performed in several other regions in area offices over the past couple of years.  They are a group of teens and young adults, some of whom are youth in care, who perform in area offices and elsewhere to raise awareness of GLBT youth in care and life in general.  Below is some information from their website: http://www.thetheateroffensive.org/truecolors.html#truecolors

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TRUE COLORS TOURING/BOOKING
An estimated 30,000 youth in Massachusetts identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT). The most recent Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Survey results show that, in comparison to their straight peers, youth who identify as LGB are over three times more likely to have missed school in the past month because of feeling unsafe, over four times more likely to have been injured or threatened with a weapon at school, and over four times more likely to have attempted suicide in the past year. These statistics cannot be ignored. It's time to show our support of LGBT students and put a stop to discrimination and violence in our schools and our communities.

Help your students feel safe and supported. True Colors is now booking performances, previews and workshops through May 2011. Let us help you show YOUR true colors.

Performances
Each season, troupe members tour their original 30-minute show to up to 20 schools, community groups and events, performing for up to 2,000 audience members across New England. After each performance, the troupe leads a 20-minute post-show discussion with the audience. This discussion enables the audience to ask frank questions about the creation process, the youth and LGBTQQA issues in general. The discussion is assisted by a learning guide with customized resources, articles and activities for and about LGBTQQ youth and allies.

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