Free Registration Link: https://forms.gle/jfK1pR7g4vAonWvi6
Please join us for Queering With Our Kids, a deeply personal, well-supported, and spiritually-grounded session for parents of queer/trans youth and queer/trans parents to share, listen and learn from each other as parents in the Jewish community.
The goal of this gathering is to listen and learn from each other on how we can support ourselves and our children facing tensions in the Jewish and/or queer/trans communities. This could include issues related to Israel and Palestine, gender-diversity and sexual orientation.
We aim to build our capacity as a community to create an intentional, supportive, safe, and healing space for families and caregivers. The session will be led by Alycia Fridkin, an experienced facilitator on equity issues and a member of the Vancouver queer Jewish community. We look forward to seeing you there.
Registration is free but required in advance. Capacity is 30 registrants. Light vegetarian food and refreshments will be provided.
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This event is part of our JQT Mental Health Support Series, which was developed in partnership with JFS Vancouver, following the Twice Blessed 2.0: The Jewish LGBTQ2SIA+ Initiative’s community needs assessment, which identified a critical service gap: Call to Action #6 - Develop and provide funding for LGBTQ2SIA+ friendly Jewish mental health support.
This gathering also addresses Call to Action #12 - Be open to those who have a spectrum of opinion on Israel/Palestine.
We also acknowledge that we received the least amount of data on our section on Youth in our 2022 Community Needs Assessment, and that we have heard that Jewish parents have been asking for this support at the JCC.
For the most up-to-date details on this series, please visit: https://www.jqtvancouver.ca/jqt-mental-health
Covid policy - JQT strictly follows the recommendations of Vancouver Coastal Health and makes decisions accordingly. Mask wearing is optional, but encouraged in group settings and to protect those in our circles who are immunocompromised.
Accessibility info - Programming will take place in Little Mountain Neighbourhood House, located on the ground level of 1193 Kingsway. There are no stairs, the area near the entrance is clear and accessible. The venue has one women's washroom and one all-gender washroom with two urinals. They are on the same level and accessible. There is street parking on Inverness Street and they have four parking spots behind at the back of the building. Please let us know if you require assistance at the time of registration, so that we have ample time to coordinate accommodations with the venue. We also recognize that some Jewish parents may be recent immigrants and English may be not be their first language. If there is a need, we can have Hebrew translation on site by one of our Board Members. If you require a different language (i.e. Russian), please indicate below, and if there is enough demand, we can search for someone with help with additional translation work.
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WHO ARE WE?
Alycia Fridkin is an equity and anti-racism consultant who supports individuals and organizations to address inequities in health care and other sectors. She has facilitated engagement sessions and workshops on systemic racism, whiteness and white fragility, meaningful involvement, stigmatized topics such as substance use and decriminalization, and the Palestine/Israel conflict. Her training includes a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies and a Masters in Health Science, and she is a certified Transformational Coach as well. She is interested in initiatives that strive to make communities safer and fairer. Alycia is a queer Jewish White settler living in Vancouver, BC on the unceded homelands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Peoples.
JQT Vancouver (pronounced J-Cutie) is a volunteer-run Jewish Queer and Trans charitable non-profit dedicated to "queering" Jewish spaces and "Jew-ifying" Queer spaces through education, dialogue, art, cultural celebration and partnerships in Vancouver, BC, on the traditional and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sə̓lílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples. www.jqtvancouver.ca