Building Bridges With Education

We are the first and only PFLAG in our county (Davidson) with a goal to grow our community beyond false and harmful stereotypes into an educated area dedicated to diversity and inclusion  for all people.  County wide education to reduce and eliminate marginalization and discrimination of LGBTQ+ people is part of our mission as we work with families and community at large to understand sexual orientation, gender identity and LGBTQ issues. 

Support group meetings are offered monthly as well as reading materials, resources and a hotline support link for those with any emergency situation.  All supportive individuals are welcome at our meetings as we work to form a supportive and safe community for all people that live, work and play in our community.  We are also currently operating a book club featuring LGBTQ related books to encourage discussion and open dialogue.

Our educational goal is to provide all county libraries, middle and high schools in our area with media  resources to educate and advocate for the LGBTQ+  population of our community.  We also want to provide media materials to Family Services to use with the people that come through their program for advocacy and education regarding LGBTQ+ people. We also want to be able to do an advertising blitz in our county to better educate the population on diversity and inclusion.   Seminars and community at large learning sessions would be part of this program.

We firmly believe education is the key to understanding in our county have a strong desire to improve the number of college graduates (currently 19%).  Our chapter wants to provide educational scholarships to LGBTQ+ and allies to encourage more learning opportunities for the youth of our county.  We firmly believe increasing education will reduce discrimination in our county.  Our PFLAG organization is dedicated to increasing understanding.