Boys & Girls Town of MO Empowering Youth Program
Boys & Girls Town of Missouri’s Empowering Youth program was created to address the needs of homeless youth in Southwest Missouri. Our mission is to provide the support and guidance homeless youth need to transition to safe and stable homes. Empowering Youth focuses on the opportunity to create positive change in the midst of crisis. Our goal is to empower homeless youth through access to community resources, a safe environment and a supportive staff.
Tags: homeless, resources, southwest missouri, springfield, support, youth, housing
AIDS Project of the Ozarks
AIDS Project of the Ozarks (APO) is a non-profit community-based organization serving a 29 county region in southwest Missouri. APO currently serves over 600 clients with HIV/AIDS and their families.
Tags: education, get involved, get tested, resources, southwest missouri, springfield, support, hiv/aids, families
FOCUS
FOCUS provides an atmosphere where members can find support and encouragement through positive social and professional interaction, while promoting a positive voice for, and presenting a positive image of, gays and lesbians within the greater community.
Tags: get involved, lgbt, social, springfield, support, gay, lesbian
Ozarks Lesbian and Gay Archives @ MSU
OLGA’s mission is to document the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) experience in the Ozarks region. The Special Collections and Archives Department encourages prospective donors to assist us in preserving this often overlooked, hidden, and neglected aspect of Ozarkiana by donating their materials to the Ozarks Lesbian and Gay Archives.
Tags: education, lgbt, resources, springfield, southwest missouri, history, media, pride
Lambda Alliance @ MSU
Lambda Organization is a group of LGBT faculty and staff that meet monthly to socialize, work on issues that affect all LGBT people on campus, and to encourage faculty, staff and student engagement. We want to create a safe zone for our LGBT student to know about us, and to be visible role models for that population.
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Spectrum @ MSU
Missouri State University’s Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Ally Alliance.
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PFLAG of the Ozarks
Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG) is a national non-profit organization with over 200,000 members and supporters and over 500 affiliates in the United States. We meet on every third Sunday of the month at the National Avenue Church, 1515 National Avenue, Springfield, MO at 3:00 PM.
Tags: families, get involved, resources, southwest missouri, springfield, support, friends
Joplin Event Yahoo Group
This group is a clearing house for gay & lesbian events in the greater Joplin, MO area. It is open to everyone but focuses on issues important to or geared to the LGBTQQI community & its allies.
Tags: joplin, lgbt, media, southwest missouri, gay, lesbian, allies
Joplin Gay and Lesbian Center
Joplin Pride Center (Gay Lesbian Center)
Tags: community center, joplin, pride, resources, southwest missouri, lgbt
GLO Community Center
The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of the Ozarks supports the well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) persons in the greater Springfield, Missouri region by organizing and sponsoring community activities and by increasing public understanding and appreciation of GLBT citizens.
Tags: community center, resources, springfield, southwest missouri, gay, lesbian, lgbt