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8/3/2019 COLORS LGBTQ Youth Counseling and Community Center Doors Open Now
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Doors Opening NOW for COLORS, LGBT Youth Counseling and
Community Center
Offers an Affirmative Healing Space for LGBTQ Youth
Antioch University Los Angeles LGBT Specialization Trained Affirmative Counselors provide
free services to community that lacks sufficient resources and support ± Doors Open January
Los Angeles, Calif. ± January 18, 2012 ± Antioch University Los Angeles¶ LGBT
Specialization in Clinical Psychology, the first such specialization of its kind in the country, has
joined together with Pueblo Nuevo Development, to form COLORS, a comprehensive LGBT
Youth Counseling and Community center to combat the epidemic of suicides and bullying
among Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgendered/Trans-sexual and Questioning (LGBTQ) youth.
In a remarkable display of Antioch University living its mission of Social Justice, the LGBT
Specialization is working with Pueblo Nuevo Development Corporation (PND) to offer this
underserved population and their families counseling, psychotherapy, support, and eventually
advocacy and academic support free of charge. COLORS is committed to creating a world where
LGBTQ youth are valued, embraced and invited to contribute to their full potential.
According to the same U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report, LGBT youth are
two to six times more likely to attempt suicide than heterosexual youth with suicide being the
leading cause of death among gay and lesbian youth. LGBT Youth are also at much higher risk
than the heterosexual population for alcohol and drug abuse. LGBTQ youth are also at greater
risk for school failure than heterosexual children.
³With COLORS we hope to reduce the isolation that LGBTQ youth feel, says, Douglas
Sadownick, Ph.D., Director of AULA¶s LGBT Specialization.³ We are building a safe and
affirmative space that values and celebrates diversity. We have seven training affirmative
counselors who will provide a special kind of counseling derived from several generations of
LGBT Affirmative Theory and Practice. We intend to start with counseling of individuals,
groups and families but eventually we also hope to cultivate LGBTQ Youth Leaders and
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Empowerment projects based in affirmative theory and practice. We are proud to have the PND
community behind as and also to have the Antioch University Counseling Center as our Clinical
Training Site, making Colors an Antioch University Initiative. This is the first time counselors
trained in Affirmative Theory and Practice will be able to reach out to students and present a
vision of social activism combined with psychological mindfulness and profound healing and
transformation ± which is at the heart of our mission!´
Doors open now for LGBT Youth aged 14-24 starting January 8. Colors will have two ³private
views on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 6:00-7:30 p.m. and Sunday February 5, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
To schedule an appointment contact: info@colorsyouth.org. To learn more:
www.colorsyouth.org.
Antioch University Los Angeles¶ LGBT Specialization Program in Clinical Psychology is
the first graduate psychology specialization devoted to training students to develop expertise in
the area of LGBT-affirmative psychotherapy, counseling and community work for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals. Antioch¶s LGBT Specialization ensures that future
Marriage and Family Therapists invested in providing support to members of the LGBT
community are prepared with cutting edge developments in LGBT-Affirmative theory and
practice.
Pueblo Nuevo Development was formed in 1993 as part of a grass roots effort to develop social
and economic capital within the Latin-American immigrant community of the MacArthur Park
neighborhood near downtown Los Angeles. Beginning in 1999, PND initiated a school-anchored
community development strategy founding the Camino Nuevo Academies (CNCA).
Antioch University Los Angeles (AULA) provides a rigorous progressive education to prepare
students for the complexities of today's diverse societies. AULA, a not-for-profit institution, has
served the greater Los Angeles area since 1972. The core values of social justice, service to the
community and lifelong learning lie at the heart of the B.A. degree completion program and
master¶s degree programs in organizational management, education and teacher credentialing,
psychology, creative writing and urban sustainability. AULA is part of the Antioch University
system which has roots dating back to 1852. Inspired by the work of pioneering educator Horace
Mann, Antioch University was founded in 1964 and serves over 5,000 adult students around the
world and across the country, online and at five campuses in four states.
Media Contact: Karen Hamilton, khamilton1@antioch.edu cell: 310-804-3795
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