Education Services
P.R.I.D.E. Training
Diversity Collective is a place where you can learn, dialogue, grow, and be equipped with the knowledge and skills to be an effective change agent for our LGBTQ+ community. Our Rainbow Umbrella Program in conjunction with Ventura County Behavioral Health provides P.R.I.D.E. (Parents & Professionals' Responsibility for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity) training, an LGBTQ+ cultural competency training designed for youth-serving organizations, volunteers, parents, and youth themselves.
This 4-hour P.R.I.D.E. (training aims to increase your knowledge and help you examine your behavior and attitudes to improve your ability to interact with intersecting identities and decrease LGBTQ+ stigmas, biases, and stereotypes
Through the sharing of relevant information, the incorporation of lived experiences, and interactive exercises our curriculum helps you to honor LGBTQ+ identities and create affirming spaces where individuals can be their authentic selves without fear or prejudice.
Statistics have shown it only takes one affirming individual to have a significant effect on an LGBTQ+ individual’s life, are you that one?
Shining Education
Our SHINES Training Program empowers you to get educated and make informed decisions to live a long and healthy life for you and your partner(s). Together, we’ll have candid conversations on STDs & HIV, destigmatize common misconceptions and learn your options for treatment and preventative care.
We do what we do, because of you.
Diversity Collective of Ventura County is able to help our community because of our incredible network of supporters including sponsors, donors and volunteers. Without you all, we would not exist. If the Diversity Collective has made an impact on your life, or in the life of someone you love, consider supporting our case in whatever way you are able. We sincerely appreciate you.
