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Si, Se Puede

Detroit Latin@s, southeastern Michigan's only community-based LGBT organization for and by the Latino community, has announced their upcoming Leadership Development and Empowerment Retreat. This three-day event, dubbed "Si, Se Puede" or "Yes, We Can," will take place in Ann Arbor on the weekend of Oct 9-11.
The major goal of this retreat is to develop a plan to grow and connect the LGBT Latino community in the greater Detroit area, and to begin to establish a formalized structure to support and sustain that growth for decades to come. Participants will have the chance to build a new organization from the ground up, but will also spend time socializing with other LGBTQ Latinos from around the area.
Some specific activities and objectives for the weekend include opportunities to develop self-empowerment and build pride; activities for community building; skills building toward advocacy and healthy living and involvement in the "birth" of a formal organization for United States.
Registration for this event will be ongoing. For information about the retreat or to register, contact Adriana Garza at the Michigan AIDS Coalition at 248-545-1435 or by e-mail at [email protected].
Detroit Latin@z works to strengthen the LGBT Hispanic and Latino community in metro Detroit. The group began through the Michigan AIDS Coalition in 2008 from existing projects and garnered new support from the Arcus Foundation's Michigan LGBT Rights Program.
The name Latin@z represents the masculine and feminine form of the ethnic term Latino(a)s. The purpose of the group is to build a visible and influential body of LGBT Hispanics and Latinos through outreach, leadership development trainings, advocacy, shared resources and social events.
For more information on Detroit Latin@z, visit http://www.aidsprevention.org/comunidad.htm.

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