The MPowerment Project

Lifelong’s MPowerment Project is a peer-to-peer outreach and education program empowering queer youth to make positive and healthier choices about sex and drug use.  Located next to the Lifelong Thrift store, MPowerment is a queer-friendly youth space open to its Core Team of peer-educators.  Each week LGBTQ youth ages 16-22 meet to discuss upcoming prevention outreach on the streets and in the clubs, peer-led workshops, youth empowerment, and events. Outreach activities take place during the week, particularly targeting homeless LGBTQ and other young people.

Last week, more than 200 people attended MPowerment’s annual Youthopolis event at the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park.  The event honored leadership in Seattle’s Young Queer Community and was attended by State Senator Ed Murray and local transgender rights advocate Marsha Botzer, co-chair of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.  There were musical performances by Sketch Echo, Team Gina, and others.  The Seattle University Spectator’s blog covered the event in more detail. 

Learn more about MPowerment or find out how you can get involved by visiting The MPowerment Project’s website or emailing mpowerment@llaa.org.