friends & family speaker series - LgBTQ+ | allies
Monday, May 23rd 2022 • 6:30pm-8:00pm • Coronado Library Winn Room • FREE
Join us for a vibrant conversation about the LGBTQ+ community, how to speak the language, and what it means to be an ally. Holly creates a safe place to ask questions and dive into untangling the alphabet soup while discussing current social issues and moving towards a greater understanding of today’s queer culture.
Holly Reese (she/her/hers) is the Director of Advocacy and Training The LGBTQIA+ Center of Southern Nevada
Since moving from Florida to the Las Vegas valley in 2007, Holly Reese has been passionately involved with advocacy for the LGBTQIA+ Community.
She worked with Gender Justice Nevada, a transgender-focused non-profit and helped establish Las Vegas TransPride. Reese is currently the Director of Advocacy and Training for The Center, Las Vegas.
Holly has developed and engaged in LGBTQ+ diversity and inclusion trainings and anti-violence work which address topics ranging from HIV awareness/prevention to sex/gender inclusivity.
Reese is the founding owner of Alphabet Soup 101, a diversity and inclusion training and consultant firm. In her free time, Reese loves travel, camping and spending time with her wife also named Holly, their 3 grown children and grandbaby, as well as their dog.
hreese@thecenterlv.org
presentation followed by audience Q & A
Reservations appreciated
This event is FREE to the public