2019 Leadership Retreat

In April 2019, SDFTY held its first Leadership Retreat. The counselors from the previous fall’s youth retreat spent the weekend in Sandisfield, Massachusetts. It was an opportunity to relax and build community among the counselors and board members but also a chance to reflect on how SDFTY could best support trans teens moving forward. The weekend was also packed with fun activities and great food; counselors enjoyed peer-led yoga, a mindfulness trek through the surrounding woods, and even a formal dinner party with a delicious three-course home-cooked meal!  This weekend provided counselors the rare opportunity to join together with other trans and gender-non-conforming young adults.

Quotes from counselors after the weekend:

“Having a network of friends who all see you for who you are, without explanation or qualification, is life-changing. That’s what Sam & Devorah does for me." 

 “It’s easy to feel like the world was not meant for us, like the very foundation of our society is built to exclude people who experience gender differently. When I’m with my Sam & Devorah family is when I feel the most at home.”