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PowerOn @PowerOnProgram

Empowering LGBTQ individuals and communities by providing access to technology.

Joined August 2017
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Today, we honor and remember the lives of the 49 LGBTQ community members that we lost at the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando. We'll never forget the victims from that night. We will keep fighting, celebrating & empowering the #LGBTQ community. #PulseNightOfRemembrance
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This month we celebrate love, acceptance, & diversity in all its forms. May this month be a reminder of the power of unity and the freedom to be authentically ourselves. 🏳️‍🌈 #lgbtq #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtpride #lgbtqpride #lgbtqiaplus #lgbtcommunity #lgbtqcommunity #pridemonth
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PowerOn has made awards to 40 #LGBTQ organizations through the first Community Tech Grant. Read more about the grant: buff.ly/3q9xT7k Special thanks to @TMobile, @Comcast @NBCUniversal, @Meta, @ATT, @Verizon, @Google, @GetSpectrum, and more. #tech #poweron
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LGBT Tech@LGBTTech
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LGBT Tech's executive director Chris Wood speaks about the significance of the LGBTQ community's inclusion in technology spaces and how our @PowerOnProgram and @paths_lgbtq programs are working to address underrepresentation. buff.ly/426CfJw #lgbttech #technology #lgbt
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Effective immediately, we are suspending the use of Twitter to distribute information. We will not be deleting our accounts so as to allow our community to still connect with us and redirect them to our other social platforms and websites.
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Apply to become a part of Youth Activist Network - over 100 youth activists aged 14-24 in a year-long fellowship who receive training, support, and $600 per semester stipends to organize for reproductive rights and justice in their community. Apply Today! advocatesforyouth.org/progra…
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Let’s be clear: Targeting & excluding trans, nonbinary, and intersex students from participation in school athletics programs is harmful to all students & undermines the learning environment for everyone. Tell lawmakers to reject H.R. 734 and #LetKidsPlay. buff.ly/3ULSLwy
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LGBT Tech@LGBTTech
14 Apr 2023
The @GLSEN #DayofSilence is a national student-led demonstration where #LGBTQ students and allies all around worldwide take a vow of silence to protest the harmful effects of harassment and discrimination of #LGBTQ people in schools. Learn more at glsen.org/dayofsilence
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PowerOn retweeted
PATHS@paths_lgbtq
14 Apr 2023
The @GLSEN #DayofSilence is a national student-led demonstration where #LGBTQ students and allies worldwide take a vow of silence to protest the harmful effects of harassment and discrimination of LGBTQ people in schools.
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"Data for Progress research shows LGBTQ adults in the South value LGBTQ spaces. Nearly two-thirds of people surveyed say they can connect and meet new people through these spaces. " buff.ly/3oakevQ
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The GLSEN Day of Silence is a national student-led demonstration where LGBTQ students and allies worldwide take a vow of silence to protest the harmful effects of harassment and discrimination of LGBTQ people in schools. Register at glsen.org/dayofsilence
An off-white background. GLSEN's Day of Silence logo next to text "Today I am Silent for GLSEN's Day of Silence" Below a purple background with white text describing the day. Call to action: Join me by visiting glsen.org/DayOfSilence

ALT An off-white background. GLSEN's Day of Silence logo next to text "Today I am Silent for GLSEN's Day of Silence" Below a purple background with white text describing the day. Call to action: Join me by visiting glsen.org/DayOfSilence
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Today, we renew our commitment to celebrate, uplift, and empower our #Trans friends and family today and every day going forward.
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LGBT Tech’s PowerOn program signed on to a letter to Congress along with 252 organizations issuing support for HRes219 (Bonamici Bill of Rights for Students and Parents) and opposition to HR5 (Letlow Parents Bill of Rights) buff.ly/42vG6S9
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PowerOn has signed on to a letter to Congress along with 177 organizations opposing H.R. 734, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023, because it would harm women and girls and undermine civil rights for all students. buff.ly/40xkfbe
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The clock is ticking and applications for the Community Tech Grant from PowerOn close tonight at 11:59 PM ET! Apply for up to ten devices to help keep your center connected. buff.ly/3Dz98p1
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March is Bisexual Health Awareness Month! While more than 50% of those identifying as LGB are Bi, they are less likely than their peers to come out to friends and family due to fear and social stigma. #BiHealthMonth
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GREAT NEWS! The PowerOn 2023 Community Tech Grant Applications have been extended to March 6th! You have an entire extra week to apply to receive up to TEN devices for use by your center's staff or in-center program participants! Don't wait! Apply today! buff.ly/3Dz98p1
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Time is running out! You can now apply for the 2023 PowerOn Community Tech Grant to receive up to ten devices (laptops, desktop computers, cell phones, tablets, printers) for use by center staff or in-center program participants. Applications close Monday!buff.ly/3Dz98p1
A Desktop monitor with a bright green PowerOn logo appears on a dark purple background with yellow and bright green confetti. Above it "Last Chance! Applications Close Monday! 2023 Community Tech Grant" in bright yellow and purple letters. Below it, "Receive up to ten devices (laptops, desktop computers, cell phones, tablets, printers) for use by center staff or in-center program participants!!" The URL www.powerolgbt.org"

ALT A Desktop monitor with a bright green PowerOn logo appears on a dark purple background with yellow and bright green confetti. Above it "Last Chance! Applications Close Monday! 2023 Community Tech Grant" in bright yellow and purple letters. Below it, "Receive up to ten devices (laptops, desktop computers, cell phones, tablets, printers) for use by center staff or in-center program participants!!" The URL www.powerolgbt.org"

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Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week (ASAW) is meant to spread awareness and acceptance of aromantic spectrum identities and the issues they face, as well as making more people aware of their existence while celebrating it. Learn more: buff.ly/3jIyMMK
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"The rates of sadness are the highest reported in a decade, reflecting a long-brewing national tragedy only made worse by the isolation and stress of the pandemic." buff.ly/3xjgglL
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