for people who are LGBTQIA+

Kidpower has championed the safety of the LGBTQIA+ community for more than 30 years.

And now we’ve launched Pridepower, a new course in the Kidpower Online Learning Center specifically tailored to address the safety needs of LGBTQIA+ folks, including youth and all family members. This course is being developed and taught with expertise from within the LGBTQIA+ community. This skills-based training is available worldwide through the Kidpower Online Learning Center.

Kidpower’s 30+ year track record of success is rooted in our unique – and uniquely effective – approach focusing on success-based skills practice adapted for age, ability, and life situation, and we’re the best in our field: 

 

  • Top-rated nonprofit by GreatNonprofits.org every year since 2012
  • Over 8 million served through live online and in-person workshops, educational resources, and partnerships since 1989
  • Recommended by experts worldwide for being empowering, effective, tailored for individual needs, and FUN!
  • Each year, over 200,000 unique visitors benefit from the Kidpower Resource Library

Here’s what people are saying:

 

“Kidpower Executive Director Irene van der Zande provided critical support for the hugely successful #Day1 Campaign, created by the Tyler Clementi Foundation to prevent bullying before it starts. We greatly appreciate Kidpower’s expertise in helping us create a #Day1 pledge that is strong, clear, and inclusive.

~ Sean Kosofsky, Former Executive Director, Tyler Clementi Foundation

“Kidpower Executive Director Irene van der Zande provided critical support for the hugely successful #Day1 Campaign, created by the Tyler Clementi Foundation to prevent bullying before it starts. We greatly appreciate Kidpower’s expertise in helping us create a #Day1 pledge that is strong, clear, and inclusive.

~ Sean Kosofsky, Former Executive Director, Tyler Clementi Foundation

 

“Kidpower is committed to respect for everyone, reaching out to people who are most vulnerable to violence and abuse as well as those who have traditionally been oppressed or excluded.

~ Ellen Bass, Kidpower Founding Board President and Bestselling Author of The Courage to Heal and Free Your Mind

“Kidpower is committed to respect for everyone, reaching out to people who are most vulnerable to violence and abuse as well as those who have traditionally been oppressed or excluded.

~ Ellen Bass, Kidpower Founding Board President and Bestselling Author of The Courage to Heal and Free Your Mind

 

Kidpower services are strategically aligned with the needs of our youth, who deserve self-protection skills – so they are more prepared to take charge of their safety in age-appropriate ways in the face of bullying, harassment, discrimination, and threats to their physical and emotional safety – and who also deserve safety leadership and advocacy skills they can use in their civic and community efforts as citizens, student leaders, clients, and consumers in legal, medical, legislative, educational, and other community contexts.”

~ Roz Keith, Executive Director Stand With Trans

Kidpower services are strategically aligned with the needs of our youth, who deserve self-protection skills – so they are more prepared to take charge of their safety in age-appropriate ways in the face of bullying, harassment, discrimination, and threats to their physical and emotional safety – and who also deserve safety leadership and advocacy skills they can use in their civic and community efforts as citizens, student leaders, clients, and consumers in legal, medical, legislative, educational, and other community contexts.”

~ Roz Keith, Executive Director Stand With Trans

Six ways you can help!

Tell us your story in writing!

Send us a written message describing the impact of Pridepower for you and people important to you!

Tell us your story in writing!

Send us a written message describing the impact of Pridepower for you and people important to you!

Tell us your story by video or other media!

Send us a short video or other file describing how Kidpower and Pridpower resources is making a difference!

Tell us your story by video or other media!

Send us a short video or other file describing how Kidpower and Pridpower resources is making a difference!

Share Kidpower and Pridepower resources with others!

Share this page and our Pridepower course with your friends, family, and interested institutions, or post on social media, so that we can reach as many people as possible!

Share Kidpower and Pridepower resources with others!

Share this page and our Pridepower course with your friends, family, and interested institutions, or post on social media, so that we can reach as many people as possible!

Make a donation!

Your gift in any amount will help Kidpower and our Pridepower program bring greater emotional and personal safety to LQBTQIA+ communities everywhere!

Make a donation!

Your gift in any amount will help Kidpower and our Pridepower program bring greater emotional and personal safety to LQBTQIA+ communities everywhere!

Ask others to donate in your honor!

Ask the people in your life to donate to Kidpower International to support the Pridepower program for your birthday or other special event! You can share the donation page.

Ask others to donate in your honor!

Ask the people in your life to donate to Kidpower International to support the Pridepower program for your birthday or other special event! You can share the donation page.

Connect Pridepower with people who can grow our visibility and sustainability!

Do you know a person, business, or organization that would be interested in partnering with Pridepower? Your personal connections can open doors and help us reach even more people! Contact us at pridepower@kidpower.org.

Connect Pridepower with people who can grow our visibility and sustainability!

Do you know a person, business, or organization that would be interested in partnering with Pridepower? Your personal connections can open doors and help us reach even more people! Contact us at pridepower@kidpower.org.

Featured Resources

Courses  Articles  Books

Featured courses from the Online Learning Center

You’ll find an ever-growing array of self-paced courses – including the one featured below! – in the Kidpower Online Learning Center. Start using them on your own or to help your students, clients, loved ones, or others build skills to be safe.

Featured articles from our free online library

Featured books

Bullying: What Adults Need to Know and Do to Keep Kids Safe

Learn how to use and teach Kidpower self-protection skills and strategies to protect children and teens from bullying at school, home, online social media and gaming, and out in your community.
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Your Amazon purchases help Kidpower!

Fullpower Social Safety Stories for Teens and Adults
Book 1: How to Avoid Trouble, Protect Your Emotional Safety, And Set Boundaries

With part 1 of our 2-part series of social stories for teens and adults, learn and share strategies for being safe with words; being and acting aware; moving away from trouble; and setting clear and respectful boundaries.

Book 2: How To Get Help, Stay Safe In Public, And Protect Yourself From Bullying & Abuse

With part 2 of our 2-part series of social stories for teens and adults, learn and share strategies for getting help, staying safe in public, and protect yourself from bullying, harassment, and abuse.

Learn More & Buy on Amazon
Your Amazon purchases help Kidpower!

The Relationship Safety Skills Handbook

This empowering handbook is for victims of, or people at risk of, interpersonal, dating or domestic violence, and the support people in their lives, to learn ‘People Safety’ concepts and skills to help them prevent or stop future violence.
Learn More & Buy on Amazon | Buy Digitally
Your Amazon purchases help Kidpower!

Workshops

Learn from the global leaders in social-emotional safety skills education! Options include:

  • Online, self-paced courses with captioned videos and more in the Kidpower Online Learning Center
  • Online, live ‘community’ workshops open for public enrollment – see Workshops
  • Online, live ‘organized’ workshops arranged by and for your own group, gathered virtually or physically – presented by a virtual instructor (in-person instruction is paused)

Every workshop is unique! In the planning stage, we listen and ask questions about your needs and priorities. Then, we provide a service tailored just for you. Read more about our most popular workshops for adults – and contact us to explore options for yours!

We’re here to answer your questions, suggest resources, and give you more information about how to take or plan a class. Contact us today using the form below.

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