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SMYAL, HRC to host virtual events to boost leadership skills, voting

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The local LGBTQ youth advocacy organization SMYAL and the national LGBTQ civil rights organization Human Rights Campaign, both based in D.C., are hosting separate events this week to boost the skills and awareness of LGBTQ youth in leadership and voting related endeavors.

SMYAL was scheduled to hold its annual “Rise Up! A National Conference for Queer and Trans Youth Organizers” on Monday, July 13-Sunday, July 19 in a virtual online platform for which SMYAL Executive Director Sultan Shakir says more than 270 youth from across the country have registered.

With the conference moving online this year due to the COVID-19 restrictions, “SMYAL is able to host youth from across the country as well as expand the types of workshops that will be

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