This week, I talk with Stephan Oliveira, a 2020 Mira Costa High School graduate who participated in a variety of extracurriculars throughout his academic career. He is pursuing a path in psychology, specifically psychiatry, and intends to bring the lessons he's learned from being an LGBT+ advocate as GSA president at Mira Costa and a PFLAG member in the South Bay to assist future patients. As he paves his way forward, he hopes to leave a positive impact wherever he can.
We have one more debate scheduled after this episode will air, and it’s tomorrow! October 15th, hosted by the Easy Reader, HermosaOne.com, and NuVoodoo Media Services. It will be held at 7pm and you can register at debate2020.easyreadernews.com/
For some of the resources Stephan and I made mention to: you can find PFLAG Manhattan Beach at pflagmanhattanbeach.org/
The South Bay LGBT Center at southbaycenter.wixsite.com/southbaylgbtcenter
And The Center for Transyouth Health and Development (which is part of the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles), at chla.org/the-center-transyouth-health-and-development
And finally, both Stephan and I are happy to be resources for family and youth in the South Bay looking for help with LGBT+ issues. You can email the campaign at jasonformbusd@gmail.com with any related questions there.
The mutual aid organizations I mentioned are Long Beach Community Table, which is just longbeachcommunitytable.com/
All Together LA (which is run by another MBUSD alumna - Priya Chatwani, and they’re at AllTogether.LA
And South Bay Community Volunteers is a Facebook group run by Jessica Accamando in Hermosa Beach - just search South Bay Community Volunteers in Facebook when you log in!
For info about food drop offs on MBUSD campuses, you can visit mbusd.org/apps/pages/food
Follow our campaign on instagram, facebook, and twitter at the handle @jasonformbusd
Check out our website which is just jasonformbusd.com