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The Executive Director of the Wanda Alston Foundation testified before the Committee on Youth Affairs on the overcrowding conditions at DYRS and the deep connection between incarceration and LGBTQ+ youth.
Cesar Toledo, Executive Director, testified before the DC Council in support of the confirmation of Ms. Rachel Pierre as the Director of the Department of Human Services (DHS).
Wanda Alston Foundation Executive Director Cesar Toledo testifying at the Public Works and Operations Budget Oversight Hearing.
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The Executive Director of the Wanda Alston Foundation testified before the Committee on Youth Affairs on the overcrowding conditions at DYRS and the deep connection between incarceration and LGBTQ+ youth.
The Wanda Alston Foundation is proud to announce that its Executive Director, Cesar Toledo, has been named to Out Magazine’s prestigious Out100 list, an annual celebration of the nation’s most influential and pioneering LGBTQ+ leaders across entertainment, politics, activism, sports, and beyond.
Cesar Toledo, Executive Director, testified before the DC Council in support of the confirmation of Ms. Rachel Pierre as the Director of the Department of Human Services (DHS).
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Representatives of more than a dozen local and national LGBTQ advocacy organizations were among the 83 people who turned out for an Oct. 21 Town Hall Discussion for D.C.’s LGBTQ Community.
The Wanda Alston Foundation is proud to announce that its Executive Director, Cesar Toledo, has been named to Out Magazine’s prestigious Out100 list, an annual celebration of the nation’s most influential and pioneering LGBTQ+ leaders across entertainment, politics, activism, sports, and beyond.
Based on the Point-In-Time data, year after year, LGBTQ+ youth are devastatingly overrepresented among all youth experiencing homelessness. While the overall decrease in the number of homeless people in D.C. is promising, there has been about a five-point increase among our homeless LGBTQ+ young people – meaning more than one in three homeless youth today identify as LGBTQ+.