2021 City of Tempe Diversity Award Winner Devynn Thurston
Date2021
MediumPaper
Dimensions8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Catalog number2021.11.6
Description2021 City of Tempe Diversity Award Winner Devynn Thurston is involved in Arizona Department of Education's Equitable and Inclusive Practices Advisory Council working to create guidelines for the Department of Education to send out for schools to foster equitable and inclusive schools for LGBTQ students. Since 2018, he has been a program member of the GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) Phoenix Shine Leadership program. He is also the City of Tempe Mayor's Youth Advisory Commissioner and President of Tempe High School's Gender Sexuality Alliance, where he plans and runs weekly meetings and created a transgender support group. He has refined a variety of leadership skills around communication by giving public and recorded speeches and presentations and being a voice for LGBTQ high school youth.Status
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