This year’s theme is The Time is Now: Empowering our Community with Knowledge and Love. Audre Lorde famously said: “Without community, there is no liberation.” Inspired by her words, this year’s LGBTQ+ Issues Conference invites participants to consider what’s possible and necessary to cultivate safe spaces of resilience, strength, and unity. Sessions provided at this conference will foster liberatory learning communities for LGBTQ+ peoples and co-conspirators; heighten awareness and advocacy around anti-LGBTQ+ policies; as well as strengthen organizing skills across school districts and local chapters.