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Discover stories about how Point Foundation LGBTQ students, alumni and network are impacting communities world-wide. 

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Discover stories about how Point Foundation LGBTQ students, alumni and network are impacting communities world-wide. 

The rights of LGBTQ people nationwide are under attack. In the past year, legislators erased LGBTQ identities from schools and sports, and cut funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts on...

December 16, 2015, teampoint

The Hidden History of our Words

Many of us in the “community” often use the terms LGBTQ out of habit, perhaps stopping to add or...

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December 09, 2015, teampoint

10 Life and Death Lessons Learned at The CIA  

There’s a sharp learning curve when going to school at the world’s premier culinary college....

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December 04, 2015, teampoint

Conducting Research and Trying to Stay Afloat

Entering my freshman year at Oklahoma State University, I knew one thing was certain: I would try...

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December 01, 2015, teampoint

Point Scholars Work to End HIV/AIDS

Point Foundation is honored to partner with the Elton John AIDS Foundation to provide internships...

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November 18, 2015, teampoint

Exploring the Struggles within the LGBTQ Community

Photo: Ashley Burnside (L) with Point Scholar Kayla Wingert (R) at the Out for Work conference. I...

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November 06, 2015, teampoint

America's Shameful Lesson and How to Learn from It

Last week, thousands of people watched in horror as School Resource Officer Ben Fields violently...

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October 21, 2015, teampoint

Casey Hoke's New Classroom

I didn’t fully realize just what I was doing; stepping into the glare of the hot California sun on...

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October 08, 2015, maryschan

A New Community

Upon arriving in New Haven seven weeks ago, one of the only things of which I felt certain was the...

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September 10, 2015, teampoint

Engineering a Better World for the LGBTQ Community

Point Scholar Alexa Groenke, a second year engineering student at the University of California,...

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May 15, 2015, teampoint

Finding and Creating LGBTQ Friendly Colleges: Recap of the educate2impact Day Google Hangout (Part II)

For the second annual educate2impact day on May 13, 2015, a panel of LGBTQ experts held a Google...

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May 14, 2015, teampoint

Finding and Creating LGBTQ Friendly Colleges; Recap of the educate2impact Day Google Hangout

For the second annual educate2impact day on May 13, 2015, Point Foundation, our community partners,...

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March 25, 2015, teampoint

Scholars Speak: Students Find Their Voices during Music In Our Schools Month

For 30 years March has been designated by the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) as...

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