Schedule of Events
(Zoom links will be sent to your email the week of the event)
Friday November 20th
6-9 pm: Poetry Slam with Brandi Fresco Carlini and Drag Show with Rebecca Mae and Friends
Saturday November 21st
9am: Live spinning with DJ GeXella
10:15: Session 1A: Ask the Doc
Session 1B: Sex Education (youth only)
11:35: Keynote with GeXella: Allyship in Motion
12:45-1 pm: Lunch break
1-2 Session 2A: Art Break with Heather Denning
Session 2B: Carry for Queer Youth
Session 2C: Youth hangout
2:05: Ryan Cassata performance and Q & A
3:45: Call to Action and Closing
Registration is required but FREE! Sign up HERE!
Meet the Performers and Presenters
Sara Weinstein
is the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Coordinator at Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara Counties. She has worked in the Public Health/ Health Education field for the past eight years. She earned her Master’s degree in Health Education from The College at Brockport, SUNY. Sara is passionate about teaching, working with young people, and making sex ed inclusive and affirming for all. Sara lives with her partner and cat in Buffalo, NY.
Simone Shuster-Zimicki
is the Health Educator Supervisor at Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara Counties. She graduated from Canisius College in 2016 with a triple Bachelor’s in English, Creative Writing, and Communications. Since then, she has immersed herself in the Sexual Health Education field. She’s passionate about creating sexuality education resources that are inclusive, comprehensive, liberating, and accessible to the people in her community. With a passion for social justice and a long history with community involvement, she hopes to play a part in helping to change the way that youth in her community receive Sex Education. Simone is a mother, an artist, a collector of hobbies, and an advocate for her community.
Brandi Fresco Carlini
is a 23-year old local Erie MC with multi-faceted talents such as singing, dancing, painting, and various other art expressions. Her flows bring together people of all ages, using good rhythms with good intentions.
GeeXella (jee-EL-Luh)
Singer. Rapper. DJ. Organizer.They/Them — Capricorn Sun — AfroLatinxA bleeding heart, rainbow fueled, passionate nightingale has taken a form that is GeeXella. They are a singer, rapper, dj and community organizer. They use their passion for music as a vehicle to create intentional dance space for marginalized communities in the SOUTH. They are a community organizer and activist in Jacksonville, Florida. They believe in self expression
and hope to provide more community events for QTPOCS and Black folx (Queer, Trans, People of Color). Check out their work at https://www.geexellamusic.com/
Ryan Cassata
is an award-winning singer-songwriter and actor, performer, published writer, LGBTQ+ activist, and motivational speaker based in Los Angeles. With features in GRAMMY.com, Rolling Stone, Billboard, The New York Times, Buzzfeed, and The NY Daily News, Ryan has made the most of his career, which started when he was just 13. Check out his work at http://www.ryancassata.com/