About
HRC Foundation’s Welcoming Schools is the most comprehensive, bias-based bullying prevention program in the nation to provide LGBTQ and gender inclusive professional development training, lesson plans, booklists and resources specifically designed for Pre K - 12 educators and youth-serving professionals.
Our program uses an intersectional, anti-racist lens dedicated to actionable policies and practices.
We uplift school communities with critical tools to embrace family diversity, create LGBTQ+ and gender inclusive schools, prevent bias-based bullying, and support transgender and non-binary students.
HRC Foundation's Welcoming Schools is the nation's premier professional development program providing training and resources to Pre K - 12 educators to:
- Embrace All Families
- Create LGBTQ+ and Gender Inclusive Schools
- Prevent Bias-Based Bullying
- Support Transgender and Non-Binary Students
10.6+
Million
Students have benefited from inclusive learning climate at schools since 2011
189k+
Educators
And youth-serving professionals reached through Welcoming Schools' trainings
90%
Of educators
Know how to actively support and affirm transgender and non-binary students after our trainings
50
States
And 12 countries have participated in Welcoming Schools' trainings
