A SAFE SPACE WHERE IT'S OK2BU!
The Attic Youth Center’s mission is to create opportunities for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning (LGBTQ) youth to develop into healthy, independent, civic-minded adults within a safe and supportive community and to promote the acceptance of LGBTQ youth in society.
Many LGBTQ youth continue to experience prejudice and oppression in their daily lives, which often leaves youth feeling isolated and vulnerable. The Attic community helps provide youth with a sense of belonging, connection, and understanding.
The Attic offers a wide range of programs and services designed to provide youth with the support and skills needed to transition into independent, thriving adults. The Attic strives to have a positive impact on all aspects of youth’s lives; to facilitate growth, empowerment, and resiliency; and to help youth find their voice, which is often silenced.
The Attic’s Bryson Institute delivers customized workshops and trainings on best practices for working with LGBTQ youth in schools, in workplaces, and within organizations.
LGBTQ Training with The Bryson Institute
Holistic Art Programing
In this eclectic program youth engage in art, story building, creative writing, silk screening, and learning activities designed to help youth Thrive. Thrive is an in-person program.
SHINE
The Attic Youth Center 255 South 16th Street, Philadelphia, PASHINE is a queer-affirming support group. In this space, we explore the messages embedded in dominant culture narrative of Hyper-Normalization. Here, we read Hyper-Normalization as the homogenized notions of binary […]
Digital & Financial Literacy, Career Development & HW Help
Youth engaging in the WERQ Internship have the opportunity to learn Digital and Financial Literacy the Philadelphia Youth Networks Out of School time program. Learning Job exploration and job readiness […]
From Gay to Z with Alex
From Gay to Z is a space for sharing, learning, exploring, and connecting over notions of community and identity with other LGBTQIA youth. Each week a letter of the alphabet […]
Healthy Relationships
Healthy Relationships is a group environment for youth to learn how to build interpersonal relationships with themselves and others (family, partners, peers, co-workers-etc.) through honesty, trust, and respect. Youth receive […]
WERQ!
(Work and Education Readiness for Queer Youth)
Paid afterschool programming at The Attic for youth ages 14-18
In-person Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 3:00pm to 6:00pm at The Attic
To Join FALL-SPRING 2021-2022, fill out the WERQ After-school Internship Form
News
The Attic Youth Center appoints interim executive director
Thank you to our friends at Philadelphia Gay News for highlighting this exciting news! Read the article here:The Attic Youth Center appoints interim executive director — Philadelphia Gay News (epgn.com)
Welcome to our new website!
We hope you enjoy our new website. Check back often as we continue to expand the site.
Dunkin Supports The Attic in Meal Support
INspire, the LGBTQ & Allies Employee Resource Group at Dunkin’ Brands, the parent company of Dunkin’, helped the Foundation select six LGBTQ youth organizations in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago,
