By Karen Petersen | Development DIrector
Micheal Weakley, Q Center's new Youth & Young Adult Program Manager.
Micheal will oversee Q Center’s Sexual & Gender Minority Youth Center (SMYRC) Program, the Washington County Pride Project, the We Are Here LGBTQ Youth & Young Adult Blogspace and all of Q Center’s programming for young people ages 12-23. Weakley is a graduate of Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN and Mid-Sweden University in Sundsvall, Sweden (B.S. Communication: Public Relations, President of PRSSA, IABC). Micheal worked for the CDC funded Mpowerment Project at AIDS Project Arizona offering HIV prevention for gay men 18-29 and has been active in the non-profit field and LGBTQ community for over fifteen years, working actively with AIDS Walk Arizona, Common Ground: New Orleans Relief Project, World AIDS Day, the Campaign for International Equality and oneNten. Micheal has been featured on the cover of both Echo and IONAZ magazine for his commitment to empowering LGBTQ youth in Arizona and was featured on CNN for the development of Q-High a bully-free school dedicated to LGBTQ youth. He was named Echo’s Man of the Year and served as Grand Marshall in the 2010 Phoenix Pride Parade. As former Deputy Director of oneNten, Micheal developed the Promise of a New Day, a project designed to keep LGBTQ out of homelessness. Micheal is also co-founder of REBEL YELL — a music, arts and activism event designed to engage immigrant, queer and homeless youth. You can reach Micheal by email at micheal@pdxqcenter.org.
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