Want to Volunteer?             

ALGBTIC President Michael Chaney is seeking individuals who are interested in becoming more involved in the division. There are a number of projects that will be taking place during the 2010-2011 year.  The Association of LGBT Issues in Counseling welcomes new leadership, particularly graduate students and new professionals. Oftentimes people do not know how to become involved. Please consider joining a committee or a task force within our division. There are many ways to serve and become more active in ways that meet your needs and busy lives.  There are a number of committees and task forces that are being convened this year to help support the work of our division. Below is a brief description of each of these volunteer opportunities.  We hope that you consider bringing new leadership to one or more of these areas:

ALGBTIC Website and Resources Committee. The purpose of this committee is to help monitor and revise the Resource page of the ALGBTIC website. This committee will partner with our webmaster in ensuring that current and emerging research, technology, multicultural resources, etc. are available for members and non-members alike who need access to cutting edge information on the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and ally community. Our goal is to see ALGBTIC be a leader within ACA in terms of our website resources, which would include books, journal articles, reports, pamphlets, podcasts, youtube videos, online documentaries, just to name a few.

Anti-LGBT Counseling Task Force. The purpose of this task force is to educate individuals about sexual orientation change efforts (i.e., reparative therapies), examine the current ethical codes and propose changes to ACA Ethics Committee, and organize events related to queer-affirmative counseling that will take place at the 2011 ACA Convention in New Orleans.

Membership Committee. The purpose of this committee is to help advise the ALGBTIC board on ways to increase division membership and to assist the committee chairs in maintain regular and ongoing contact with ALGBTIC members.

State Branch/Division Committee. The purpose of this committee is to provide support and assistance to states that have existing ALGBTIC state branches and to support state leaders who wish to create state branches of ALGBTIC.

ALGBTIC Newsletter. The board is always in need of those who are available to write articles for our very popular divisional newsletter. We also need those have expertise in editing articles and providing support to our newsletter editor.

As you can see, there are many different ways to become involved in our division. Simply complete the form below and if you have any questions about these committees, task forces, or projects, please don’t hesitate to contact any member of the board or write to ALGBTIC President Michael P. Chaney at chaney@oakland.edu.