ALGBTIC Mission and Values

Redefining Our Organization

As part of our Strategic Plan for 2020, we are looking to collect all of our stakeholders' opinions on the direction of our organization. This is the opportunity and time to grow ALGBTIC into an organization that represents all of our communities. Thank you for your time!

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* 1. What do you believe should be the main focus of our organization?

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* 2. What do you feel the mission of our organization should include?

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* 3. What are values that you believe our organization should have?

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* 4. Our current mission statement is:
The mission of ALGBTIC includes the recognition of both individual and social contexts presenting the confluence of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, ability, age, spiritual or religious belief system, indigenous heritage in order:
to promote greater awareness and understanding of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues among members of the counseling profession and related helping occupations
to improve standards and delivery of counseling services provided to LGBT clients and communities
to identify conditions which create barriers to the human growth and development of LGBT clients and communities; and use counseling skills, programs, and efforts to preserve, protect, and promote such development
to develop, implement, and foster interest in counseling-related charitable, scientific, and educational programs designed to further the human growth and development of LGBT clients and communities.
to secure equality of treatment, advancement, qualifications, and status of LGBT members of the counseling profession and related helping occupations.
to publish a journal and other scientific, educational, and professional materials with the purpose of raising the standards of practice for all who work with LGBT clients and communities in the counseling profession and related helping occupations.

What would you like to see changed about this mission statement?