This request for information and questionnaire seeks ideas for a potential LGBTQ2SIA+ Student Success Summit, hosted by the Oregon Department of Education (ODE).

At the request of individuals across Oregon who have felt isolated in their communities, we wish to create an in-person summit for LGBTQ2SIA+ serving and identifying administrators, educators, GSA advisors, and student leaders to connect, plan, and sustain LGBTQ2SIA+ affirming school communities to support student success and wellbeing. An intended outcome of this summit is to strengthen partnerships and reinforce networks serving LGBTQ2SIA+ students and community members statewide.

ODE is open to partnerships and collaborations with a variety of organizations such as state agencies, community-based organizations (CBOs) and culturally-specific nonprofit organizations (CSOs), school districts and ESDs, early learning providers, and higher education institutions, and more.

The information gathered will be used to consider opportunities for designing and hosting a summit based on best practices, funding and sponsorship opportunities, safety measures, topics of interest, event spaces and venues, as well as potential partners to move this idea into reality in the coming year or two. Contact information will be used to reach out with follow up questions or more information as needed, in the event planning or ideation process.

All questions outside the contact information are optional, in order to support participation and specific expertise of individuals sharing feedback. Please note ODE's defined key terms for this RFI are included as they first appear in questions and the list is in its entirety at the end of this questionnaire.

Responses due by the end of the day on March 29th.