Grantee Spotlight – Milwaukee, Wisconsin

These students in Milwaukee, WI hosted a Pride conference across 15 different schools! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ With the help of a “50 States, 50 Grants, 5,000 Voices” grant from It Gets Better, Milwaukee Public Schools was able to host their first ever GSA/LGBTQ+ High School Leadership Summit.

They hosted 150 high school students across 15 different GSA clubs/High Schools, where students received LGBTQ+ community resources, learned leadership skills for their home GSAs, listened to a keynote speaker, saw drag performances, and networked with other LGBTQ+ students.

A sophomore GSA student reflected, “Wow. I just moved to Milwaukee a month ago and I am from Texas. If I had an event like this, this would’ve saved my life in so many ways.”

And one of the staff members/GSA club advisors said, “I am CRYING! This is so beautiful to witness my kids seeing drag for the first time, their expression on their faces has me so emotional right now.”

Check out the slideshow of photos from Wisconsin grant project and read more about all of our 2024-2025 grantees.