To learn more about becoming a sponsor or supporter of the Queer Youth Leadership Awards, click here. There are three ways to support the Queer Youth Leadership Awards:
- Advertise in the QYLA Printed Program
- Sponsor a Table at QYLA
- Donate
Thank you 2024 QYLA Co-sponsors and Supporters!
Thank You to our Co-sponsors
Ace’s Flowers
Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee (BAYMEC)
Bay Federal Credit Union
California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA)
Cabrillo College Office of Student Equity
Capitola-Aptos Rotary Club
Charlie Singer RN, L.Ac.,M.Ac.
City of Watsonville
Chris Weir and Sally Arnold
Coffeetopia
Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County
Cruzio
Cynthia Druley
Edith Frederick
Emerging Jedi Award
Fiorito Interior Design
First 5 Santa Cruz County
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) – Watsonville
Friends of Jimmy Panetta
Friends of Kathy Ruiz Goldenkranz
Friends of Mark Stone
G. Schulz
Gail D. Levine
Gail Pellerin for Assembly
In Memory of Connor Cockerham
In Memory of Richard Watson-Riley
Iversen Design
Jardines de San Juan
Jeremy Ray, Live Oak School Board & Dr. Jessica Ray
Karen Moore
Kaiser Permanente
La Selva Beach Community Church
Life Lab
Mark Lippert
Monterey Peninsula Pride
Mount Madonna School
New Brighton Middle School Performing Arts Center
Out In Our Faith
Pat LeCuyer and Dan Gold
Pajaro Valley Pride
Pajaro Valley Unified School District (PVUSD)
Peter di Grazia
Phillip Gomez & Van Boughner
Rebecca Stark Photography
Richard R. Gamboa, CRPS
Safe Schools Project
Salud Para la Gente
Santa Cruz Area Radical Faeries
Santa Cruz City Schools (SCCS)
Santa Cruz County Office of Education (SCCOE)
Santa Cruz Community Health Centers
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Sheri & Richard Watson-Riley
Soquel Union Elementary School District (SUESD)
Temple Beth El
The Diversity Center
The Trevor Project
TransFamilies of Santa Cruz County
Woody Beville
Zoe Lofgren for Congress
Thank You to our Supporters
Adam Spickler, Trustee, Cabrillo College
American Civil Liberties Union Santa Cruz County Chapter
(ACLU)
Charlea Massion MD
Arts Council Santa Cruz County
Assemblymember Dawn Addis, CA State Assembly, 30th District
Assemblymember Gail Pellerin, CA State Assembly, 28th District
Bea Rosenstein
Big Brothers Big Sisters Santa Cruz County
Black China Bakery
Bookshop Santa Cruz
Boys and Girls Club of Santa Cruz County
Cantú Queer Center at UCSC
Capitola-Aptos Rotary Club
Chadeish Yameinu Jewish Renewal
Charlea Massion MD
Clare Sheils & Margaret A. Leonard
Closet Free Radio Show, KZSC
Dan Gold and Pat LeCuyer
Community Printers
David Lompa, US Bank, Business Specialist
Dharma’s Restaurant, Bernie Shapiro
Gary Cooper & Bill Fanning
Gary Martin
GLBT Alliance of Santa Cruz County
Greg SeaLion Cotten
James Olivas
Larry Almonte
Nancy Krueger and Doug Ardley
New Brighton Middle School Queer Straight Alliance (QSA)
Nonprofit Connection (NPC) Santa Cruz County
PFLAG Santa Cruz County
Rob Adkisson
Ron Indra
Senator John Laird, California State Senate, 17th District
Suicide Prevention Service of the Central Coast
Talk of the Bay, KSQD
Teresa Marlow
The Bagelry, John Hamstra
The Ugly Mug
Trans Teen Project
United Way of Santa Cruz County
Westside Video
Your Future Is Our Business (YFIOB)
Yoli Gallardo