Screen Shot 2016-09-01 at 9.08.24 AMWinona State University will host a Two-Spirit Workshop with Lenny Hayes, MA LADC, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, in Kryzsko Commons, Oak Rooms.

This workshop will focus on the history of the Two-Spirit Native LGBTQ individuals and community, the issues impacting the community, intergenerational trauma on Two-Spirit Native LGBTQ people and information about changing the ideas about the individuals.

Hayes is an enrolled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton-Oyate from South Dakota. He is the owner and operator of Tate Topa Consulting, LLC. His extensive training in Two Spirit people and the LGBTQ community will be utilized in this workshop.

This event is sponsored by the Inclusion and Diversity Office.

For more information, contact Cindy Killion at ckillion@winona.edu.