Humboldt County Office of Education: Rainbow Educators Network (REN)

Rainbow Educators Network (REN)

Rainbow Educators Network (REN)

Date(s)
Thursday, Oct 2, 2025
Time
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Sponsor
HCOE
Contact
Sharrone Blanck
Phone
707-440-9058

Equity-HCOE

Rainbow Educators Network (REN) operates as a local cohort of school professionals working together to improve 2S/LGBTQIA+ safety, education, inclusion, and belonging in our schools. Participants, also called Rainbow Liaisons, are asked to commit to attending the group for the full school year. Registration is open to all types of school staff, including credentialed, certificated and administrative personnel.

Rainbow Liaisons meet each month to learn, collaborate, and support one another in improving educational and health outcomes for 2S/LGBTQIA+ students through a systemic change approach that includes professional development, leadership development, mutual support/collaboration and tracking changes/trends in policy, law and culture locally and beyond. This is the third year of the Rainbow Educator Network being offered through a partnership between the HCOE Equity Series and Queer Humboldt.

To learn more about this group, email info@queerhumboldt.org or SBlanck@hcoe.org.

Series Dates

The cohort meets once a month, mostly on the First Thursday:

  • Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025
  • Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025
  • Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025
  • Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025
  • Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026*
  • Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026
  • Thursday, March 5, 2026
  • Thursday, April 2, 2026
  • Thursday, May 7, 2026
  • Thursday, June 4, 2026

* =Second Thursday

We encourage two people from each district/site to attend. Certificated, classified and administrators are invited to attend. 

Register now!

Administration Office

Natalie Carrigan
Executive Assistant to the Superintendent
707-445-7022

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707-445-7022

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