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Your Support is Needed to Open PROUD Academy

PROUD Academy aims to open as soon as we can best meet the needs of our students. We are working hard to make this happen in a timely manner. We have even received interest from students beyond CT. But we need your support to make PROUD Academy a reality. We’re urgently fundraising so we can open our doors and meet the needs of LBGTQ+ students and their allies in Connecticut.

Will you give today to help us build this inclusive, life-changing school?

PROUD Academy Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization. Our Federal Tax ID is 87-1920121.
PROUD Academy will credit the gift at the mean value.

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Help LGBTQ+ Youth Find a Safe & Affirming Learning Community at the First Proposed LGBTQ+ Charter School in Connecticut That Is a Tuition-Free Public School

Your contribution to PROUD Academy will be invested in a safe haven school for LGBTQ+ students. With a culture that’s dedicated to preventing bullying and encouraging self-expression, students at PROUD are able to develop the confidence that will transform them into tomorrow’s leaders.

Your gift will help provide LGBTQ+ students with a transformative educational experience that will impact the rest of their lives!

"PROUD Academy is needed for our children. I took my child, who identifies as transgender/genderqueer, to the PROUD Academy Open House and I saw them come alive. They were in their element. They felt safe. They felt accepted. They felt confident. To see a place where they could feel so much themselves and so loved for exactly who they are was the most incredible experience."

– Rebecca, Parent –

"It will give students an extra feeling of security; freedom to be themselves, freedom of self-expression."

– Tarin, Student –

"It's so important for individuals and children to have PROUD Academy - to have a school that is always going to accept, never have to judge. It's all full of love. Everybody should have love in their heart and having a school like that would be absolutely amazng for our children. I would like my child to be able to go to a school where there's no judgement."

– Cassie, Parent –

"I get made fun of for being queer, I get made fun of for being trans at school. A school that is made for people like me and made for a community that's not always treated correctly is an amazing thing. It makes a community. It makes a family."

– Ollie, Student–

"I want to go to PROUD Academy because I'll be able to talk to more kids that are queer and will be more accepting of me. It would be a really cool experience."

– Ryen, Student –

"With a name like PROUD Academy - you're going to be PROUD to be there! It's going to be a safe and open space with open arms, ready to hug anybody who needs it, and there will be help around every corner."

– Kai Shappley, Student –