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October 11, 2026 2:00pm
The Dorset Church
143 Church St. Dorset, VT 05251
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Dorset, VT — PFLAG Dorset is honored to welcome Dr. Bama Athreya (she/her), Executive Director of ICRW Americas, as the featured speaker at its monthly meeting on Sunday, October 11, 2026, 2:00 p.m. at the Dorset Church, 143 Church Street, Dorset. Dr. Athreya will offer an overview of the global fight for the rights of women and gender diverse people in today’s changed and increasingly hostile landscape. This interactive conversation will give attendees practical options for advocacy. The talk is also available on Zoom. To register, please send a request to PFLAG.Dorset@gmail.com
Since 1976, the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) has led the global agenda for gender equity and inclusion. Its experts, based primarily in the Americas, Africa, and Asia, conduct research and advance innovative public policy on issues including economic opportunity and security, health and reproductive rights, gender norms, and climate action.
Dr. Athreya brings diverse experience across government, philanthropy, and NGOs. Before joining ICRW, she was appointed by President Biden as Deputy Assistant Administrator at USAID where she led offices that elevated global attention to gender equality, LGBTQI+ rights and inclusion, disability rights, Indigenous Peoples’ rights, and other social inclusion portfolio. Under her leadership, USAID released its first-ever LGBTQI+ Inclusion Policy. She previously served as Executive Director of the International Labor Rights Forum, where she led global initiatives with key stakeholders to protect workers’ rights around the world. Dr. Athreya holds a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from the University of Michigan.
About PFLAG Dorset PFLAG Dorset is Vermont’s only chapter of PFLAG, the nation’s largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQI+ people and those who love them. The chapter creates opportunities for dialogue, support, and advocacy so that families, friends, and allies can help build a healthy, respectful community that affirms human diversity.
PFLAG promotes the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights.
PFLAG provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.
PFLAG Dorset formed in 2010 as a response from concerned community members – parents and friends of the LGBTQ+ community. Since 2010 PFLAG Dorset has been providing Vermont with a forum for learning, advocacy and support for our LGBTQ+ friends and family.
PFLAG Dorset creates avenues for advocacy by bringing together the parents, families, and allies of LGBTQ+ persons. Using one unified voice of support, PFLAG has a unique position to speak up and speak out in support of our LGBTQ+ loved one.
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