RECLA (Rainbow Education Coalition Los Angeles) is a community coalition—anyone is welcome to join—working to ensure LGBTQ+ students are safe, supported, and protected through real accountability, policy implementation, and long-term investment across LAUSD.
The Leadership Labs Youth Summit is to provide queer youth of color, their families, and allies a space to network and empower themselves while discovering ways to positively impact their community.
RECLA is already delivering results:
The bell rings, but for many LGBTQ+ students in LAUSD, the silence that follows can feel heavy. Too often, students face harm, isolation, or systems that look the other way—even when policies exist on paper.
RECLA formed because safety and belonging require follow-through: consistent implementation, clear accountability, and resources that reach every campus.
RECLA’s mission is to ensure the well-being and safety of LGBTQ+ students by holding LAUSD accountable for implementation of policies and allocation of resources that transform cultural and structural systems to end transphobia, homophobia, white supremacy, and cis-heteropatriarchy.
RECLA equips our community with a shared strategy to move LAUSD from promises to practice.
Through the coalition, participants:
Anyone is welcome—youth, caregivers, educators, allies, and community members.
When you join RECLA, you’re joining a coalition that turns community experience into action.
You can expect:
Meeting schedule: 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month
Where: via zoom – contact Jesica
Create an LGBTQ+ accountability board at the District to ensure continuous oversight and real transparency.
Require LGBTQ+ goals and objectives in every school’s “Single Plan for Student Achievement” so student safety and success are measurable, not optional.
Secure multi-year investment in the budget so LGBTQ+ support is built to last—not a one-time effort.
