LGBTQ+ Impact Team
The LGBTQ+ Impact Team works to ensure that LGBTQ+ Utahns who identify as girls and women are considered, included and represented in all aspects of A Bolder Way Forward. We aim to support and empower BWF Spoke Leaders by providing resources and terminology to foster unbiased understanding. By using and disaggregating data to identify discrimination, we plan to assist with the development of inclusive initiatives to challenge disparities.
Leaders
Rosa Bandeirinha
Organizer, QSAF
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Rosa (pronoun indifferent) is a nonprofit communications professional and artist, who earned a masters degree in architecture from the University of Coimbra in Portugal. Rosa is an organizer of Queer Spectra Arts Festival, the only LGBTQ+ multidisciplinary arts festival in Utah. 
Anne Arendt
Organizer, Utah Valley University
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Anne Arendt (she/her) is the Associate Dean for Student Affairs in the Utah Valley University Smith College of Engineering and Technology. She has been an equality advocate for almost two decades in the institution and in the local community.
Sara Urquhart
Board Chair, Mama Dragons
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Sara Urquhart (she/her) joined the Mama Dragons board in 2021. She graduated from BYU with a degree in Political Science and has spent over two decades sitting on and running non-profit boards, supporting her husband in his elected role, all while raising four children.
Bold Vision
To make Utah a place where more girls and women can thrive, the LGBTQ+ Impact Team leaders, affiliates, and partners are currently working to craft a bold vision. The bold vision will help guide the 18 areas of focus as they develop their bold goals, measure outcomes, create dashboards, and create momentum for additional changes.
Thriving Statement: LGBTQ+ Utahns who identify as girls and women thrive when accepted for who they are and when included in conversations that impact safety, security, health, and wellbeing. Additionally, all Utahns jointly thrive when LGBTQ+ members of our communities are included and encouraged to contribute to dialogue and decisions collectively and cooperatively.
For this movement to thrive, BWF accepts that the concept of identifying as a woman is complex, interconnected, and culturally adaptable. We believe that when individuals who identify as women or female prosper, everyone in the community benefits, so our efforts are inclusive of all such individuals. The richness of womanhood encompasses a vibrant spectrum of experiences and expressions that vary not only from culture to culture, but also from person to person, and is shaped by race, ethnicity, sexuality, ability, and other social factors.
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