Events & Campaigns
InsideOUT runs a number of nationwide campaigns and hui throughout the year. Learn more below.
Shift Hui
Schools’ Pride Week
Out on the Shelves
Shift Hui
April 19 – 22, 2024 ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Shift is our long-running national hui (gathering) for rainbow, takatāpui, MVPFAFF+ and intersex young people aged 15-20. It is a safe place for rangatahi to connect, grow, and learn about different issues facing the rainbow community in Aotearoa.
Participants take part in a variety of informative workshops and fun activities, gaining new skills and knowledge that they can utilise in their lives, schools and communities.
Shift Hui 2024 In-Person will be held on a marae in the Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) region over 4 days from April 19 – 22 (the middle weekend of the Term 1 school holidays).
Shift Hui Online will be held over Discord and Zoom during the July school holidays from July 16 – 19. More details about the online version of Shift will be available in late April.
You can attend both the in-person and online versions of Shift, please just let us know if you are interested!
Note: Shift Hui is free to attend but accepted participants will need to organise their own transportation (please reach out to us if this is a barrier).
“Coming from a smaller town, I was one of the only people I knew in the rainbow community. It makes everything a lot less lonely, and gives one hope for the future.” – Shift Hui participant
Schools’ Pride Week Aotearoa
Monday June 17 – Friday June 21, 2024
To keep up to date with this campaign, sign up to our mailing list (make sure you tick ‘updates about events’), or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
A huge thank you to all schools, staff, QSAs, and individual students who participated in 2023! Stay tuned for information about SPWA 2024!
Email pride@insideout.org.nz with any queries.
OUT ON THE SHELVES
CAMPAIGN MONTH: JUNE 2024
Out on the Shelves is a month-long awareness campaign held annually in June. It provides an important opportunity for school and community libraries to build, promote and celebrate their rainbow collections. The Out on the Shelves campaign not only helps to connect rainbow young people with their stories and with each other, but also contributes to rainbow visibility and inclusion in our schools and communities!
Out on the Shelves is also an online resource that lists books from around the world with rainbow themes and characters. It aims to support all rainbow young people to find stories that represent their identities in positive and affirming ways.