LIVE (LGBTQ+ Inclusivity, Visibility and Empowerment) is a program of changemakers, that celebrates LGBTQ+ diversity, and creates a more inclusive world where LGBTQ+ community members can live authentically. LIVE creates positive change by uplifting and empowering individuals to bolster their voices in policy, stigma reduction and unifying community.
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Happy PRIDE Month!
This Pride Month, we’re celebrating the communities, advocates, and partners who make our LIVE Program what it is. LIVE is a statewide movement powered by the dedication of our LIVE partners across California, whose WERK is helping to build a more equitable and affirming behavioral health system for LGBTQ+ communities. To every LIVE partner, thank you. Your advocacy for LGBTQ+ mental health and wellness is truly changing lives. We are proud to do this WERK alongside you. Happy Pride from all of us at Mental Health America of California. #PrideMonth #LIVEProgram #MentalHealthAmerica #LGBTQ #BehavioralHealth #CaliforniaAdvocacy #MentalHealthMatters
LIVE 2026 Public Policy Priorities
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LIVE in the Community
LIVE partners with 14 Local Level Entities (LLE’s) across the state. A Local Level Entity (LLE) is a foundational organizational unit within Mental Health America of California’s LIVE Program, designed to provide targeted, community-specific mental health support and resources at a local level. Each LLE was carefully selected due to the entity’s dedication to uplifting communities toward equity. The LLE’s are grouped regionally as follows:
- Superior Region: Stonewall Alliance Center
- Bay Area Region: Positive Images, Drag Story Hour SF, SF AIDS Foundation
- Central Region: MoPride, Sacramento LGBTQ Center
- Los Angeles Region: Reach LA, AIDS Healthcare Foundation LA, SF AIDS Foundation
- North County LGBTQ Resource Center, Asian Mental Health Project, Library Foundation SD, AIDS Healthcare Foundation SD, Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association(VAALA), Viet Rainbow of Orange County (VROC)
