Gender Odyssey-Family Conference is a the first stand-alone national conference for families of gender non-conforming and transgender children.

Campus Pride is an organization that works to create a safer and more inclusive LGBT environment on college campuses nationally.

Tim Gill is founder and chairman of the Denver-based Gill Foundation, which says it is the largest private foundation in the U.S. focusing on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights. It provides grants through the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado.

National Center for Transgender Equality is a social justice organization dedicated to the advancement of equality of transgender people through advocacy and empowerment. Contact executive director Mara Keisling.

California Church IMPACT is the legislative advocacy arm of the California Council of Churches, which supported a state bill that it says would make sentencing for youths fairer. Email through the website.

Shannon Wight is associate director of the Youth Justice Campaign of Oregon’s Partnership for Safety and Justice. The campaign is working to keep juveniles out of the justice system and to raise the age at which Oregon youths can be tried as adults in criminal matters.

Kimo Uila is director of juvenile justice services for the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice in San Francisco. He has a background in faith-based juvenile justice advocacy in that city.

Javier Stauring is director of Faith Communities for Families and Children, which held a Juvenile Justice Week of Faith in Februrary 2010 with events across California.

Verne Rainey is the program manager for juvenile services for the King County Superior Court, which covers Seattle. Among services provided is a mentoring program pairing juvenile offenders with mentors from area churches.