SafeZone
The Counseling Center offers Safe Zone training to help train faculty and staff about concerns of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex, and Asexual (LGBTQIA) persons on campus and the community at large. The training focuses upon how our staff and faculty can become allies to LGBTQIA+ students.
The allies list is a starting point to the Safezone program, and is the first step in becoming a great ally and advocate to the students. We ask that after signing the Allies List that you setup a training with the Counseling Center to complete Safezone.
SafeZone I Training Overview
- Introductions and set group norms/rules
- First impressions of LGBTQ community
- Common vocabulary
- Do/Don't Handout
- Privilege for Sale
- Questions & Answers
- Wrap Up and Feedback
SafeZone II Training Overview
- Introductions (primarily pronoun practice)
- Review of Terms
- Review of stats about LGBTQ+ students in college (MH, substance use, completion rates)
- Student Panel
- Activity on speaking out against microaggressions/slurs/unsupportive students
- Activity on how teachers can meet stated needs of panelists in classroom
- Resources for expanding curriculum to be LGBTQ+ inclusive
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