LGBTQ Allies Network
- Mission Statement
- Membership
- Members of the LGBTQ Allies Network
- Why Join?
- Bias Incident Reporting and Campus Advocates
- "Contacts"
- "2011-2012 Events"
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Mission Statement
The LGBTQ Allies Network of Santa Clara University exists to educate faculty, staff, and administrators about the experiences, concerns, and issues of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) members of our community, in order to support the university’s goal of educating the whole person to fashion a more humane and just world. The objective of the Allies Network is to equip faculty, staff, and administrators with knowledge and information that will enable them to serve as resources to LGBTQ students or colleagues. The Allies Network encourages dialogue among members of the SCU community regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. The Allies Network is a joint project of the Office for Multicultural Learning, Faculty Development, the Office of Student Life, and the Women’s and Gender Studies Program.
Membership
All faculty and staff are welcome to be come members of the LGBTQ Allies Network. Membership in the Allies Network requires a commitment to attend at least one event or student program, and/or volunteer at the Rainbow Resource Center, and/or serve as a resource. After committing, allies will receive a Allies Network sticker for 2011-2012 signifying their commitment to educating themselves to be the most effective resource people possible for students. Aside from being vital to the LGBTQ community, as an ally you will receive a T-shirt and have your name listed on the website.
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Why join?
The LGBTQ Allies Network offers you information as well as networking with a growing community of colleagues who are interested in acting as resources for students who have questions, concerns, and sometimes even crises related to sexual and gender identity. We work closely with the campus Safe Space Project, whose visibility assures LGBTQ students that Santa Clara is a safe, welcoming place for them to live and study. The Allies Network provides its members a guide to local and national resources on sexual and gender identity, giving them fingertip access to answers for students’ questions. The Network sponsors quarterly events such as workshops, lectures, student panels, and films that add depth and breadth to the knowledge that helps them help students a network of colleagues who have identified themselves as knowledgeable and interested in continuing to learn about LGBTQ issues. The Network also provides a handsome sticker to display alongside their Safe Space rainbow, indicating to students that they are active in a community of resource advocates. If you’ve ever wondered what to do when a student came out to you, or wondered what you’d do if you knew a student being harassed because of sexual or gender identity, or wished you had been able to help a student facing a serious crisis caused by homophobia or transphobia – the LGBTQ Allies Network can provide you with the resources, education, and community you’ve been looking for.
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LGBTQ Allies Network contacts:
Faculty Development
Location: 112 St. Joseph's Hall
Phone: (408) 554-2746
www.scu.edu/provost/facultydevelopment/index.cfm
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Office for Multicultural Learning
Location: Benson 207
Phone: (408) 551-7152
www.scu.edu/oml
Office of Student Life
Location: Benson Center
Phone: 408-554-4583
www.scu.edu/studentlife
Women’s and Gender Studies Program
Location: St. Joseph's Hall #103
Phone: 408-554-4461
wgst@scu.edu
www.scu.edu/wgst
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2011-2012 Events
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What's So Gay About San Francisco
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
4:00 pm - 5:30pm
Nobili Dining Room
- Historian Nan Alamilla Boyd Professor in the Women and Gender Studies Department at San Francisco State University will discuss her current research on gay tourism in San Francisco. She teaches courses in the history of sexuality, queer theory, historical methodology, and urban tourism. Her current research explores the history of tourism and the commodification of race and sex in four San Francisco neighborhoods.
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If you're interested in attending, please RSVP to wgst@scu.edu or call at 554-4461. Refreshments will be served.
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Coordinated by the Women's and Gender Studies Program.
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LGBTQ Allies Tea Social
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Thursday, October 20th, 2011
4:00 pm - 5:00pm
Donohoe Conference Room (Donohoe Alumni House)
- Come and meet other network members! We will discuss some of the changes to the LGBTQ Allies Network and share some new initiatives. There will be a special guest to the tea social. Refreshments will be served!
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If you're interested in attending, please RSVP by October 13th.
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Presented by the LGBTQ Allies Network, a joint initiative by the Office for Multicultural Learning, Faculty Development, Office of Student Life, and Women's and Gender Studies Program.
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Language Matters: Creating Welcoming Spaces for Students of All Genders and Sexualities
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
12 noon - 1:15 pm
Wiegand Room (Arts and Sciences Building)
This hands-on workshop will feature exercises and strategies for creating a welcoming space for students that respects the variety of expressions of gender and sexuality in the SCU student community. Lester Deanes, Laura Ellingson, Eileen Elrod, and Mary Ho will facilitate exercises designed to help faculty and staff reflect on how we use language and structure activities in classes and programs in ways that foster awareness and respect for LGBTQ and transgender students, while emphasizing the ways in which everyone can reflect on their own understanding of gender.
Lunch will be served. If you're interested in attending, please RSVP by Thursday, February 2nd.
The LGBTQ Allies is a joint initiative by the Office for Multicultural Learning, Faculty Development, Office of Student Life and Womens' and Gender Studies.
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Webinar - LGBT on Campus:
Three Critical Issues to Consider in 2012
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Kennedy Commons
Join our expert presenters as they bring a voice to the LGBT population on campus and equip administrators, faculty, staff and campus policy-makers with the knowledge and awareness to implement changes to improve the campus climate for LGBT people.
The three critical concerns addressed in this webinar include:
• The academic success and persistence of students identifying as sexual and/or gender minorities,
• The emotional health, mental health and safety of LGBT students,
• LGBT students' intersecting identities in areas such as students of color, student-athletes, spirituality, etc.
Please RSVP to Pauline Nguyen if you wish to attend.
Co-sponsored by Office for Multicultural Learning.
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