Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
1-20-2011
Abstract
This document contains the minutes of Education & Awareness for the URI Community for LGBTIQQ Issues meeting on January 20, 2011.
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Education & Awareness for the URI Community for LGBTIQQ Issues January 20, 2011 1:00 p.m. Memorial Union 354; A meeting to discuss the goals of the Education and Awareness sub-committee of the LGBTIQQ committee. Present at the meeting were Riley Davis, Anne Marie Vaccaro, Karen de Bruin, Joseph Santiago, Andrew Winters, Erin West; Topics Discussed Safe Zone/ URI Welcome Project Currently the GLBT center is giving out stickers with brochure if interested faculty/staff come to the center February 9, 2011 GLBT center will be holding a Welcome Wednesday event at noon Discussion about the importance of making sure faculty/staff who have stickers are safe people Action: To collaborate with GLBT center and the Safety and Security subcommittee to assist with the evolution of URI’s Welcome Project; Educational Modules Committee members thought modules were a good start and would like to see them tailored for URI Culture at URI will influence the curriculum we will extract from the University of Denver materials Discussed training that GLBT is preparing for the resident assistant about bullying Action: Committee will assess University of Denver’s materials to determine what we want to see in our curriculum Needs: Committee members would like to get the University of Denver’s modules in hard copy for the evaluation process; Faculty/Staff outreach Host social mixer for faculty and staff to determine who might be interested in future participation of LGBTIQQ events and to conduct a focus group to determine educational need Action: The committee will need to decide logistics for the social event as well as determine possible costs and funding; Additional topics Supporting the 17th Annual URI Symposium on Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Intersex Queer and Questioning Issues April 5-10th Possible creation of an annual lecture series Hosting fun events to promote awareness and education at URI Creating a wish list of what we believe URI’s LGBTIQQ educational needs/wants are to present to the LGBTIQQ committee