Events
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INCLUDES PROGRAMS AND EVENTS FOR Fall 2013 - Spring 2014
| Title | Date, Time, Location | Description |
|---|---|---|
| LGBTQA Garden Party: A Welcome Reception for Faculty, Staff and Students | Wednesday, Sept 11, 2013 4:30-6:30pm Outdoor courtyard of Paul Business School | The Garden Party is a time for socializing, reconnecting and making new connections with one another! Please mark your calendars, bring a friend, and be sure to join us for food, friendship and a warm welcome to the new year! Co-sponsored by the President’s Commission on the Status of GLBT Issues, UNH Alliance, Diversity Support Coalition student organizations, Office of the Provost/Inclusive Excellence Initiatives, and the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs. Call 862-5053 for more info |
| Social Gathering/networking | Usually Monday's 6:00-7:00pm, Libby's | Faculty, staff and graduate students are invited to meet new friends, and network with colleagues. Event sponsored by Stonewall Grads and the Graduate School. Check out Facebook UNH Stonewall Grads for update schedule |
| Film premier "It Gets Better" | Tues, Sept 24 6:00pm, MUB Theater 1 | Stories of hope for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth. Film created by UNH student Ari Schaaf, UNH Health Services intern. |
| Documentary film & discussion | Mon, Oct 7 7:00pm, MUB Theater 1 | “The Out List”, an HBO Documentary, features a diverse cross-section of accomplished leaders from entertainment, business, sports and public service sharing intimate stories on childhood, building careers while Out and reflecting on the challenges still facing the LGBT community. Program sponsored by Stonewall Grads. For more info on the film. |
| Coming Out Week Keynote Speakers from "Everyone is Gay" | Wed, Oct 9 MUB, Strafford Room | Keynote speakers: Danielle Owens-Reid and Kristin Russo With 6 million page views, 60,000 Tumblr followers, 19,000 Facebook fans, Everyone is Gay began as an advice website for all with an emphasis on LGBTQ youth. Through an integration of humor, honesty, and endearing photos, founders Danielle Owens-Reid and Kristin Russo found that they were able to support youth, while promoting a message of equality. For additional information on speakers. Event sponsored by MUB Lecture Series, The Alliance, Kidder Fund, and SHARPP. More info on Coming Out Week activities coming soon. |
| Transgender Day of Remembrance | more info coming soon | Evening usually begins with candlelight vigil (outside MUB Main Entrance), followed by reception and panel discussion in the MUB. |
| Gender Identities Awareness Week | Nov 12-Nov 15 MUB | A series of lectures, films, discussions on various LGBTQ issues. All Events are FREE and Open to the Public, all are WELCOME to attend. Events are sponsored by TG-NH, MUB, The Alliance, Stonewall Grads, Graduate School, GLBT Commission, Disability Commission, Counseling Center and Health Services |
| Annual Drag Ball | Feb (Check back on date) 8:00pm-midnight Granite State Room | The annual Drag Ball is a highlight event of the spring semester hosted by the UNH Alliance! Everyone will dance the night away! Dressing up in drag is encouraged, but not required! Just come out, have fun, and be yourself! |
Film "Transilience", followed by discussion | Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 | Transilience is an intensely personal and powerful film that features film writer, activist and educator Joelle Ruby Ryan. The film takes viewers on a journey into her life as a gender outlaw. Mixing performance footage of trans autobiographical fragments throughout the life cycle with stock footage, found images, and still photos, the video entices viewers to imagine what life outside of the gender binary is really like, up close and personal. Raw and passionate, viewers see the persecution that Joelle has faced, as well as her complex political evolution and activist awakening. Joelle Ruby Ryan is a lecturer in the Women's Studies Program at UNH. Film is sponsored by Kidder Fund, Health Services and Women's Studies. |
| Transecting Society Conference: Visualizing the Past, Present and Future of Trans Lives | Dates for 2014 coming soon | Transecting Society is a two-day symposium dedicated to exploring controversial political topics related to trans* lives in contemporary U.S. society. In this symposium, we endeavor to cultivate a supportive and egalitarian space in which to encourage and educate each other. We welcome artists, performers, writers, activists, lawyers, social workers, policy workers, non-profit workers, undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, independent scholars, and all others who are interested in rendering visible the oppression and agency of trans* people and in envisioning the advancement of our civil rights, human rights, and collective liberation. Event Sponsored by Transecting Society and Kidder Fund |
| GLBT Pancake Breakfast | Tentative Date: April 9, 2014 8:00-9:30am (food service begins at 7:45am) MUB Granite State Room | Celebrating 20+ years of coming together and celebrating the accomplishments of the GLBTQQA community through Pink Triangle and Kidder Fund Awards. More info coming soon on keynote speaker. Event sponsored by the Kidder Fund and GLBT President's Commission. |
GROUPS
The Alliance: is the undergraduate student organization for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, Queer, Questioning and Allied students. We work to build a safer, more inclusive environment for LGBTQA students and promote acceptance of all forms of diversity. Meetings enable you to meet other LGBTQA students in a safe, non-judgmental environment and foster the development of a unified Queer and Allied community. Meetings held usually every Tuesday, 7:30pm, MUB, Room 145. For more info http://wildcatlink.unh.edu/organization/Alliance or email:theunhalliance@gmail.com
Stonewall Grads: a social and activist group consisting of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, queer, questioning and allied (GLBTQ+) individuals at UNH. Through community activism and support, we strive to create a group that welcomes and empowers all people as well as educating the entire university about issues that affect GLBTQ+ students on campus. While we are primarily a graduate student group, we welcome all faculty and staff who want to be a part of our group. For More Information
LGBTQ+ Support Group: talk with others who can relate to your experiences. Small group size of LGBTQ+ students, topics based on your interests, meet weekly for 7-8 weeks per semester. Meetings held on Friday afternoons, 2:30-4:00pm at a relaxed location on campus. Sponsored by the Counseling Center (For More Info)
Trans-Support Seacoast: Support group for transgender/gender variant adults. Come join in the conversation be supported and supportive, share resources and network. Usually meet every 3rd Monday of the month, contact facilitators Deborah Emery-Gigliotti, MS,LCMHC at www.nhcounselor.com and Teresa Reeves, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist www.nhseacoastcounseling.com
TRAININGS
Safe Zones Trainings are professional development opportunities for UNH faculty, staff, and graduate students to advance awareness, knowledge, and skills around the services and support that we provide to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) students and colleagues. Participants of Safe Zones Trainings are a campus-wide network of allies who are supportive of LGBTQ faculty, students, and staff and are committed to contributing to a campus climate of inclusion at UNH.
Trainings are 1.5 hours in length. We offer department-specific trainings, and some trainings that are open to mixed groups of faculty and staff from various departments.
Topic areas explored during trainings:
- Increasing awareness of the issues and experiences of LGBTQ individuals,
- Using inclusive language,
- Accessing and referring LGBTQ individuals to important campus resources,
- Discovering specific ways to provide support and be an ally in the work that you do with students,
- Exploring specific issues related to providing services to LGBTQ students and assessing ways to be inclusive of and welcoming to LGBTQ individuals in the general services that you provide,
- Developing skills to take active steps toward reducing and preventing harassment, discrimination, and violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression,
- As an office / department, how can you best "communicate" that you [your department] is supportive [an ally] to LGBTQ students?
Following the training, participants may decide to request a Safe Zones sticker.
To inquire about attending an upcoming training or scheduling a Safe Zones Training for the faculty and staff in your department, please contact: Ellen Semran, Safe Zones Coordinator, at 862-5053 or ellen.semran@unh.edu. For more information, visit our web site:
http://www.unh.edu/safezones/
Safe Zones is sponsored by the President's Commission on the Status of GLBT Issues and the Office of the Multicultural Student Affairs.
Social Justice Educator Training (SJE)
Social Justice Educator Training (SJE) is a professional development opportunity for UNH faculty, staff and graduate students to further diversity awareness, knowledge and skill sets. We will explore “social justice” via personal and institutional lenses to analyze: power and privilege, discrimination and prejudice, inclusion and equity through the multiple social identities of race, gender, sexual orientation, class, nationality, ethnicity, ability (physical and mental), religion, etc. This process will include open and honest discussions, readings, and interactive/experiential activities in a respectful environment. The eight-hour training which is divided into two days is facilitated in a small-group setting. For More Information and Registration Form