Safe Zones Educators

Who’s Been SafeZones Trained This Year?

SZ Exec — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:52:13 +0000

Groups who have been SafeZones Trained in the 2010-2011 school year:

AOII
Operation Understanding
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Diversity Affairs Council
Alpha Phi
HIG Res College
MORE/CORE
Pride Alliance Exec.
Intro to Sexuality Studies FL2011 Section 1
Intro to Sexuality Studies FL2011 Section 2
Lee 2
Chi-O
Lee1
APO
All Residential Advisors
Trans Awareness Week Open Ally
Lien 1
Uncle Joes
Beaumont 2

…and more to come!

Ally Day is coming up and you should have your group trained too!

Website Renewed!

SZ Exec — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:46:27 +0000

Hi Everyone,

The new SafeZones website is up and running to fulfill all your SafeZones needs! There are links for current educators as well as for joining SafeZones and if you want to get your group trained. Please let us know if you think anything is missing.

Become a Safe Zones Educator!!!

SZ Exec — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:24:48 +0000

Hey everyone,

It’s that time of year again: time to get trained and join the ranks of Safe Zones Educators! You can find here a link to our application for the Spring 2011 training. Applications are due ASAP and training will be February 27th, and March 5th and 6th. Please email your completed application to wusafezones@gmail.com.

Thanks for applying and we look forward to training with you!

Become a Safe Zones Educator! (Deadline extended just for YOU)

SZ Exec — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 04:41:28 +0000

It’s time to sign up to become a Safe Zones Educator! Safe Zones provides a unique opportunity to help make the community a safer, more welcoming space. You will gain skills as a facilitator, organizer, public speaker, and peer educator. (All of which look great on your resume!) Furthermore, the free training sessions are fun and interactive, and meals are provided for participants.

Safe Zones is a Student Union Organization committed to educating the Washington University community in Lesbian, Gay, Genderqueer, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, and Ally (LGBTQIA) issues. Educators are the leaders of Safe Zones. Educators promote awareness and educate the community by facilitating workshops and reaching out to various campus groups and populations.

Training for educators will be held on Oct 30th, Oct 31th and Nov 7th, 2010. Please keep these dates open.

For an application, follow the link below or email wusafezones@gmail.com:
https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1EUzDt6q9N2IkQq3iH3oHE4krBnyKsIqUgBgXkOKuVuc&hl=en&authkey=CIqh5YMO

Applications are due October 25th, 2010. Please email completed applications to wusafezones@gmail.com

Please encourage your friends to apply as well!

Info Session and Open Ally Workshops

SZ Exec — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:56:38 +0000

Hey folks!

Tuesday October 5th at 7pm in the Pride Suite (Women’s Building 300) Safe Zones is having an information session! Come find out about the kinds of things we do around campus and in the community, and feel free to ask us any questions you have about Safe Zones. The session will take less than an hour, and it’s a great opportunity for you to meet other LGBTQIA (Don’t forget, the acronym includes allies!) community members and get involved in making Wash. U. a safer space for everyone.

Check out the event on Facebook!

Wednesday October 13th from 6-9pm in the DUC (Room # TBD) Safe Zones is hosting this semester’s first Open Ally Workshop. This is an interactive, discussion-based workshop that educates participants about LGBTQIA issues and about how to be and create safe spaces. Open Ally events are always fun, educational, and open to anyone interested, so be sure to bring your friends with you!

Check out the event on Facebook!

Can’t make it to the October 13th workshop? That’s okay, Safe Zones is having another Open Ally Workshop on October 27th from 6-9pm in the DUC (Room # TBD). We’d love to see you there!

Check our event out on Facebook!

Anti-Gay Bullying Must Come to an End

SZ Exec — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 22:47:49 +0000

This is a blog post about another teenager who has committed suicide due to anti-gay bullying. While this is terrible news, let’s let it be a reaffirmation of our reasons fo

http://zackfordblogs.com/2010/09/pick-kids-learn-about-gays-or-kids-kill-themselves/

Listen Up Everyone! Events, We Has Them!

SZ Exec — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:31:17 +0000

Welcome to another exciting Safe Zones year! There are all sorts of great new events coming your way:

Friday, August 27th there are two orientation events: from 2-4 pm there is an LGBT open house in the DUC formal lounge. Safe Zones will have a table, so feel free to stop by and say hello. Then, that same night at 10 pm in the Mudd multi-purpose room, there’s “Club Q,” which is basically music/food/mingling. There’s no better way to get acquainted with incoming students, make some new friends, and catch up with some old ones!

Here’s a link to the facebook event for Club Q.

Also,

Tuesday, September 7th is the Activities Fair in Brookings Quad from 4:30 to 6:30 pm. This, of course, is another wonderful opportunity for you to get involved in this semester’s Safe Zones goodness, or just drop by and say hi.

We look forward to seeing you all!

Gaga Fans Outnumber Westboro Baptist Church Picketers

SZ Exec — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:50:41 +0000

Lady Gaga fans turned out to support gay rights at her recent concert in St. Louis.

More here.

New Policy on Gender Change in Passports Announced

SZ Exec — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:23:39 +0000

The U.S. government is beginning to see the light on trans issues.

Phelps Wins Lawsuit to Protest Against Gays in the Military at Funerals

SZ Exec — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:49:38 +0000

Fred Phelps, who is well known for leading anti-LGBTQIA protests, recently led a protest at a soldier’s funeral. Phelps was targeting the military in general, rather than the particular soldier, but the soldier’s family filed a lawsuit. The court decided that Phelps did have the right to free speech under the circumstances.