Safe Space Peer Education

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Event Details
Contact

lgbtqia@gatech.edu

Summaries

Summary Sentence: Join Georgia Tech’s student-focused LGBTQIA ally training program taught by student facilitators.

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Safe Space: Peer Education (SSPE) is a student version of Georgia Tech's Safe Space program. The goals, messages, and content are the same in both programs, but SSPE will have more of a student focus, equipping students with the knowledge and skills to support a peer who comes out to them and to be effective allies to LGBTQIA communities.

Each training lasts 3.5 hours. We provide free dinner to all attendees of in-person sessions. 

By the end of the Safe Space training, participants will:

  • Feel more confident using LGBTQIA-inclusive terminology.
  • Be aware of how heterosexist and cissexist privilege perpetuate LGBTQIA oppression and discrimination.
  • Understand the coming out process and know how to provide appropriate support to someone who comes out to them.
  • Understand the role of allies in LGBTQIA communities and social justice movements.
  • Possess skills to advocate for LGBTQIA communities and to combat homophobia, transphobia, heterosexism, and cissexism on campus and beyond.
  • Be familiar with laws and policies that impact the LGBTQIA community.
  • Know what resources exist on and off campus for LGBTQIA students.

Please note: This training will include some discussion of sensitive topics, including anti-LGBTQIA bias and mental health concerns, including some brief mentions of suicide and self-harm. Please use your judgment and your knowledge of your own boundaries and self-care needs when deciding whether to register.

To explore those options and the many other trainings and programs offered by the LGBTQIA Resource Center, visit their website.

Additional Information

In Campus Calendar
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Groups

Student Engagement and Well-Being, Student Life

Invited Audience
Graduate students, Undergraduate students
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Keywords
LGBTQIA Resource Center, Student Life, LGBTQIA, diversity, safe space, allyship
Status
  • Created By: Kate Curnow
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Aug 23, 2022 - 3:06pm
  • Last Updated: Aug 23, 2022 - 3:06pm