Studies indicate that approximately 17% of college students in California identify as LGBTQ+, which relates to more than 1,000 CENG students. Students who identify as LGBTQ+ are more likely than a general student population to experience bullying and harassment during college.
Please consider attending one of the workshops below in order to better understand how to build an inclusive and supportive environment for our LGBTQ+ students, including our newest student group, oSTEM which provides a welcoming community for our LGBTQ+ students.
| Join us this fall for a series of free Safe Zone Ally Training Workshops, interactive training sessions that seek to raise awareness for LGBTQ+ inclusion in STEM and create a visible network of allies to foster a supportive atmosphere for LGBTQ+ individuals. |
| Level 1 Safe Zone Ally TrainingOctober 17, 2022, 3:00 – 4:30 PM, ET This Level 1 workshop will focus on understanding LGBTQ+ concepts, LGBTQ+ identity development and the coming out process, and simple strategies for building an inclusive environment and being an LGBTQ+ ally. |
| REGISTER NOW |
| Level 2 Safe Zone Ally TrainingNov 1, 2022, 3:00 – 4:30 PM, ET This Level 2 workshop will describe the concepts and implications of privilege and bias, discuss the climate for LGBTQ+ individuals in STEM and ways that allies can support LGBTQ+ students and colleagues, and explore techniques for creating inclusive classroom environments. |
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| Trans Allyship Safe Zone Ally TrainingNov 9, 2022, 2:00 – 3:30 PM, ET This Trans Allyship workshop will describe the concepts of sex and gender as they relate to trans individuals, explore the climate for trans individuals in engineering and STEM and its broader impacts and implications, and share strategies that contribute to an inclusive environment for LGBTQ individuals, particularly trans individuals. REGISTER NOW |
