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Safe Zone Trainings: Creating a More Inclusive Campus Climate for All
To register for any of the trainings, please visit here.
http://gscuic.wufoo.com/forms/uic-safe-zone-registration-201213/
| Safe Zone 101 (3 hrs.) |
Items covered: history, campus climate, terminology, concepts, homophobia, heterosexism, intro to "coming out" and ally intervention
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Thursday, January 31, 2013 (West);
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Room TBD
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| Safe Zone 101A (3 hrs.) |
African-American, Asian American, and Latino/a
Pre-requisite(s): none |
Latino/a: Thursday,
November 8- CANCELLED
African-American: Tuesday, February 26, East, 2:00-5:00 p.m.; room 302 Student Center East, 750 S. Halsted St.
Asian American: Wednesday, April 10; 2:00-5:00 p.m. |
| Safe Zone 102A (2 hrs.) |
Transgender
Pre-requisite(s): Safe Zone 101 |
Wednesday, November 14, East,
3:00-5:00 p.m.
215 BSB, 1007 W. Harrison
Tuesday, March 19, 2013, West,
9:00-11:00 a.m. |
| Safe Zone 102B (2 hrs.) |
Bisexual
Pre-requisite(s): Safe Zone 101 |
Wednesday, March 6, 2013, East,
3:00-5:00 p.m. |
| Safe Zone 201 (2 hrs.) |
Continued practice from Safe Zone 101, case scenarios, personal stories, watching videos
Pre-requisite(s): Safe Zone 101 |
Tuesday, October 30, East
2:00-4:00 p.m.
183 BSB, 1007 W. Harrison St.
Thursday, April 18, 2013; West |
| Safe Zone 301 (2 hrs.) |
Train-the Trainer Basics;
Pre-requisites: SZ 101, 102,
and 201 |
Summer 2013 |
| Safe Zone 302 (2-4 hrs) |
Practicum, Observation, Co-facilitation
Pre-requisite(s): 101, 102, 201, and 301 |
Summer 2013 |
INTRODUCING ---- the Safe Zone Certificate
In a more formalized manner, the GSC wants to recognize and celebrate those folks who have taken a series of Safe Zone trainings. We are calling this our SAFE ZONE CERTIFICATE!
In order to earn the Safe Zone Certificate, you need to have fully completed a four trainings:
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General Safe Zone 101;
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Safe Zone 101 A, B, or C; Latino/a, African-American, or Asian American
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Safe Zone 102 A Transgender or Safe Zone 102 B Bisexual;
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Safe Zone 201.
These trainings can be completed over the course of a few years.
We will then recognize you at our annual spring Rainbow Banquet Featuring Lavender Graduation! We will try and keep track the best we can, but if you think you are close to completing this certificate... let us know!
General Safe Zone Information
UIC is proud to participate in the Safe Zone program. Safe Zone is a training designed to heighten awareness of LGBTQ issues and concerns. Safe Zone is offered regularly and is designed to put a human face on human issues. Safe Zone 101 is primarily presented in lecture format, but activities and interactive discussion are also incorporated into the presentation.
ALL UIC students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to attend this University-sanctioned training. Release time is generally granted according to the Attendance at University Events policy. For more information, please contact University Human Resources.
Is your organization/unit interested in a Safe Zone training? We'd love to do it! E-mail Liz Thomson at lthomson@uic.edu and provide what you would like, a few dates and times. We will reply back to you as soon as we can. We regularly do Safe Zone training for specific UIC units as well as outside the University. While we have a general template, we also can customize it to your unit's or ogranization's community.
Safe Zone 101 Objectives:
1. Providing factual information and correcting misinformation on the
topics of sexual and gender identity;
2. Recognizing problems in the environment that affect LGBTQ individuals;
3. Identifying policies and laws relevant to LGBTQ concerns;
4. Identifying and discussing strategies to reduce hostility toward LGBTQ folx;
5. Acquiring skills and information for making appropriate referrals;
6. Raising awareness of the negative impact of homophobia and heterosexism on all people;
7. Defining terminology on the subject of sexual and gender identity.
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