The Day Everything Changed
It's every administrator's nightmare — your campus (primarily white, small/large, public/ private) on the nightly news for a racist party, hazing report, or other shocking incident. Suddenly, you're in crisis mode, searching for a sense of perspective. Whether you're in such a mode or trying to prevent an episode, there are things you can do to examine the gap between social responsibility and your campus code of conduct. There is a way to make these life changing moments positive and educational. Seasoned professionals and new professionals join us for a highly interactive program, facilitated discussion, and supportive action planning session.

LGBT 101
What better way to learn about sexual identities than to list out social norms, stereotypes, media images, rumors, jokes, and slang! This is a safe space for any and all kinds of interactive discussions regarding Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Heterosexual identities.
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Comment from Attendee:
“You answered all of my questions knowledgeably and without making me feel dumb for asking.”

Gender This!
This workshop is a very basic workshop introducing the concept of gender as a social construct and how gender expression change through class, culture, and time. This workshop is very interactive and provides a safe place for all sorts of questions regarding identity, language, sex, sexuality, and gender perception.
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Comment from Attendee:
“Jessica was very animated and information. She is a very good speaker and made me think about our culture and question it.”

Facing Trans: Inclusion, Advocacy, and Empowerment
As we become comfortable with the Lesbian and Gay plight on our college campuses and in the workplace, we continue to overlook Bisexuals and silence Transgender populations. Trans students (perspective and current), faculty, and staff, as well as alumni, community members, parents, and partners are courageously coming forward and identifying as trans. This workshop is designed to help college administrators and human resources personnel strategically plan to provide a safe and supportive campus climate for all. Be a leader in benchmarking how your department and campus can identify needs, include invisible populations, advocate effectively for trans people, and empower campus community members to take action.

Comment from Attendee:
“The personal stories were most valuable. I absolutely recommend this workshop to anyone, she is fun and relates to the audience – she doesn’t hold anything back.”

Social Justice: When Diversity Isn’t Enough
What is the difference between Social Justice and Diversity? As a leader, change agent and person working and living with other people — this difference is imperative. Learn the difference, stretch from your comfort zone, sit in your privilege, power, and place of dominance within institutional and systematic forms of oppression in this highly interactive program.

Comments from Attendees:
“Made me further consider what I am seeing and hearing and assuming."

"This really made me open my eyes and made me look at myself and how I do things, make assumptions, and blindly see things.”

Just Rescue
Who has the power to choose who lives or dies? Who writes the moral code we live by? Who “unwrites” this code? Even with limited information, we are socialized to make quick decisions about another person. This directly relates to how we work with, talk to, and support other people. When given an opportunity to examine “back stories” and assumptions, participants learn the positives and negatives of stereotypes. Participants can take this knowledge to make informed decisions in the future.

Comments from Attendees:
“I identify as Hmong and live in North Carolina.  This activity help me understand how it feels to be oppressed by more than one label and understand unlike others who only know of the label."

"The Just Rescue activity really opened my eyes to the many different stereotypes people use by just reading two or three words.  I need to think before I think – not just think before I speak.”

To create the best workshop for you I need to know the following in addition to at least 60 minutes (90 minutes minimum preferred).

• Who is being invited to the workshop?
• Is the workshop mandatory? If so, for whom and why?
• If this is a reactive program, please give me at least two perspectives of the events leading up
  to this workshop.
• How often does this group attend educational workshops?
• What is the power structure of possible attendees?
• What comes before and after the workshop in the attendees’ schedules?

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