The Bright Signal Alliance club will be holding a safe space training session for faculty and staff.<\/p>\n
The training will focus on teaching faculty and staff to be more inclusive to students and their identities in the classroom and on campus.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s primarily to help faculty and staff learn how to be more inclusive in their language and to be more cognitive on where different people are coming from,” Kathleen Gish, Sociology instructor and event coordinator said. “Be aware of the biases we already hold, the assumptions we make about people when we meet them and how we inadvertently marginalize people when we make assumptions about them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although led by students, it\u2019s exclusively held for faculty and staff.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat this is doing is training teachers and staff to be allies to the community, advocates for diversity and appreciating and embracing identities,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
President of Bright Signal Alliance Josh \u201cG2\u201d Estepp said during the training, personal stories are told about why training and allies are needed, giving the subject a more intimate view and better understanding.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is reminding teachers of what their students are struggling with, the obstacles that students face \u2014 and anyone who\u2019s dedicated as a teacher obviously wants to help students learn to overcome their obstacles and this is just one of many,\u201d Gish said.<\/p>\n
She said although marriage equality is a subject that is focused on, there are still other issues people are facing, such as hate crimes and discrimination.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is helping give teachers, staff and administration who are dealing with students, the language and the tools to help deal with the discrimination or oppression or hatred that students are encountering on campus,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd also try to educate their students about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said attendees will receive a safe-space emblem to place on their classroom door, a 40-page manual that includes resources throughout the community available for students seeking guidance and a glossary of words that are common within the LGBTQ community, but not outside of it.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the idea of connecting people to support services, resources and community,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Vice President of the club Myekale Novy said a lot of information is given, but it\u2019s not all heavy information.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are people in the community that have had led very lucky lives and haven\u2019t had to face discrimination because of people that are trained and know how to live lives without discriminating,\u201d Novy said.<\/p>\n
For faculty and staff wishing to sign up for the training, visit the Center for Teaching and Learning website. The training will be held on April 19, from 9 a.m. to noon.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn many ways, it saves lives\u00ad \u2014 but it also makes this campus a safe, nurturing learning environment for everyone,\u201d G2 said.<\/p>\n
For students, on April 10, Bright Signal Alliance will hold a diversity rally from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the quad by Building 7. The goal is to illustrate similarities between people of all cultures and backgrounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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