Term: Summer 2023

Date: May 22nd - June 23rd, 2023

Time: Fridays: 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Location: Online Only

Instructor: Alison Scibol

Presented By: Office of Inclusion and Diversity (INDV)

Description:

VirTual Safe Zone is an online five-week course addressing LGBTQ+ identities and issues. This course aims to

• introduce participants to contemporary introductory information regarding gender, sexual, and romantic minorities;
• contextualize this new/refreshed knowledge with some of the complexity and nuanced characteristics of these elements;
• provide the opportunity to engage in introspective or reflective thinking;
• engage individuals in discussion with one another regarding their own understanding, feelings, and experiences with the course content; 
• and encourage active allyship during and after the course has ended.

The course consists of weekly readings, reflections, and a live discussion lab. 

• The course curriculum delivers basic information to begin your development of content knowledge.
• The readings are meant to help deepen your scope of the topic.
• The discussion board reflective writings provide the opportunity to explore your thoughts, feelings, and questions.
• The live discussions engage you in conversation with one another and allow for questions to be proffered to the group.