Safe Zone Allies Orientation
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Center for Multicultural and Diversity Education Safe Zone Allies Orientation for U of A faculty, staff, and students will be held from 10-11:30 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 30, in Arkansas Union 403.
The Safe Zone Allies Orientation is designed for open discussion and to promote education of the LGBTQ community to increase inclusion by valuing people of all sexual and gender identities. This session will provide a network of educated and supportive allies for LGBTQ students, faculty and staff at the University of Arkansas.
At the U of A diversity means the inclusion of and respect for the variety of experiences and characteristics that keep our campus community vibrant. We celebrate the many dimensions of ethnicity, age, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ability, socioeconomic background, personal history and intellectual perspective.
To register for Our Campus Diversity training please visit https://edp.uark.edu/calendar/month.php
Contacts
Brande Flack, director of retention programs
Center for Multicultural and Diversity Education
479-575-5014,
bmflack@uark.edu
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