Annual LGBTIQQ Symposium
The LGBTQ Center's
19th
Annual LGBTIQQ Symposium will take place March 21-27, 2013. Our 2013
Symposium theme is Pride of Pioneers and we will focuse on several programs
each day of the week that bring light to varying issues in our community.
Please see the poster and list of programs below for more information.
Thursday, 21st of March
10 am-12pm: LGBTQA Community Breakfast in Atrium 1, Memorial Union
1 - 3pm: Safe Zone Workshop in Conference Room 203, Multicultural Center
5-6pm: Jean Borich, Author of Body Geographic in the Hardge Forum of the Multicultural Center
Friday, 22nd of March
10-11am: Sung and Unsung Heroes in LGBTQ History in Room 318, Memorial Union
12 - 1 pm: Embracing Our Identity as Spiritual and Sexual Beings in Room 318, Memorial Union
2-3pm: The Silent Epidemic of HIV in RI Among Gay Men: Challenges and Opportunities in Rom 318, Memorial Union
3-5pm: Free and Confidential HIV Testing in the LGBTQ Center, sponsored by AIDS Project RI
8-10pm: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog and Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Once More With Feeling by RKO Army in Edwards Auditorium
Saturday, 23rd of March
2-5pm: Find Your Fashion Voice! Shopping and Makeovers at Providence Place Mall (Meet in Front of Memorial Union at 1pm; Transportation by RIPTA or Meet Us There!)
Sunday, 24th of March
1-3pm: Interfaith Community Service at St Augustine's Episopal Church at URI - 35 Lower College Road
Monday, 25th of March
10-11am: Gender Inclusion in the Classroom in the LGBTQ Center, Adams 111
11am-12pm: Using Qualitative Methods to Study Identity, Intersectionality, and Meaning Making in College Students with Multiple Identities in Room 318, Memorial Union
1:30-3:00pm Break The Silence: Concerning Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault in the LGBTQ Community in the Women's Center Library
4-6pm: History of LGBT + Life in Rhode Island and at the University in Atrium 2, Memorial Union
Tuesday, 26th of March
10am-12pm: Trans* 101 in Hardge
Forum, Multicultural Center
NOTE: Trans* 101 is an Advanced Safe Zone Workshop. You MUST have attend
Safe Zone ahead of time.
1-2pm: Reducing the Stigma of Mental Illness in Room 318, Memorial Union
3-4pm: Diversity and Social Change Movements at URI in the Hardge Forum, Multicultural Center
5-7pm Honoring Passover: A Public Seder Celebration in the Hardge Forum, Multicultural Center
Wednesday, 27th of March
10-11:30am: The Making of It Gets Better at URI in the Women's Center Library
1-2pm: Who's Out? Who's In? Becoming Gay in Post-Stonewall New York in Room 360, Memorial Union
7-9pm: HIV
Prevention Meets Catwalk: Condom Fashion Show in Ballroom, Memorial Union
Sponsored by: FACE AIDS, URI LGBTQ Center, and Fashion and Merchandising
Society
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Thanks to the work of the URI GLBT Center, the University of Rhode Island was named in The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students!
