American University
PAE-T2-3: Student Training Opportunities

Available to all students: I. Safe Space Sticker Workshop: The Safe Space Program seeks to create a safer and more inclusive campus environment for all members of the campus community by reducing heterosexism, homophobia, and transphobia. Through the training program and the display of Safe Space placards & buttons the program creates a visible and supportive network of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and ally members of the campus community who have basic knowledge about issues of sexual orientation and gender identity and are able to provide support and referrals to members of the campus community. II. Trans 101: The Trans 101 training will provide students with information and tools to work with transgender people including a review of gender/gender identity/gender expression, an overview of current issues facing the trans community, and effective ally behaviors. III. Rainbow Speakers Bureau: Since its inception in 1994, the Speakers Bureau has brought LGBTQ educational opportunities to the AU campus and community. The panels are flexible and will be designed to meet the needs of your class or organization, but all work on four basic principles: providing information; combating homophobia; creating visibility for the LGBTQ resources on campus; and communicating through dialogue and personal contact. Some major topics that have been covered by the Speakers Bureau include coming out, harassment and violence towards the LGBTQ community, homophobia, stereotypes, and social and cultural constructions of sexuality. IV. Dialogue Development Group: DG is an intergroup dialogue program that brings together diverse undergraduate and graduate students to delve deeper into topics such as race, gender, interfaith, and more. Since its founding in 2005, there have been over 50 dialogue groups and hundreds of student participants who have a variety of identities and nationalities. Through seven-week facilitated groups, short-term dialogues, events, consulting, and training services, DDG offers AU's campus community the unique opportunity and experience to engage in a deeper kind of dialogue. Targeted at International Students: I. TALK: A voluntary 8-week program which brings groups of U.S. and international students together and engages them in informal, facilitated conversations about culture and intercultural communication. Through experience-based learning activities, participants discover the impact of culture on their daily lives, especially their interpersonal relationships with others. II. Intercultural programs a. International Student Leadership Team: Participate in leadership and program implementation focusing on international students and issues III International Student Orientations

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