The Student Engagement and Leadership Center (SELC) celebrated National Coming Out Day outside the Union East Building Friday, Oct. 10 with a photobooth and giveaways. Seeking to reach out to the LGBTQ community and spread awareness in the community, the event was the first of many that will take place around campus to encourage inclusion next week.
Ally Week will begin Oct. 14 and will end Oct. 17. The schedule will be as follows:
Hear our Voices: Narrative of Military-Affiliated Students
1-2 p.m., Monday, Oct. 14 at Union Building East, Cactus Flower 102C
Led by: Nadia Munoz, Military Students Success Center (MSSC)
2nd Annual Queer(in)g Our Classrooms: Queer as a Second Language, a readers theater performance
6-8 p.m., Monday, Oct. 14 at the El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center
Led by: College of Education Faculty and Students
Ally Training
9-10 a.m., Tuesday, Oct.15 at Union Building East, Cactus Flower Rm. 102C
Led by: Edgar Felix, Student Engagement and Leadership Center
LEAD workshop: Reclaiming your Space
1:30-2:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 15 at Union Building East, Cactus Flower Rm. 102C
Led by: Katherina Arteaga, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo
A Guide to being a Straight Ally
11 a.m.-12 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 16 at Union Building East, Cactus Flower 102C
Led by: Grace Perez, Parents, Families, and Friend of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
Quench – Know Your Rights
4-5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 16 at Union Building East, Cactus Flower Rm. 102C
Led by: Adri Perez, ACLU
Recovery Ally Training
10 a.m.-12 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 17, at Union Building East, Andesite Room 102B
Led by: Bridgette Leyva, Chris Bailey, Miguel Andrade, Collegiate Recovery Program (CRP) and Project Vida
Sensitivity and People-First Language Training
1-2 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 17 at Union Building East, Desert Canyon Room 102D
Leb by: Manelic Alcala and Corene Seymous, Center for Accommodations and Support Services (CASS)
