Posted on 05/20/2003 6:23:41 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple
Five Year Anniversary! This year marks the fifth anniversary of the Safe Zone project at Iowa State. Since its inception in November of 1997, over 5,000 Safe Zone stickers and window clings and 1,000 Safe Zone key chains have been distributed on campus. Read more to find out how you can get involved.
The Project The "Safe Zone" sticker, seen on hundreds of college campuses, sends an important message to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students, colleagues, and their allies. This message is one of understanding, non-judgment, and knowledge of LGBT persons' needs and concerns. It is symbolic of a willingness and a commitment on your part to provide an atmosphere of unqualified acceptance and assistance.
The Safe Zone Sticker Project at Iowa State University is an initiative of the Dean of Students Office. Contact us or stop by to get your free sticker or window cling.
Already have a sticker or window cling? Please be sure to register your Safe Zone with our office. Also, check out our How To Be a Safe Zone page.
It is vital that each community discuss what it means to have a Safe Zone program before any stickers are posted. If you are a member of another community, outside of ISU/Ames, please look through the Safe Zone Project evaluation (see link below) for information about the process of developing and evaluating the project at Iowa State, and consider starting a dialog on Safe Zones in your area.
The initial Safe Zone Sticker Project was funded by a P&S Council grant in 1997.
Evaluation A research team at Iowa State University conducted a study to evaluate the impact of the Safe Zone Project on the campus climate. For more information visit the evaluation page.
For those of you who would like a "window cling" or "sticker"............they might have a few left.
Read the evaluation part...it says they gave out 2,500 stickers and 600 key chains which doesn't match with their lead article.
"we have also worked hard to gain campus recognition and have met with mixed results, so this international recognition means a lot" Their evaluation is they got a award from the ACUI.
Who is the ACUI (Association of College Unions International)? They meet in Dallas this spring.
Inquiring minds want to know.
--Boris
That's pretty much all we need to read...nothing about increased safety, but by-golly, I got my keychain.
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