S O U R C E
Creating A Culture of Change
About Us
• LGBTQ* resource center on UK’s campus.
• Founded in 2007.
• Entirely student ran.
• Only center on UK’s campus without a full time staff
member.
• We serve two primary functions:
• Operate as a physical resource center/safe space on
campus.
• 9-5 Monday through Friday
• Offering academic, interpersonal, cultural
resources.
• Referral services and resource linking.
• Operate as an activist organization working for
community/cultural change.
• Specialized trainings.
• Awareness campaigns.
• Lobbying efforts.
The Community
• The LGBTQ* Community on campus:
• Estimate of student population alone: 2,500
• LGBTQ* identities are not included in demographic
questions.
• Center Statistics:
• Consumer Info:
• Average Daily: 24
• Peak Hours: 11-2 (Avg. 11 people)
• Average Daily First-Time: 3
• Resource Info:
• 1) “Safe Space”
• 2) Condoms
• 3) Volunteer Opportunities
• 4) Crisis Referrals
• 5) Promotional Materials
• Outreach Statistics:
• Average Reach: 54
• Top Reach: 1,067
• Over 400 page likes
Issues
• LGBTQ* as a “Vulnerable Population”
• Bullying/Harassment (GLSEN 2011)
• Hate Crimes (FBI Uniform Crime Reports 2004-2012)
• Sexual Assault (Michigan Coalition to End Sexual
Assault & Domestic Violence 2011)
• Suicide (Center for Disease Control 2009)
• HIV/AIDS (Center for Disease Control 2012)
• Homelessness (Williams Institute 2011)
• UK Paper Hearts Campaign (2012-2013)
• Data from our ALLYne Together Research:
• 1:4 LGBTQ* individuals have experienced an
incident of extreme power-based community
violence in their lifetime.
• 7:10 LGBTQ* individuals have experienced
patterned power-based community violence
within the past year.
ALLYne Together
• Being a “safe space” isn’t enough!
• In order to provide the services the community needs,
we needed to become PROACTIVE.
• ALLYne Together Campaign
• Primary Prevention
• Resource Toolkits
• Ally Networks
• Anonymous Reporting
Spring Events
• OUTsource Events:
• ALLYne Together
• APO Ally Training
• Ally Training: 3-Part Series
• Ally Training: Train the Trainer
• Partner/Sponsored Events
• Queer and Now Film Series (LNFS)
• TransParent
• Race and Sexual Orientation (MLK Center)
• Queer Take Back The Night (VIP Center)
• Pride Week
• AVOL Free HIV Testing
• Safe Space Report
• LGBTQ* Pray-In
• Gayla 2014
Proposals
• Two primary proposals
• Full-Time Staff Member
• The center is currently entirely student run.
• All programming (research, design, and facilitation) is student run.
• Only center on UK’s campus open 9-5 that does not have a full time staff member.
• VIP Center
• MLK Center
• Catalyst
• Center for Student Involvement
• Student Government
• A draft is on the desk of OID.
• Larger Space
• The OUTsource center is only fire code approved for 18 people.
• 24 walk-ins a day.
• 11 at a time during peak hours.
• Data shows we are growing.
• Multiple functions
• Office
• Resource Center
• Safe-Space
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