Organization Develops LGBTQ Student Leaders With Project Support
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Campus Pride, the preeminent resource for LGBTQ leadership development, diversity inclusion and advocacy within higher education, today announced the awarding of ten Social Justice Mini Grants for Activism. These ten grants form the inaugural class of projects supported by Campus Pride, under a program launched in June 2021 as part of the organization’s 20th anniversary celebrations. Each grant is worth up to $600.
Grantees represent schools from across the country, working on projects ranging from producing an original play with trans artists, to developing and lobbying administrators to adopt more inclusive policies, to forming a mentorship program for LGBTQ+ students, to an LGBTQ+ art installation on campus. View the full list of mini-grant awardees and project descriptions online at www.CampusPride.org/SocialJusticeMiniGrantFunding.
This inaugural class of awards includes the following schools and project themes:
William Paterson University, New Jersey - Creation of LGBTQ+ student mentorship program
University of Connecticut, Connecticut - Production of original play with trans artists
University of Connecticut, Connecticut - Development of legislation to be presented to school administration to protect LGBTQ+ students on campus
Brigham Young University, Utah - Support for BYU Pride for community event permitting
George Washington University, Washington D.C. - Development of a course focusing on crystal methamphetamine use in the Black gay community, focusing on safe and effective supporting care
George Washington University, Washington D.C. - Development of an LGBTQ+ sexual health class
University of Central Florida, Florida - Providing gender-affirming binders to trans students
Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania - Creation of art installation featuring LGBTQ+ artists, with proceeds from ticket sales going to financial assistance for students’ gender affirmation surgeries
University of Maryland, Maryland - Support for care packages to LGBTQ+ youth homeless shelter
Baldwin Wallace University, Ohio - Installing menstrual product dispensers in gender-neutral campus restrooms
Campus Pride will continue awarding Social Justice Mini Grants for Activism throughout 2021. Student activists are encouraged to apply online at www.campuspride.org/actnow.
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