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PRIDE 2023 at LIAISON

Liaison International

LEARN, SUPPORT, AND ADVOCATE There’s a world of resources out there to help you get started on your LGBTQ+ advocacy journey. Browse these links and see where you’d like to start, or listen and learn more about the gay community’s history with a podcast or documentary. Advocate: Mapping Attacks on LGBTQ Rights in U.S.

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Leslie Hall, director of the HBCU Program at the Human Rights Campaign — the largest LGBTQ lobbying organization in the U.S. It coincided with HRC’s HBCU Out Loud Day, which takes place the third Wednesday of October during LGBTQ History Month. The center director had to be reassigned to a new role on campus. About 45.5%

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Human Rights Campaign Launches HBCU LGBT Inclusion Initiatives

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In an effort to cultivate more inclusive campuses for LGBTQ students, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation has collaborated with colleges and universities nationwide to develop its Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program and its PrEP Ambassador Program. According to the CDC, 38% of the U.S.

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Back to Campus Visit (But Not Like Before) [Webinar]

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Jarrett Smith: All right. Jeff brings with him 20 years of experience in and around higher education and I don’t think you will find a more passionate advocate for both schools and the students they hope to reach. I am unmuted, right?” So people who aren’t familiar, Sewanee is up on the Domain, right?

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Four Transferable Lessons from Selma on the 59th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As we commemorate the 59th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” last weekend — which was the transcendent point of the Selma movement for voting rights in 1965 — it is crucial to reflect on the implications of what transpired and its relevance to our current work and time. Johnson to urgently push for the passage of the Voting Rights Act.

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Talking across the picket line

LSE Higher Education Blog

They campaign to keep rejecting pay offers but don’t show how any counteroffers would be affordable for the poorest universities (at least without redundancies). I fully support my colleagues in their decisions and admire their commitment to doing what they think is right. Bluntly, the irresponsibility of UCU’s leadership.

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At the same time, scholars are working around the clock to stave off ongoing anti-DEI legislation that has already taken hold in states like Florida and Texas, where many politicians campaigned against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. Our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice.” Ogletree, Jr.,