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Safe Zone

Welcome to UNCG's Safe Zone, a campus group of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and questioning individuals supported by student, faculty, and staff allies.  Our goal is to provide resources for students, faculty and staff who want to provide a safe, comfortable environment for anyone who seeks it; to actively bring together individuals, groups and organizations on the UNCG campus, as well as the larger community for their mutual service, support and education; to encourage an atmosphere free of homophobia and heterosexism; and to demonstrate that UNCG Safe Zone Members and GLBT members are positive, dynamic community on campus and within the larger society.  Our purpose is to provide a setting of appreciation, affirmation, and information for and about the GLBT community.

In addition, UNCG's Safe Zone is:

• A source of information for new GLBT persons arriving on campus
• A source of social interaction for GLBT members and allies
• A source of support and information for parents, family members, and friends of GLBT persons
• A source of education about GLBT issues within the broader campus community
• A campus advocate for GLBT persons
• A harbor and refuge if and when needed.

All Safe Zone members must be certified by attending an all-day training session on topics that pertain to challenges faced by those within the GLBT community as well as issues faced by those willing to be allies.  Upon completion of the initial training session, members will receive a certificate of completion as well as a Safe Zone decal that can be prominently displayed to indicate membership.  Furthermore, brown-bag lunches as well as other types of informative meetings help to reinforce the initial training, to launch new ideas, to discuss areas of concern and to formulate solutions.

If you would like to register for a Safe Zone program, please click here.

Funding for Safe Zone has traditionally been provided by The Guilford Green Foundation

For more information please contact the Wellness Center at 336.334.3190.

Page updated: 17-Jun-2008

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