Foundations in Creating an Affirming Campus for Trans & Nonbinary Students
Friday, October 11, 2024
2nd Floor Murray-Aikins Dining Hall
8:30am-10:30am (Staff Only)
11:00am-1:00pm (Faculty Only)
As colleges become safer places for transgender students to self-disclose and advocate for their needs, many faculty and staff want to be supportive, but are often left with questions of how best to do that. This interactive session provides faculty and staff with a deeper understanding gender identity & expression, as well as promising practices for communicating with and about trans students.
2:00pm-4:00pm (Students Only)
Want to improve your allyship for trans & nonbinary students or loved ones? This interactive presentation offers a space for gaining clarity, improving communication, and learning strategies for supporting trans people on and off campus.
Facilitators:
: With over 20 years of experience in services for LGBTQ+ individuals and community organizing, Lyndon delivers customized training and technical assistance in the education, healthcare, nonprofit, business, government, and recreation sectors. His background includes sexual health education, 10 years as a firefighter/EMT, and founding & directing youth leadership programs in Maine, New York, and Missouri. His work encourages individuals and communities to make institutional shifts, to improve interpersonal relationships, and to examine the beliefs individuals have internalized about others and ourselves. When not in front of an audience, Lyndon can often be found climbing rock faces across the country.
: With over 20 years of experience in services for LGBTQ+ individuals and community
organizing, Lyndon delivers customized training and technical assistance in the education,
healthcare, nonprofit, business, government, and recreation sectors. His background
includes sexual health education, 10 years as a firefighter/EMT, and founding & directing
youth leadership programs in Maine, New York, and Missouri. His work encourages individuals
and communities to make institutional shifts, to improve interpersonal relationships,
and to examine the beliefs individuals have internalized about others and ourselves.
When not in front of an audience, Lyndon can often be found climbing rock faces across
the country.: Nala is a Trans Afro-Caribbean Activist + Healer + Consultant. With a background in grassroots activism and community building, Nala works with organizations to spark impactful change through policy, activism, and education. Through shared humanity, she challenges notions of inclusivity and diversity to expand gender, racial, and economic equity at the corporate and executive levels. Nala is the founder of Reuniting of African Descendants (R.O.A.D). R.O.A.D is a trans-led, grassroots initiative invested in equity, collective growth, and healing for LGBTQIA+/SGL people of African Descendants. ROAD work is rooted in ending genocide against Queer and Trans people of African Descendants. In addition, Nala also currently engages and mobilizes transgender and gender non-binary (TGNB) people, accomplices, allies—ultimately the entire community—to advocate for policies that will expand access to gender-affirming health care and services while addressing racial inequities. This is reflected through her work as the TGNB Health Advocacy Coordinator at Callen-Lorde Community Health Center.
: Nala is a Trans Afro-Caribbean Activist + Healer + Consultant. With a background
in grassroots activism and community building, Nala works with organizations to spark
impactful change through policy, activism, and education. Through shared humanity,
she challenges notions of inclusivity and diversity to expand gender, racial, and
economic equity at the corporate and executive levels. Nala is the founder of Reuniting
of African Descendants (R.O.A.D). R.O.A.D is a trans-led, grassroots initiative invested
in equity, collective growth, and healing for LGBTQIA+/SGL people of African Descendants.
ROAD work is rooted in ending genocide against Queer and Trans people of African Descendants.
In addition, Nala also currently engages and mobilizes transgender and gender non-binary
(TGNB) people, accomplices, allies—ultimately the entire community—to advocate for
policies that will expand access to gender-affirming health care and services while
addressing racial inequities. This is reflected through her work as the TGNB Health
Advocacy Coordinator at Callen-Lorde Community Health Center.