Diversity Committee

Information

The Safe Space Program is an initiative to create a welcoming environment on campus and support the equal treatment of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community.

Staff are welcome to become Safe Space participants. Safe Space is voluntary and staff participants can enter or withdraw at any time.  For more information contact: Addy Lugo (Diversity Committee) at 610-861-5529 or alugo@northampton.edu .

Training

More training opportunities will be offered in the near future. Watch for a listing of training dates.   

Handouts

Contact Information

Main Campus
  Counseling Office
  610-861-5342
 
NCC Pride GSA (Gay Straight Alliance) Club
Advisors:  Kate Yarbrough, kyarbrough@northampton.edu
Meetings: Every other Thursday from 11 - 12:15 PM in CC 234.
 
 
Monroe Campus
  Student Services
  570-620-9221 ext. 278
 
Gay Straight Alliance Club
Advisor:  Precie Schroyer, pschroyer@northampton.edu

Community Resources

To further help you assist others and learn more about Safe Space, we have made the following resources available to you.

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
215-437-7600 www.usccr.gov

Gay and Lesbian National Hotline
888-843-GLNH (4564)

GLBT Infoline
610-435-7123 (For Help and Information)

GLSEN-GLBT Education Network
212-727-0135 www.glsen.org
HRC Human Rights Campaign
202-623-4160 www.hrc.org
LAMBDA Legal
212-809-8585 www.lambdalegal.org
National Gay and Lesbian Taskforce
202-332-6483 www.ngltf.org
PDN Pennsylvania Diversity Network
610-432-5449 info@padiversity.org
PFLAG Friends of GLBT Persons
202-638-4200 www.pflag.org
Eastern PA PFLAG
(Berks, Lehigh, Northampton, Monroe, Bucks)
 610-967-5219, 570-620-1234   http://www.epapflag.org/home

 Pride of the Greater Lehigh Valley
PRIDELINE 610-770-6200
 info@prideglv.org

Movies/Videos

 
Hillary Clinton for HRC's Americans for Marriage Equality
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton explains why she supports marriage equality for lesbian and gay couples.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RP9pbKMJ7c&sns=em

Chely Wright

Feature-length documentary, Chely Wright: Wish Me Away is a personal and intimate look at Chely Wright, the first country music star to come out as openly gay. The film charts her pursuit and rise to fame in Nashville, a hidden network of secrets and lies, her emotional unraveling and eventual rebirth.  "Wish Me Away Trailer:   http://youtu.be/MNFIYiwoDr4
 
Chely's interview with Ellen DeGeneres: http://youtu.be/Ss8rchSXyGY

It Gets Better Project

Human Rights Campaign

President Obama Speaks at Human Rights Campaign Dinner: http://youtu.be/4vTRrDLJXu8
 
 

The Laramie Project

Prayers for Bobby

Out in the Silence