Tag Archives: Center for Gender and Sexuality
UM-Flint's 'The Laramie Project' examines a community's healing response to tragedy
The production runs April 17-19 at the UM-Flint theatre, featuring students from various majors who collaborated on the production.
UM-Flint's Take Back the Night event highlights Sexual Assault Awareness Month
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, which the University of Michigan-Flint is recognizing with a series of impactful events aimed at raising awareness, supporting survivors and fostering prevention. Central to this year's programming is the annual Take Back the Night rally. This year, acclaimed filmmaker and activist Byron Hurt will deliver the keynote address. The[…]
UM-Flint professor teaches self-defense to LGBTQIA+ community
Like any campus across the country, professors at the University of Michigan-Flint teach students about a plethora of different subjects. But unlike most, one UM-Flint facult member is making sure his course really packs a punch – literally – as he works to teach LGBTQIA+ community members how to defend themselves from armed and unarmed[…]
UM-Flint to honor sexual assault survivors at 'Take Back the Night,' April 12
Whether it's dance, poetry, or spoken word, art is a form of healing. At the Greater Flint Take Back the Night, University of Michigan-Flint students and local activists will use artistic expression to give sexual assault survivors an opportunity to tell their stories, explore healing and build community. In collaboration with Mott Community College, Kettering[…]
UM-Flint students celebrate Pride Month
Pride Month, which is June each year, a month of events to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising and the freedom of LGBTQ+ people to be themselves.
UM-Flint introduces four new learning communities for Fall 2021
The Residential Learning Communities are the Promise Scholar program and Global Learning Community, and the theme communities are Innovation & Technology and Gender & Sexuality.
UM-Flint offers education, survivor support during Sexual Assault Awareness Month
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), and the University of Michigan-Flint students and staff are here to support survivors and continue to build a campus culture that is free of sexual violence.
UM-Flint students share what pride means to them
June is Pride Month, a time to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising and the freedom of LGBTQ+ people to be themselves.
Hough to continue the mission of the Center for Gender and Sexuality
Samara Hough, LMSW, is joining the University of Michigan-Flint as the new Director for the Center for Gender and Sexuality (CGS).
Culture of Respect initiative aims to end sexual misconduct at UM-Flint
UM-Flint was accepted into the third cohort of the Culture of Respect Collective. Culture of Respect is a NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education) initiative that offers evidence-based best practices and utilizes existing programs and resources on campus to end sexual violence.