SUNY Fredonia Campus:Pride Alliance: GLBTQIA student activist group. Pride commits itself to the education and activism of the GLBT community and its allies. Contact Information: Julie Bezek, SafeZone Chair Counseling Center, LoGrasso Hall 716-673-3424 Julie.Bezek@fredonia.edu www.fredonia.edu/safezone Center for Multicultural Affairs (CMA): plans and implements educational, cultural, social programs on diversity to facilitate cross cultural dialogue for the entire campus. The CMA houses Pride Alliance and other multicultural student organizations. Counseling Center: Professional counselors work individually or with groups to help students understand themselves better, resolve problems, come to terms with difficult issues, and/or address important decisions. The purpose of counseling is not to tell students what to do, but to emphasize the ultimate responsibility each person has in conducting his or her own life. Contact Information: Gregory Hall, 2nd floor 716-673-3271 www.fredonia.edu/studentaffairs www.fredonia.edu/judicialaffairs University Police: campus law enforcement department, staffed 24/7. Students can file complaints of misconduct, harassment, and other violations of the student code of conduct, local, and state laws with University Police. Affirmative Action Office: administers policies and procedures to comply with federal and state nondiscrimination, equal employment opportunity and affirmative action laws, rules, regulations and executive orders, and SUNY Fredonia’s policies that prohibit harassment and discrimination based on race, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, disability, marital status, and arrest and/or conviction record. Affirmative Action investigates complaints of discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment and retaliation. Off-Campus/Local Resources:Please note that off-campus resources include Chautauqua County and the Buffalo area. Pride Center of Western New York (PCWNY): The mission of PCWNY is to work with the community to make Western New York a safe, healthy, and satisfying place for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgender people to live, work, and establish their families. By working with organizations, businesses, and individuals. Contact Information: 371 Delaware Ave Buffalo, NY 14202 716-855-0221 glyswny@gmail.com http://glyswny.wordpress.com Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG): PFLAG promotes the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity. PFLAG Chautauqua: PFLAG Buffalo/Niagara Area: PFLAG Erie & Crawford Counties: Outcome: Buffalo’s LGBT newspaper: www.outcomebuffalo.com Erie Gay News: Erie, PA LGBT newspaper (covers Chautauqua County): www.eriegaynews.com
Web Resources:Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD): www.glaad.org GLAAD’s mission is to amplify the voice of the LGBT community by empowering real people to share their stories, hold the media accountable for the words and images they present, and helping grassroots organizations communicate effectively. By ensuring that the stories of LGBT people are heard through the media, GLAAD promotes understanding, increases acceptance, and advances equality. The Advocate (Internet Edition): www.advocate.com GLBT News Magazine American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): www.aclu.org/GLBT/index.html Nonpartisan organization which brings lawsuits on such topics as discrimination, parenting, etc. designed to impact civil rights and constitutional law in order to achieve GLBT equality Bisexual Resource Center: www.biresource.org Provides education about and support for bisexual issues. Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN): www.glsen.org Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network; organization for students, parents, and teachers which works to affect positive change in schools Human Rights Campaign (HRC): www.hrc.org Organization which works for GLBT equal rights by lobbying the federal government, educating the public, participating in campaigns, and providing support and information about GLBT issues Lambda Legal: www.lambdalegal.org Legal organization working for civil rights of GLBT people and people with HIV/AIDS The Trevor Project: www.thetrevorproject.org The Trevor Project provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth. Campus Pride: www.campuspride.org Campus Pride is an organization for student leaders and campus groups working to create a safer college environment for LGBT students. National Gay and Lesbian TaskForce (NGLTF): www.ngltf.org The mission of the NGLTF is to build the political power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. Here Media/PlanetOut: www.heremedia.com, www.planetout.com Media corporation that publishes The Advcoate, Out and other print and web-based LGBT media Anti-Violence Project (AVP): www.avp.org AVP works to end violence in all its forms against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and HIV affected (LGBTQH) communities. AVP serves victim of hate crime/violence and domestic violence. |
