Interested in expanding your knowledge of LGBTQIA2S+ identities and topics? Want to increase your knowledge of inclusive practices?
Or education and training team facilitates workshops for students, faculty, and staff, focused on best practices, using affirming language, and developing skills to interrupt homophobia and transphobia.
EDUCATION & CONSULTATION
Offerings
Workshop and consultations are free to UM-affiliated units, departments, and student organizations. Workshop and training durations are fixed and we're unable to accommodate requests to shorten them. See workshop request section for eligible semesters.
Pronouns 101
Through this workshop, participants will:
- Learn what pronouns are and be able to share why they are important in their own words;
- Identify the correct pronouns in various sentence structures;
- Practice different methods of addressing harm using a tool called scripting (coined by author Ritu Bhasin);
- Use an action planning resource to develop one tangible, actionable goal related to their increased inclusivity around pronouns.
- Participants are expected to complete our Introduction to LGBTQIA2S+ Communities and Identities webcourse before attending this workshop.
- Workshop and training durations are fixed and we're unable to accommodate requests to shorten them.
- Requires at least a 2-week lead time.
- In-person cap: 35 participants. Virtual cap: 50 participants. Minimum 20 participants for both in-person and virtual.
Towards Solidarity: Allyship in Action
A 6-hour workshop that aims to deepen our U-M community's understanding of, and ability to engage with, LGBTQIA2S+ allyship. In Towards Solidarity, we move beyond basic conceptualizations of allyship and challenge participants to center liberation as they show up actively for LGBTQIA2S+ communities.
Through this workshop, participants will:
- Develop their understanding of LGBTQIA2S+ allyship away from “ally” as an identity term and toward solidarity, a developmental, intersectional, and active set of practices;
- Increase self-awareness to more effectively be in solidarity with LGBTQ+ communities;
- Gain knowledge about how LGBTQ+ oppression operates on multiple levels;
- Identify inclusive practices, skills, and resources to support LGBTQ+ communities, particularly at U-M;
- Commit to the practice of allyship and showing up in solidarity in their personal and professional lives.
- This workshop may be requested over two three-hour days or one six-hour day. Workshop and training durations are fixed and we're unable to accommodate requests to shorten them.
- Participants are expected to complete our Introduction to LGBTQIA2S+ Communities and Identities webcourse before attending this workshop.
- Requires at least a 3-week lead time.
- This workshop is only available in-person.
- 20-35. 20 participants minimum.
Audience and costs
Our workshops and consultations are geared towards students, faculty, and staff at the U-M campus communities. We have a limited capacity for external educational institutions, such as other universities and K-12 public schools. We are unable to accommodate requests from businesses and nonprofits.
- U-M units: Workshop and consultations are free to UM-affiliated units, departments, and student organizations.
- External groups: Workshops and consultations for external educational institutions, such as other universities and K-12 public schools are as follows:
- Pronouns 101: $600.00
- Towards Solidarity: Allyhood in Action: $1,800.00
- We are able to accommodate a sliding scale for Minority Serving Institutions such as Tribal Colleges, HSIs, and HBCUs.
- Mileage: We ask that facilitators are reimbursed for their mileage if held in-person.
Consultation
Do you have questions about how to create an LGBTQIA2S+ affirming student organization, classroom, or workplace environment? Do you wonder what are the best practices for gathering gender and sexuality demographic data? These are some of the types of questions that the Education & Training team can help you think through and provide best practices.
For more information about capacity building consultation, please visit our Consultation page.
Request a workshop or consultation
We are currently accepting requests for Pronouns 101 workshops and Towards Solidarity trainings for winter, spring, and summer 2024. Requests for fall 2024 workshops and trainings will be accepted starting July 1.
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