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February 11, 2014

February 11, 2014

On January 30, 2014, Melissa Harris-Perry, professor at Tulane University and host of the Melissa Harris-Perry show on MSNBC, addressed students, staff, faculty, and members of the local community at Rackham Auditorium to kick off Black History Month at the University of Michigan as the keynote speaker. 

December 9, 2013

Every year in November, we celebrate Trans* Awareness Week on campus. During this week, student organizations and the Spectrum Center put on programming that raises awareness, celebrates, and honors trans* identities and experiences.

December 3, 2013

Our Transgender Day of Remembrance Ceremony took place on Wednesday, November 20. Transgender Day of Remembrance is set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred, prejudice, and violence. Transgender Day of Remembrance serves to raise public awareness of hate crimes against transgender people, as well as to publicly mourn and honor the lives of our community members who might otherwise be forgotten. Read more to see the thoughtful speech and poem brought forth by university community members Patricia Fly and Ava Dupre.

​November 6, 2013

Jim Toy

Class of 1981, School of Social Work, Co-Founder of the Spectrum Center, 1971
 

November 5, 2013

October 22, 2013

The Spectrum Center is launching a new video series in which alumni answer your questions! Colin Roberts is our first feature. For more videos, follow us on facebook: facebook.com/spectrumcenter and on twitter: @UMSpectrumCtr.

October 8, 2013  |  By Chloe Gurin-Sands, community engagement coordinator 

This year, the Spectrum Center brought a team of walkers to the Ann Arbor AIDS Walk. Our team was able to raise just short of $500 to go toward HIV/AIDS research and resources in Ann Arbor! 

October 8, 2013  |  By Melissa Manley, Melissa Golden, and Andy Bradley

On September 23rd, members of the bisexual community and their allies observed the annual event Celebrate Bisexuality Day (CBD). Founded in 1999, CBD is dedicated to celebrating and bringing visibility to bisexuality and similar identities as separate from the larger gay/queer community. Although bisexuality often seems just an afterthought in the acronym LGBT, members of the bisexual community face their own unique set of struggles and experiences.

September 9, 2013  |  By Spectrum Center staff

Jackie is our Director, Will is our Associate Director, Chloé is our Community Engagement Coordinator, and Ariana is our Educational Outreach Coordinator. They are pictured above, from left to right: Jackie, Will, Chloé, Ariana.

September 9, 2013

Jean and Tynishia are both Education & Training Assistant Coordinators and Mical is the Professional Development Coordinator. They are pictured above, left to right: Tynishia, Jean, Mical.

May 22, 2013

On May 1, our office celebrated the Grand Opening of the David Bohnett CyberCenter with an open house and ribbon cutting ceremony. Speakers included: Director, Jackie Simpson; Vice President for Student Life, Royster Harper; Video Team Lead, Evan Hoye; Founder of the David Bohnett Foundation, David Bohnett; and Alumni Relations Coordinator, Allie Harte.

May 22, 2013

Our snapshot for the 2012-2013 is complete. It was a very busy year for us at Spectrum, and we're happy to report some of the work we've accomplished as a team! 

April 16, 2013

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February 21, 2013  |  By Will Sherry

February 20, 2013  |  By David Clair

My name is David Clair;  I am a Gay Cisgender male at the age of 19.  Just this year I got the opportunity to experience MBLGTACC for the first time. Attending This Pro Equality and Social Justice Conference helped me to remember. Remember my voice and the extent of the power and potential it contains. I was allowed to wonder often, and I did. The space given definitely left a mark on my Conscious, a mark that will remain.

February 18, 2013

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