From Coast to Coast: Chicago, Charlotte, Boston, Los Angeles & New York set as 2011 Campus Pride College Fair Locations

Do you want to recruit out LGBT and ally students? Thanks to Campus Pride now your college can do just that. Campus Pride announces dates for it’s fifth annual national college fair program this Fall 2011 specifically designed for out lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students to find LGBT-friendly colleges and universities. More information online at http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events

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LGBT-Friendly College Fair Program Dates & Locations

SOUTHEAST REGION - Charlotte, NC
CAMPUS PRIDE COLLEGE FAIR & PREP DAY
FOR LGBT & ALLY STUDENTS & FAMILIES
in collaboration with the Pride Charlotte Festival,
Time Out Youth & The Charlotte Lesbian & Gay Community Center
Date: Saturday, August 27, 2011
Hours of Operation: 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Pride Charlotte Festival, Uptown on S. Tryon Street, between 3rd and Stonewall Streets
 
MIDWEST REGION - Chicago, IL
CAMPUS PRIDE COLLEGE FAIR & PREP DAY
FOR LGBT & ALLY STUDENTS & FAMILIES
in partnership with the Center on Halstead -- Chicago's LGBT Center
Date: Saturday, September 24, 2011
Hours of Operation: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Location: Center on Halstead, 3956 N. Halstead, Chicago, IL 60613
 
NORTHEAST REGION - Boston, MA
CAMPUS PRIDE COLLEGE FAIR & PREP DAY
FOR LGBT & ALLY STUDENTS & FAMILIES
in partnership with Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Youth (BAGLY) and Friends of GLBT Youth, Inc.
Date: Saturday, October 7, 2011
Hours of Operation: 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: TBD
 
WEST COAST -- Los Angeles, CA
CAMPUS PRIDE COLLEGE PREP DAY & FAIR
FOR LGBT & ALLY STUDENTS & FAMILIES
in partnership with the Models of Pride, a program of LifeWorks, the LA Gay & Lesbian Center
Date: Saturday, October 15, 2011
Hours of Operation: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
 
EAST COAST - New York, NY
CAMPUS PRIDE COLLEGE FAIR & PREP DAY
FOR LGBT & ALLY STUDENTS & FAMILIES
in partnership with the YES Program of the NY LGBT Community Center
Date: Friday, November 4, 2010
Hours of Operation: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Location:The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Community Center
208 West 13th Street, New York NY 10011
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“Campus Pride is proud to announce our fifth year of LGBT-friendly college fairs and our new partners. Prospective students want to attend campuses that are a welcoming and safe place to learn, live and grow... finally there are annual fairs to help students find LGBT-friendly colleges,” stated Shane Windmeyer, Executive Director of Campus Pride and author of The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students. “Our LGBT-friendly national college fair program showcases campuses who are LGBT-friendly and who want LGBT & ally students. It sends a clear message: “Gay students are welcome, even celebrated on this campus.’”

Free and open to the public, the fairs allow any student and their family the opportunity to interact with colleges and universities that value LGBT and ally people. Registration is $195 to $250 per fair for each institution and is open to any college or university across the United States. Each fair will also feature expert advice about LGBT-friendly colleges, scholarship resources and even effective tips for campus visits.

Campus Pride has developed the fairs as a public way for colleges to “come out” and recruit out LGBT students who are an important component to campus diversity. The fairs are also being held in coordination with the LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index (www.campusclimateindex.org), the only online resource of its kind that assists colleges and universities in learning ways to improve their LGBT campus life and helps prospective students find a national index listing of LGBT-friendly colleges and universities.

“The LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index demonstrates how colleges are ‘coming out’ to provide programs and services for LGBT and ally students. The idea that LGBT student populations are a part of the campus recruitment and retention efforts is just another sign of the changing times,” stated Windmeyer.

To learn more details about the upcoming Campus Pride National College Fair Program or how to register you campus, please go online to http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events or contact Campus Pride at [email protected] or 704-277-6710.

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Believe In -- Campus Pride is the leading national nonprofit organization 501(c)(3) for student leaders and campus organizations working to create safer, more LGBT-friendly colleges and universities. It exists to give "voice and action" in building future LGBT and ally leaders. More info online at www.campuspride.org.