Learn how to create a safe space program for your campus police department and how opportunities for using public safety as a unique outreach to campus LGBT communities.

Click here to learn more about this webinar and others, and register your campus for $95 and be entered into a drawing to win FREE REGISTRATION for a student from your campus to attend the 2012 Camp Pride Summer Leadership Program, July 17-22, at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.

Webinar Details: Thursday, April 12, 3p.m. EST/Noon PST (50-75 minutes)
A “Safe Space” or “Safe Zone” programs have been proven to improve the quality school environment for LGBT students. According to the “2010 State of Higher Education for LGBT People” report, 70% of first-year LGBT students consider leaving their college or university because they do not feel safe. The same study said that a safe space program demonstrates institutional commitment and is one of the “best practices” for combating the harassment of LGBT students and staff. Safe space programs also provide a format for educating teachers, administrators, and staff about LGBT issues and bring about a greater awareness of the presence of LGBT students and staff on campus. This webinar will present how to set-up a safe space program on a college or university campus. Participants will be exposed to a model program based on the Safe Space Program designed by GLSEN and the Safe Zone Program designed by the National Youth Advocacy Coalition. The presenter will explain the essential elements of a safe space program necessary to make a positive impact on campus including required training and signage. A safe space program can be implemented by a wide variety of campus organizations including campus police. The presenter will discuss the community policing opportunities available with a safe space program for campus police or public safety as an effective way of reaching out and connecting with the LGBT community on campus.

Participants will:

• Discuss the impact of a safe space program.
• Identify a safe space program's essential components.
• Examine a model program currently in use on a college campus.
• Discuss the role campus police or public safety departments can have in a safe space program.

For more information on other upcoming Campus Pride webinars or to register, visit www.CampusPride.org/webinarseries.asp.

What a phenomenal three days' worth of Stop The Hate training we've had in Charlotte!

Campus Pride's East Coast Stop The Hate Trainer the Trainer program kicked off on Monday, March 19 and wrapped up just this afternoon. Twenty-three participants from nine different colleges and universities across the East Coast gathered at the LGBT Community Center of Charlotte for three full days training, brainstorming, indepth problem solving and more to help their campuses prepare for and respond to bias-motivated incidents and hate crimes on their campuses.

Of the participants, eight were student leaders on the campuses. And, four participants came from the immediately-surrounding Charlotte area.

Many thanks go out to the LGBT Community Center of Charlotte, Stop The Hate National Coordinator Greg Miraglia and the Charlotte Lesbian & Gay Fund for helping to make this training possible!

Learn more about the Stop The Hate, an educational initiative of Campus Pride at www.StopHate.org.

There are three scolarship opportunities listed for ucpoming events such as the HRC Carolinas Dinner, the East Coast Stop The Hate Campus Bias & Hate Prevention Training and, as featured on Logo, the annual Camp Pride Summer Leadership Academy. All three have different deadlines -- go online to http://www.CampusPride.org/LeadwithPride

Apply online to get a free ticket to the
Human Rights Campaign Carolina Gala
& the Campus Pride Leaders In Action Summit
Deadline to Apply: January 31, 2011 ** EXTENDED **

Apply online to participate in the
Stop The Hate Bias & Hate Crime Prevention Training
Deadline to Apply: March 1, 2012

Apply online to get a free registration to attend the
Camp Pride LGBT & Ally Summer Leadership Academy
Deadline to Apply: April 1, 2012

LEARN MORE & ASK QUESTIONS
http://www.CampusPride.org/LeadwithPride
[email protected]

Special thanks to the Human Rights Campaign, the Charlote Lesbian & Gay Community Center and the Charlotte Lesbian & Gay Fund for their help in partially funding these scholarships.

Organization to Kickoff National BORN THIS GAY Contest with $10,000 in Free speakers, LGBT Event Registrations and other Prizes to commemorate the 10 Year Anniversary all year long

Campus Pride, the leading national nonprofit working to build future lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) leaders and develop safer, more LGBT-friendly colleges and universities, celebrates its 10thanniversary this month. The group is highlighting its decade-long record of achievements and accomplishments and giving back, kicking off their national BORN THIS GAY Campus Tour and a contest including more than$10,000 in prizes.

For 10 years, Campus Pride’s primary objective has been to develop necessary resources, programs and services to support LGBT and ally students on college campuses across the United States. Founded in the Fall of 2001 and launched a year later in October 2002, Campus Pride started as an online community and resource clearinghouse under the name Campus PrideNet. The original founding partners were M. Chad Wilson, Sarah E. Holmes & Shane L. Windmeyer. In 2006, the organization broadened its outreach efforts and restructured as the current educational non-profit organization Campus Pride. As part of the restructuring process, the Lambda 10 Project for LGBT Fraternity & Sorority Issues (www.lambda10.org (http://www.lambda10.org/)) became an educational initiative of Campus Pride.

Campus Pride and Stop the Hate now have a new nationwide toll free telephone number that provides direct access to our entire staff.

888-537-4463

Please take a moment to update your address books with this new number. When you call, a directory of extensions for our staff is provided. You can enter the extension at any time and your call will be transferred immediately. We hope this new toll free number makes accessing our staff easier for you.

Join us for a very special and exclusive New Years cruise package featuring an intimate concert with Randi Driscoll, special speaking programs with Greg Miraglia, National Program Coordinator for Stop the Hate and author of "Coming Out From Behind The Badge" and "American Heroes Coming Out From Behind The Badge, Shane Windmeyer, Executive Director of Campus Pride, and NCAA Football champion, Brian Simms. Click Here To Learn More.

Charlotte-based National Gay Rights Advocate Speaks Out After Horrific Rock Hill Attack

ROCK HILL -- The brutal beating of a gay man has prompted local representatives to re-introduce a hate crime bill when the state Legislature reconvenes next week, but those intentions are being met with resistance.

The measure, led by SC state Rep. John King, D-Rock Hill, was prompted by the beating of Joshua Esskew at a convience store, which was caught on the store's video tape.

King's hate crime bill, which went nowhere in the General Assembly when first introduced last year, is expected again to be met with opposition. A spokesman for Gov. Nikki Haley told a reporter from the Rock Hill Herald that the newly elected governor does not support state hate crime laws.

Shane Windmeyer,
Campus Pride Executive Director
"Individuals who believe that a crime is a crime is a crime do not understand the definition of a hate crime or the unique impact a hate crime has on an entire targeted community," says Shane Windmeyer, Executive Director of Campus Pride, a national, Charlotte-based nonprofit for student leaders and campus organizations working to create safer, more LGBT-friendly colleges and universities.

YOU DESERVE A CRUISE!

Make Waves on the High Seas
with Campus Pride this New Years 2012!

January 1 -8, 2012
Only $862 per person, based on a double

BOOK NOW -- No Interest/Monthly Payment Plan Available

Now you can support the work of Campus Pride and take an affordable vacation all at the same time. This year Campus Pride in partnership with Stonewall Tours introduces "Make Waves"-- an opportunity to spend your vacation dollars with purpose, to create change and impact the future of LGBT youth. Set Sail Aboard the Norwegian Spirit with stops in...New Orleans • Costa Maya • Belize City • Roatan • Cozumel and two days at sea!

Make Waves" Exclusive Package includes:
Accommodation onboard the ship, port charges, taxes, all meals, cocktail party, onboard activities and workshops, souvenir totebag (oooooo....aaaaahhh) and special entertainment/celebrity guests Brian Sims, Randi Driscoll, Shane Windmeyer, Greg Miraglia and Jim West.

Learn more online at www.CampusPride.org/MakeWaves

Stop The Hate Training For Trainers

September 26 through 28, 2011 - West Coast Program In Napa Valley, California
March 19 through 21, 2012 - East Coast Program In Charlotte, North Carolina

The Stop The Hate Train The Trainer Program supports colleges and universities in preventing and combating bias and hate crimes on campus as well as fostering the development of community. The program allows top administrators, student affairs professionals, faculty and students to learn new innovative tools to take action on hate crimes and bias-motivated violence issues on his/her campus. The only resource of it's kind specifically for college campuses, the Stop The Hate 250+ page premiere training manual and three day, 18-20 hour Train The Trainer program was developed in partnership with the Anti-Defamation League, Association of College Unions International, Campus Pride, The Southern Poverty Law Center, Wilbron Institute, Matthew Shepard Foundation, Napa Valley College Criminal Justice Training Center and the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence.

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

Did you know that college and university campuses are the third most common place for a hate crime to occur? Student retention and persistence depends on having a safe place to live and learn on campus. Your campus should know what to do and how to respond if a hate crime happens. Learn "what your campus needs to know about hate crimes" including how the law defines a hate crime and the best practices for a response to a hate crime. Participants will examine real examples from campuses across the country and will get the latest information on hate crime trends. Key facts and figures will be shared from the nationally known Stop The Hate curriculum. This webinar on Wednesday, March 9, 2011, at 3 p.m. (EST), is a necessary primer for all college staff,faculty and administrators.

When: Wednesday, March 9, 2011 At 3:00 PM (EST)

Who: Hosted by Greg Miraglia, Dean of Career Technical Education/NapaValley College Police Academy and National Program Coordinator for StopThe Hate and Shane Windmeyer, Founder of Stop The Hate

Webinar Fee: $95.00

Click here to register now...