Beyond the Letters and Pronouns – On-Demand Training

Create a Greater Sense of Belonging for LGBTQAI2S+ Communities

The year is 2024.  Most institutions have been working to increase their capacity to meet the needs of LGBTQAI2S+ members. While there are pockets of excellence around the country, many institutions still struggle with the ever-changing landscape of gender and sexuality.

Join Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington – President of the Washington Consulting Group – as well his guest presenters, Keywuan Cualk - Director of the Center for Social Justice and LGBT Communities at Rutgers University and Vanessa Gonzales – Associate Director of Multicultural Affairs and LGBTQ Outreach at Columbia University who together, bring experience spanning generations across 40 years, for an exploration of pronouns to lavender graduations and drag shows. You’ll gain strategies and best practices for creating a culture that is prepared to embrace not only the members of sexual and gender minoritized communities, but also help cisgender and heterosexual persons develop skills to engage across difference. Expand your knowledge base so you can engage in conversations and support with confidence that you are being inclusive and acknowledging of identity.

Topics Covered

Gain crucial, actionable takeaways that will help you:

• Gain language and strategies for engaging environments that are struggling with gender identity and sexuality experiences.
• Explore pronouns – including what they mean and how to use them correctly to lessen the fear of unintentionally offending members of your campus community.
• Develop solutions for engaging the nuance and complexities of intersectionality.
• Explore a framework you can utilize to assist leaders in doing the “self-work” needed to be effective in the ever-changing landscape of gender and sexuality.
• Engage beyond interpersonal dynamics to address systemic and cultural changes.

Presenters

Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington, Pronouns (He/Him/His) serves as the President & Founder of the Washington Consulting Group (WCG). WCG was named by the Economist as one of the Top 10 Global Diversity Consultants in the world. Click here for full bio.

Keywuan Caulk (he/him/his) is a student affairs professional at Rutgers University - New Brunswick proudly serving as the Director for the Center for Social Justice Education & LGBT Communities where he is charged with curating a supportive environment for students of all backgrounds, focusing on gender and sexuality, while promoting both social and educational opportunities for leadership, identity, and social justice advocacy development. Click here for full bio.

Vanessa Aviva González-Siegel (she/her/ella) is a first-generation Cuban-American born in New York City. She is a proud queer and trans Latina. Within higher education, she currently serves as the Associate Director of Multicultural Affairs & LGBTQ Outreach at Columbia University where she oversees LGBTQ Student Life for undergraduate students. Click here for full bio.