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About LGBTQ Allies and Ally Mentors
Through the LGBTQ Ally Program, Rainbow Alliance provides interested students two ways to become active in working toward welcoming LGBTQ students on campus as equals.
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Involvement Comparison
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LGBTQ Ally
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LGBTQ Ally Mentor
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Executive Summary:
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One-time Training, Continuous Availability
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Continuous Involvement
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Training Commitment:
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Trained in a one-hour LGBTQ Ally Training Session |
Trained in the two-day, eight-hour LGBTQ Ally Mentor Workshop |
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Training Availability:
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Multiple trainings per year,
pre-registration required for some sessions
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One workshop per year,
application required, send in a
contact request
or email
lgbtqally@snc.edu
to be notified when application are available for Fall 2009 |
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Training Content:
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Information on anti-LGBTQ bias and discrimination, empathy-building and group building, terminology, and how to serve as an Ally (intervening in bias, what to do if someone comes out to you) |
All the contents of the LGBTQ Ally Training Session, plus team-building, facilitation training, and development diversity discussion skills (presented in cooperation with
LSE and
MSS staff), mentoring/support training and role-play. |
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On-going Commitments:
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After training, Allies are offered an optional commitment to the Ally Pledge. Only responsible for being a visible ally of LGBTQ individuals and intervening in bias and discrimination. |
After training, Ally Mentors present the LGBTQ Ally Training Sessions and work to develop the presentation and materials further. Several hours a month commitment: running 1-2 LGBTQ Ally Training Sessions plus time to develop the program. |
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Purpose of Program:
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Designed as an education and cross-cultural competency program, available to students, faculty, and staff (in separate training sessions) |
Designed as a service and mentorship opportunity for students eager to work for greater campus support for diversity |
More about the program
The LGBTQ Ally Training Program is designed to certify Allies who identify themselves as being able to provide support of LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/ transsexual, questioning) individuals. Through this one hour session, participants are engaged in a number of activities to provide a sense of empathy, build camaraderie with other participants, and provide them with information on how to best support LGBTQ individuals.
At the conclusion of a training session, interested individuals are invited to sign the LGBTQ Ally Pledge and receive a personalized, dated Ally Safe Zone sign to post on their door, which serves both to advertise their Ally status and to verify that the individual has completed training and signed the pledge of support. This process ensures that students who want to be an Ally publicly have the skills and knowledge to handle a situation of anti-LGBTQ bias or a request for support by another individual.
If you are involved with a campus organization, department, or other group who would like an LGBTQ Ally Training Session presented, please contact us and we'll be more than happy to work with you!
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