10/1-10/31
The Rainbow Flag Project
10/12
Rainbow Kick Off Party
11:30am-1pm; SU-214
Come eat rainbow cake and join the staff of the Pedroso Center as we kick off National Coming Out Week!
10/12
Milka Ramirez
“Breaking the Concrete Ceiling”
4:15pm-5:30pm; B-152
A candid discussion about “visible” interlocking levels of oppression, and their impact on a self-identified Queer Latin of color.
10/13
Community Service Project
10am; Meet at Pedroso Center B-159
11am-2pm; Center on Halsted
Join Theta Pi Sigma as they volunteer with the Center on Halsted to serve Chicago’s LGBTQA Community. We will be taking public transportation to the Center on Halsted so please don't forget your Ventra/UPass Card!
10/13
Movie-Out In The Night
3pm-6pm; Alumni Hall North
Join us for this award-winning documentary about four black women who were sentenced to prison for daring to defend themselves against a homophobia attack.
10/14
Safe Zone 101
1pm-4pm; Register for location.
Come learn more about gender, sexuality and how you can be a social justice ally to the LGBTQA Community. To register visit our website.
10/15
HIV Testing
11am-2pm; Pedroso Center B-159
Know you status! Take a moment out of your day to come get a free rapid HIV test and safer sex materials.
10/15
Speak OUT Panel
3pm-4pm; SU-214
Sponsored by the Pride Alliance, NEIU students share their lived experiences to create dialogue around issues of gender and sexuality.
10/16
LGBTQA Legacy Walking Tour
10am; Meet at Pedroso Center B-159
11am-2pm Boystown
Join us as we take a walking tour of Boystown and learn about the Legacy of LGBTQA individuals in US history. We will be taking public transportation to the Center on Halsted so please don't forget your Ventra/UPass Card!
10/22
Safe Zone 201: LGBTQA History
12-1pm; SU-215
Learn about Chicago’s LGBTQA History from NEIU’s Mark Sherkow as he discusses working within Chicago’s LGBTQA organizations over the past 40 years.
10/29
Disability & Queer Identity
3pm-5pm; SU-214
Come listen to professor and artist Riva Lehrer as she discusses her unique perspective of the intersection of disability and queer identity.
