Welcome Message draft for the GLBT Center Listserv 2009

This post contains the draft of the Welcome message for the Listserv from 2009 and the opening year programs promoted

ESTABLISHING A GIFTED & TALENTED CENTER WITHIN THE URI HONORS PROGRAM

Objective: To establish a Gifted and Talented Program that is linked with the Honors Department at URI to attract, support, and challenge individuals on the Kingston Campus. This program would work as Living Learning Community with students who elect to be live on campus together and give an opportunity for students living off campus to work collaboratively in a creative and supportive environment beyond the classroom. The targeted population for this program would be those individuals coming in from high schools and/or from other University programs

URI GLBT Newsletter Sign-Up Sheet 2009

This post contains the GLBT Newsletter Sign-Up Sheet and the Ms Publisher file

Cartoon Presenting URI’s Digital Commons Cultural Collections for Community, Equity & Diversity To The Equity Council

To inform the Equity Council about URI’S Digital Commons as a Unifying force for the community that can centralize information across our community so that all individuals can come together as stakeholders to promote cross-campus interactions and inform each other directly. To ask for participation in the project and to settle on the name for the Digital Commons Cultural Collections that honors all parties involved. This collection is smart phone optimized to encourage global community interactions with all people where ever they may be. Please note that these Collections are still a work in progress. Video was created by Joseph Santiago to present the project to Kathryn Friedman and the Equity Council

A Partial Timeline of GLBT Centric Events while Acting as Director of the GLBT Center

At the end of the December 2011 semester, I was surprised to look back and see that it has been approximately one year since I have been fulfilling the role of Director of the GLBT Center in absence of Andrew Winters, the previous Director and the Assistant VP on LGBTQ in Student Affairs. This report will share a rough timeline of recent events that have happened in the URI-LGBTIQQ community. I am writing this to inform and update the new Director of the GLBT Center and the broader community with a general overview of the events and experiences I have had leading the GLBT Center. The report will be divided into three parts: a timeline of events, the Resident Program Coordinators’ recommendations for next semester, and a summary of the 360 Degree Evaluation dealing with the GLBT Center concerning myself, student staff, and our programming

URI LGBTQ community to screen It Gets Better At URI: Coming Out for Change video 2011

This is the press release for the It Gets Better At URI: Coming Out for Change video screening in 2011

Tomorrow\u27s Voice URI Writing Circle 2010

The Tomorrow\u27s Voice URI Writing Circle began as a URI GLBT Center community outreach program founded by Joseph Santiago and Morgan Cottrell in 2008. This is the 2010 flyer

The Life of Harvey Milk Program & Program Learning Outcomes Assessment 2008

This post contains the flyer for the Life and Time of Harvey Milk program and the learning assessment used for the program. This program had 45 people in attendance. The Life of Harvey Milk Program & Program Learning Outcomes Assessment 2008; Joseph A Santiago; Joe Santiago; “I know that you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living. And You... And You... And You... Gotta give em hope…” The movie documents the political career of Harvey Milk, who was San Francisco\u27s first openly gay supervisor. The rise of Milk from a neighborhood activist to becoming a symbol of gay political achievement, through to his assassination at San Francisco\u27s city hall, and the Dan White trial and aftermath. Come watch this with us as a prelude to the upcoming release of MILK. Discussions and Desserts will follow. 2 DECEMBER 2008, 7:30 P.M. AT RAINBOW DIVERSITY HOUSE; Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender (GLBT) Center; Rainbow Diversity House; Hillel; The URI GLBT Center Learning Outcomes Assessment; On the scale below, prior to the beginning of this program, please indicate your current awareness of issues associated with “Coming Out” for GLBTIQQ people and their family and friends.; What did you learn as a result of watching/experiencing this program? Given this perspective, what potential challenges do you see for yourself and others around you?; As yourself, what can you do this year to create a more supportive campus climate for GLBTIQQ people? Has this program increased your willingness to do more?; Thank you. Name and Contact (Optional) Please feel free to utilize any part of this sheet for additional space for your answers

Meeting to begin the process of gender neutral bathrooms ‏ 2010

During the GLBT protest in the library Chip Yensan, students, and GLBT Center staff, had a meeting with several follow ups. This is the notes from the first meeting in the library and the student Riley Davis who the follow up notes address, represented the student voice

World Voice: Invisible Lines & Mindfulness and Peaceful Living

All my life I have always wanted to make a difference in people’s lives. As I come to the last stretch of my bachelor’s degree I can look back on all the moments in school and in the workplace where my path was elusive and I longed for expression. In creating these two books I have shaped a platform where people across the globe can come together and share their voice. There are times when we all feel that no one is listening to us, and no one understands us. Over the last few months I have talked with people across the globe. They have shared their stories, poems, private musings, photographs, and most importantly themselves. In sharing the sorrowful joy and the joyful sorrow of our lives as engaged people we begin to see ourselves in the lives of one another. World Voice: Invisible Lines is a snap shot of a small space in time and a select few people that now know “We” are listening. World Voice: Invisible Lines seeks to foster communication and commonality of all people across borders. With this book you will read a written expression of what is fundamentally important to people all over the world. We all have a need to share ourselves with another and when you read this book you share in their voice. Take your place, take a chance, leave your mark, and share your voice. We are a community within your community, and listening is only one part of the conversation. In Mindfulness and Peaceful Living I seek to share my journey, and my life through the principles of spiritual connection and community. Have you ever wanted to take time out from your life and figure out for yourself what the big picture means for you? There have been times in my life where I have felt that my everyday philosophy and path were at odds with my spiritual path. The problem I was having is I wanted to take something from outside myself and somehow apply it to clarify my whole existence. In this book I explore different ways in which to live a peaceful and mindful life while taking a look at how it is we know what we know. These projects complement each other as I was able to be exposed to many different people as I wrote these books. I believe that if I have made the world even just a little bit better by doing this it is a success for us all