Hamilton Campus Pride Invites Miami Regionals Community to Events Supporting National Coming Out Month

By Erika Nisbet, Student Writer for Office of Communications

Miami Regionals' Hamilton campus Pride is hosting a number of events for National Coming Out Month in October and throughout the semester.

September 6, Rainbow Reception: First Meeting of the Year, 5 p.m. - 6:20 p.m., Rentschler Hall Room 114.

September 20, Safe Zone 101, 5-7 p.m., Mosler 200. This is an informative, interactive workshop providing constructive strategies for creating a more inclusive campus for LGBTQIA+ students, faculty, and staff.

October, Clothesline Project. On display through the month of October across both the Middletown and Hamilton campuses is The Clothesline Project (CLP). CLP, begun on Cape Cod in 1990 to address the issue of violence against women, is a vehicle for women affected by violence to express their emotions by decorating a shirt.

• In Middletown, the CLP design phase will take place Oct. 2 - Oct. 4, near the bookstore entrance in Johnston Hall. Shirts can be dropped off at any time or made on-site between 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. View shirts designed by the Middletown campus community in honor of women survivors and in memory of victims of various kinds of violence from Oct. 2 - 13. This event is supported by SERVE (Students Engaging in Real Volunteer Efforts), MUH Pride, the Office of Multicultural Services, and Student Counseling Services.
• In Hamilton, the CLP design phase will take place Sept. 25 - Oct. 6, in Rentschler Hall Room 114. Shirts can be dropped off at any time or made on-site between 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. View shirts designed by the Hamilton campus community in honor of women survivors and in memory of victims of various kinds of violence from Oct. 2 - 6.

October 4, National Coming Out Day Crafts, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Schwarm Commons. Come make jewelry, key chains, and friends with Miami Hamilton Pride and celebrate National Coming Out month.

October 11, The OUT List, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m., Rentschler Hall Room 114. This is a documentary about being among the LGBT community in modern society, told through interviews with LGBT celebrities and community leaders.

October 20, Safe Zone 101, Miami Regionals' Downtown Hamilton. This is an informative, interactive workshop providing constructive strategies for creating a more inclusive campus for LGBTQIA+ students, faculty, and staff.

October 25, Round Table Discussion, 5 p.m. - 6:20 p.m.,Rentschler Hall Room 114.

November 8, Safe Zone 201, 5 p.m. -7 p.m., Mosler 200. Safe Zone 201 is a training workshop created to build on the knowledge gained in Safe Zone 101. This workshop revisits some of the concepts learned in the initial training, focuses specifically on what it means to be an ally, and provides specific skills for being an active ally and advocate for LGBTQ*-identified students, faculty, and staff.
Prerequisite: Completed Safe Zone training in the last 2 years.

November 20, Trans Day of Remembrance, 12 p.m. -1 p.m. A day that honors the memory of those whose lives were lost due to anti-transgender violence or prejudice.

For more information on any of these events, email J.A. Carter at carterj@MiamiOH.edu.