Health, Wellness, and Safety

  • LGBTQ Educational Support Group Sign Up

    Update: The deadline for this opportunity has been EXTENDED by a week. The new deadline is Friday, September 15th. Please see below for more information.

     

    The Lavender Resilience Collective is an opportunity that offers educational support for LGBTQIA+ UConn students to interrupt internalized bias based on our unique and intersecting identities. Together, students will learn new tools to help build resilience and feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Open to both undergraduate and graduate students across all of UConn's campuses. Interested students must register by completing this form by our updated deadline of September 15th, 2023: https://forms.office.com/r/sj4jYc3aa5

     

    There are two groups. Both groups will meet virtually on Tuesday afternoons from 3:30pm – 5:00 pm for a total of 6 sessions* starting on our updated date of September 19th, 2023. One is for any student who identifies as LGBTQIA+. Another is for Queer BIPOC students who seek the exclusive company of other Queer BIPOC students as a means of healing. 

     

    Session dates are as follows:

    September 19

    September 26

    October 3

    October 17

    October 24

    Nov 7

     

    *Note: More sessions may be added, and the curriculum adjusted as group speakers are recruited. These sessions will be optional.

     

    For general questions about the program or more information about the Queer BIPOC group, contact SHaW's Program Manager for Mental Health and Health Equity Initiatives, Nishelli Ahmed (she/her) at nishelli.ahmed@uconn.edu

     

    Students are also welcome to contact SHaW's Program Director for Regional Campus Wellness, Joleen Nevers (she/her) at joleen.nevers@uconn.edu, who will be facilitating the LGBTQIA+ group

     

    For more information, contact: Nishelli Ahmed at 5615585884