Education and OutreachAgnes Otap & Eduardo Munoz

Education &

Outreach

Centers for Cultural

Understanding and Social

Change

Intergroup Dialogue

Urban Innovation

Symposium

Environmental Communication

Center for Clinical and Translational

Sciences

Institute for Policy and

Civic Engagement

Student Clubs

Chancellor's Cluster Initiative

to Increase Diversity and the Interdisciplinary Culture at UIC

UIC Gender and Sexuality Center

Centers for Cultural Understanding and Social Change

Director Megan Carey

Flyers and posters used to share GSC educational events

Features come from the Chicago History Museum. "Out in Chicago" exhibit

Strengths

• Educationo Safezone Trainingo Support & resourceso Internships

• Outreach/Involvemento Interconnectivity with other Centerso GSC Art Galleryo Lavender Graduationo Bayard Rustin Centennial Conference

Safe Zone Training

• Ongoing o 10 years in progress

• Training tool• Engages students, faculty, staff• Builds LGBTQ acceptance

o Creates allies

What is sustainability for GSC • A Cultural center for understanding and Social Change

• Safe zone for all • Sharing resources • Its location is unique due to BSB foot traffic , which

brings people into GSC. GSC is accessible, welcoming, and available for multiple uses.

• This year they converted one of their spaces to use as a gallery.

According to Megan Carney: “…we have made conscious choices to make the spaces accessible, welcoming, available for multiple uses, so that they nurture and sustain relationships, demonstrate interconnectivity, and build a sense of community on campus.”

Moving Forward

Challenges• Space

o Limited - but use other cultural centers• Awareness - students discover it late

Goals• Expand - esp. Lavender Graduation• Foster better understanding• Balance: curricular/extracurricular - help with classes

What stood out?

• Furnitureo Movableo Gathered locallyo Cost-effective

• Welcoming Environmento Music o Rainbow walls o Comfortable seatingo Support available

Urban Innovation

Symposium:

SustainableCities

SST Interns at the Urban Innovation Symposium

What is the The Urban Innovation Symposium?

This is a yearly event organized by members of UPPSA (Urban Planning and Policy Student Association).

All presenters demonstrated strengths among their projects and provided feedback towards sustainability for better Chicago neighborhoods.

Urban Innovation Symposium Naomi Davis from (BIG) Blacks in Green foundation. ---"Sustainability stands within our walkable-village" ---

Bob Newport commissioner of the Chicago Department of Transportation.

Jerry Mead- Lucero- Organizer for Perro. Pilsen Environmental Rights and Reform Organization.

Harry Rhodes Executive director of Growing Home-

CDOT: Gabe Klein - cycling plan for 2020 is

the largest bike share program in the nation.

Conclusion

Cross-asset themes:• Awareness

• Accessibility

Ideas/Innovations• UIC Bike Sharing?

• Carpool

• walkable village

• Organic foods as Social enterprise

• Matching UIC's strengths to the city's/region's

Greetings from the Interns!