Become an Ally

All UTMB students, faculty and staff members are encouraged to to become a SAFE Ally. Seminars take place several times a semester. By attending one of the seminars you will develop:

• a deeper awareness of personal ideas, stereotypes, and assumptions related to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning persons;
• an increased comfort level in addressing GLBTQ issues such as "coming out" and heterosexism/homophobia;
• an increased awareness of resources to support GLBTQ individuals; and
• a network of students, staff and faculty members that support GLBTQ persons here at UTMB.

At the end of the seminar, if you wish to become an ally, you will sign the
Ally Pledge. This form also lets you decide if you would like to have your name published on the website, or join the SAFE ally listserve.

The next scheduled seminars are listed below. To register for a seminar, please RSVP to Vince Loffredo, Ed.D. at vjloffre@utmb.edu.

If those dates do not work for you, an individual meeting can be arranged. Contact Vince Loffredo, Ed.D., vjloffre@utmb.edu to make arrangements.

If you would like to have the SAFE Project seminar brought to your student organization's meeting, contact Dr. Loffredo to make arrangements.

The packet of information for Allies is available here as a pdf, or the individual pieces are on our list of resources.