Student Leadership and Activities

Welcome to Safe Zone's Page!

Safe Zone Links

Upcoming events

Valentine's Fundraiser:

February 8th to the 10th from 11am to 1pm and the 13th and 14th from 10am to 2pm upstairs in the Werner center. Click for details.

Burgerville Fundraiser:

February 15th from 5pm to 8pm at Monmouth Burgerville. Click for details.

Train the Trainer Training

February 24th from 1pm to 8:30 pm in Hamersly Library 107. Check out the Training Page for details.

So What is Safe Zone?

The Western Oregon University Safe Zone program seeks to form an allying network of students, faculty and staff committed and trained to provide safe, non-judgmental and supportive contacts for all WOU community members regarding Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, and Allies (GLBTQQIA) issues; we are committed to providing a campus atmosphere of universal acceptance and assistance.

Vision: To provide continuing education to the community about GLBTQ inclusiveness on and off campus.

Safe Zone Work in Progress

Current Safe Zone Committee Projects

Currently, our committee is working on the following areas:

• The Safe Zone buttons and bumperstickers are a huge success! Buttons can be picked up at the Werner University Center Information Desk and are free. Support bumperstickers can be purchased for $1.00 and Ally bumperstickers are free to those who have been Ally trained. Go to the training page for information on our next training.
• We offer multiple Ally trainings throughout the year and an 8 hour intensive trainer training at least once a year.
• Analyzing the role of Safe Zone in societal and campus-wide GLBTQ issues.
• Conducting ongoing educational efforts.
• Work with our Safe Zone intern program

Proud accomplishments

• finished our 5th year on campus
• celebrated our 1st Lavender Graduation
• The "Make It Better" Kick-off. This program was designed to provide students with information about the GLBTQ resources on campus, as well as make fun, GLBTQ-inspired crafts.

If you or your organization is interested in a Safe Zone Training, fill out this online form to provide your trainers with information that would be helpful when working with you!

Click HERE to go to the Safe Zone Intake Form.

Safe Zone Committee

The WOU Safe Zone committee is composed of people committed to the issue of diversity on campus. We are composed of students, staff, and faculty. We have several chairs that maintain certain aspects of Safe Zone.

Here are the current chairs and co-chairs:

• Chair: Megan Habermann, habermam@wou.edu
• Staff Co-Chair: Stephanie Anderson, University Housing. andersos@wou.edu
• Student Co-Chair: Amanda Rice, arice09@wou.edu
• Training Chair: Rachel Silver, rsilver09@wou.edu
• Fund Raising Chair: Troy Sawyer, emperoroftroy@yahoo.com
• Outreach Chair: Joseph Hahn, jhahn10@wou.edu
• Safe Zone Intern: Kayla Cheri' Ward, kward09@wou.edu

Meetings

Safe Zone meets weekly! Fridays at 1:00 p.m in Hamersly 205. Everyone is invited and encourage to attend.

For more information, contact Angie Barry 503.838.8064 or barrya@wou.edu

Contact Us

If you are interested in getting involved in Safe Zone, or have any questions or concerns, you can reach the committee at safezone@wou.edu. Or check out our Facebook or our blog on Tumblr.

Contact

Student Leadership and Activities 503-838-8063 | or e-mail: tuckerj@wou.edu